Hooray Hooray

I hope your Labor Day weekend has been fabulous.

The infection on my right eye was persistent so I took quite a bit of rest.  I was frustrated as I really wanted to play at my craft desk non-stop, but the itch, the medication and the eye drop all prevented me from doing that.  Nevertheless I tried to craft in between those hours of rest. 

I have made a birthday card for a little child.  A cupcake was the first thing that came to my mind, then I looked for sketches online for the layout.  I found this from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

 

Then I wanted to use the colors from Color My Heart Color Dare challenge:

 

 

A clean and simple card was then born:

 

 



 Because there is no patterned paper involved, I want to make sure that it has enough interest going on.  I first cut out the pennants from the banner and pop up some of them, then for the cupcakes, I added some glitter gel for that mimics the icing and purposeful aligned them randomly.  I did thought about having a big cupcake (1.5" instead of 1" as shown) but that looked a little odd.  That cupcake could be used in another project, I'm sure.  I also thought about lining the three cupcakes in a row, but I think that is too boring for a young, energetic boy. 

My card is also entering the following challenges:
1.  The Paper Nest Dolls - CAS
2.  The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Inspiration picture (that inspires me to make a birthday card)
3.  Kaboodle Doodles - Use Yellow
4.  Make it Monday
5.  There She Goes - Banners and Birthdays
6.  Get Inky! Challenge - Cakes/Cupcakes
7.  Sentimental Sundays - Birthdays
8.  Dream Valley Challenges - For a Child
9.  Scrapper's Delights Challenge - Paper piecing

Thanks for stopping by!