Wednesday 13 April 2011

Happy birthday....

... to my not so little girl. Jemma is 12 today, 12 years that have flown by in the blink of an eye. She spent her day shopping, and swimming, and now has a friend over for a sleepover. However, her main party is Saturday, when 3 of her friends are coming out for a meal, and then sleeping over...

This is the card I made for her birthday. Jemma has taken a shine to baking just recently, so I thought I would make her a paper cupcake! I used 2 sketches from Sketch Support for this card - Card sketch #5 and Add-on sketch #3.

I used up scraps from BasicGrey Recess collection, and the "frosting" of the cupcake uses Scenic Route scraps. I scored kraft cardstock with my Hougie board to make the cupcake base, and the border is punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I cut the circles for the "frosting" were cut using my circle Nestabilities. The sentiment stamp is by Personal Impressions, and the foam numbers are American Crafts Thickers. I added some Frosted Lace Stickles to the cupcake to add extra frostiness!!

Jemma loved the card, and had a great day. She is already counting the days til her next brithday, although I know I am not that keen for her to be a teenager as quickly as she is....

TTFN


xxxx

10 comments:

Mary Pat Siehl said...

great layout! I love the recess line! i still have a touch left! hoarding it a bit--hehehehehehe

Handmade Hannah said...

A beautiful card! My daughter's birthday was also yesterday but she was one! April is lovely month to be born in. Thanks for sharing your work :)

Hedgehog Reader said...

Darling card - love the clean lines of it and the "frosting" on the cupcake! :o)

Beth said...

This card is adorable! My 18 year old DD loves to bake, too...especially cupcakes! I may have to scraplift this!

Margie Higuchi said...

Happy birthday to your DD!! Love the card esp. that cupcake - lots of details :)

Becky said...

Oh the circles for the frosting and the scored cup are too cute! Happy Birthday to your daughter!

Shell said...

really cute idea - love the cupcake wrapper!

Pam W. said...

Really cute. Love the circles - great idea.

Connie Mercer said...

Love the card and your color choices!! so pretty!!!

Amy said...

I love the frosting circles!! Gorgeous!! I am going to try that one of these days!! Very nice!!