Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's my turn to host this week and I have a fun theme challenge for us to work with:
It's my birthday tomorrow and that's what inspired my choice of theme this week. You can't have a birthday cake without at least one candle, right? You are not restricted to birthday candles for your cards though - Christmas candles, menorah or any kind of seasonal candles are fine - just include at least one on your card. I was leafing through my new Creative Celebrations Mix & Match Designer Paper and realised there were two different festive candle designs, so I decided to choose one as the focal point for today's card. Take a look at what I came up with:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
This pretty festive candle is on an arch-shaped tag, so I carefully fussy cut three of them from the Creative Celebrations paper (because everything looks better in threes!) and mounted them onto three split-colour arches cut with my Everyday Arches Dies. I used another pattern in the pack for the top half of my background (the lower portion is from another retired Christmas pack) and added in some diecut bows, foliage and snowflakes along with a sentiment from my stash:
Lots of layers on this one, but actually the paper has enough detail to stand alone - even without my additions the paper is perfect for both quick and more detailed Christmas cards. So what kind of candles will you feature on your cards?
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:
The Paper Players Design Team
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
1. Create a new paper project
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
3. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.
4. Have FUN!
Enjoy your day; I'll be back later in the week with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
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