Awesome Birthday

This cheerful little birthday card was made with a Stampin' Up set called Endless Birthday Wishes.  I liked the cute little cake as soon as I saw it.  The set has a lot of great sentiments to go along with it, too. 


I used all of the different sentiments to make my own decorative paper for the background. I chose ink colors that matched the plaid layer that I put behind it. The plaid is from a paper pack from My Favorite Things called Plaid Patterns Merry & Bright .  When I was finished stamping the words I didn't think it was festive enough so I inked up one dot of the dots stamp and used it to stamp dots randomly among the words.  I added some clear Stickles dots, too!

I like interactive cards so I hid a little flip up message on the front of the card under the birthday cake!

I used the MFT Stitched Mini Scalloped Circle STAX to make the flip up.  I folded a piece of pink card stock and placed the die so about an inch of the fold was inside the cutting edge of the die and wouldn't be cut.  Then I cut another complete pink circle to lay on top.  Two white circles for inside and top finished it off. 

I stamped the cake on one of the circles and then I masked off the cake and stand and added some color to the background using my Clarity brushes.  I added some darker ink with a short bristled brush to suggest a table.  Next I colored the cake with Copic markers. To make the cake really special I added some white liquid appliqué for the frosting, put it on a cake stand stamped onto silver mirror card stock and added some glitter to the top of the candles.   Here are a couple of close-up pictures...

Here is a photo of the inside of the card...

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Happy Stamping!!
Janet