a cake just for Dora!

OK - so there's a bit of a story behind this card. I ran into my stamp club buddy, Dora, at J's a couple of weeks before her birthday. We were standing there chatting and just happened to be standing by the Cuttlebug stuff. So, of course, we started chatting about CB and she mentioned she was looking for a particular die based on the card that was posted above the display - the one with the birthday cake. I started helping her look, she found it and I said "hey, I think I'll get one of those, too." Well, she got the last one so after a few not so nice words (joking!) I said "well, I'll just go over to M's and get one there!" She said something about M's not having as good a selection as J's and I probably wouldn't find it, but I did find one and set out to make her card with it just to show her! LOL! It so happened that our stamp club meeting was the day before Dora's birthday, so rather than mailing it I took her card with me and gave it to her there. I wanted to see her face when she opened it. We both got a huge laugh out of that card!! :)


As for the card itself, I cut the cake (no pun intended!) three times - once in white, once in Close to Cocoa and once in Blush Blossom. Then I cut out the Cocoa and Blush pieces and layered them onto the white base to create the final cake. The candles are part of the "bottom" white layer of c/s - I watercolored the flames with Summer Sun, then "colored" over them with my Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pen to give them some sparkle. The CB happy birthday piece was run through the CB first, then "stamped" lightly with the Linen b/g to give it a little color and depth. To do this, I ink up my b/g stamp, lay it down and lay the c/s on it with the raised side to the stamp. Then rub lightly around on it to pick up ink on just the raised portion. Make sense?! As you may be able to see, it's not perfect, but that's ok. I miss a spot here and there, but that just adds to the charm! The CB embossed piece and cake are popped up.



Stamps: Paisley b/g (retired), Linen b/g
Ink: Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom (for edging and inside)
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Blush Blossom, textured white, coordinating patterned paper (M's)
other: Cuttlebug w/Happy Birthday embossing folder and Birthday die set, Soft Sky double stitched ribbon, MS Apricot piped nylon ribbon, silver spiral clip, rhinestones, 1/4" circle punch, dimensionals, aquapainter, Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pen

ETA: forgot to mention that I used white Liquid Applique on the cake for a bit of "frosting"... yummmmm....