A Piece of Cake Birthday Card

July is going to be full of birthdays so I need to start early to get them all made.   I'll be looking to many of the challenge blogs to help me get this done!  Today, I used two challenges for my inspiration. First, the sketch is from Pals Paper Arts.   (This is fast becoming a favorite blog of mine!).  I made a square 6x6 card.
Ppa sketch

Next, the colors!   Over at The Play Date Cafe, this weeks colors are bright and cheerful. Here is their inspiration for colors:


I used Close To My Heart's colors of Sky, Sunset and Cotton Candy.  
 

I used Close To My Heart's My Acrylix stamp - Piece of Cake (D1407).  To make my cake I actually did 'piece' it together and even added decorator icing! (Liquid Applique Z308)    I first stamped my cake on the White Daisy cardstock with sky ink.  Before stamping onto the cardstock, I wiped the ink off of the flames and inked the flames with sunset - only applying the flames to the sunset ink pad.   Next, using Cotton Candy ink, I stamped the cake onto Cotton Candy cardstock.  Then I stamped it a 3rd time using Sunset ink and Sunset cardstock.   I cut out the cake from the Cotton Candy and the cake stand from the Sunset cardstock.   I decorated the cake with the Liquid Applique.  Once the Liquid Applique was dry, I used a craft heater to puff it up.   YUMMY!     I needed a fancy cake plate (we are celebrating after all!) so I used my Glitz Glitter Gel to jazz up the plate.  I used a Sky marker to color the candles and also used more Glitz Glitter Gel for the flames on the candles

Here is a closer view of my cake:

Recipe:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Cotton Candy, Sunset, and Sky
Magnique My Reflections Level 2 paper
Stamps:  Piece of Cake, Eclectic Edges
Inks: Sky, Sunset, and Cotton Candy Exclusive Ink Pad
Sky Exclusive Ink Marker
Glitz Glitter Gel
Liquid Applique
2" Scallop Punch
1 1/4" Scallop Punch

All Products are Close To My Heart

Be sure to check out the other great artwork on both the Pals Paper Arts and The PlayDate Cafe blogs!

Comments

  1. massofhairJune 19, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    Funky and fun card. Great photo of the dimension on your creation which gets lost when you see it front on. Very creative and good use of the colours:-)

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  2. Marlena M.June 20, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    This cake looks yummy. I love the 3D effect! ;)

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  3. Oops a Daisy DesignsJune 20, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    Very pretty birthday card! Thank you for playing along with Pals Paper Arts.

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  4. Jaclyn MillerJune 21, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    The way you've done the cake using the colors is perfect! Love it. Thank you so much for joining us at The Play Date Cafe this week.

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  5. Colleen DietrichJune 21, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Oooh, I love your frosting! What a great idea to add that Liquid Applique to it. THanks for playing with us at THe Play Date Cafe!

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