Saturday, May 21, 2016

Sam's Birthday

My great niece is having her eighth birthday next month, I already knew I wanted to use the PTI enclosed cupcake for her card and I always send some money so when Make it With Money Challenge   was introduced at PTI,  I wanted to try to do both.  Of course,  Lexi did an elaborate paper fold and made the cutest card ever, and it has been fun to see all the wonderful designs using paper folds on the blog.
My original intent was to use the money as a candle but that looked strange so I decided to cut two cup cake wrappers and use one on the front of the card and one on the back to form a pocket for the money. I used some foam tape on the sides and bottom of the back wrapper to lift it from the cupcake base and make a pocket for the money. Then I decorated the front of the card. 


She is to going to be eight so I used a five dollar bill and three candles. The delineation between the parts of the cupcake shows up better in real life. There is lots of glitter on this card following a technique my friend Judy Woodland told me about. I used it on the icing and on the background behind the pretty card panel.  I used  two water colored panels that were in my scrap box for the icing and the background. I finished it off with a couple of flowers from Wild Iris. 

14 comments:

  1. Cute, cute card Kathy! Love your bright and yummy looking cupcake, and how you tucked the money into the back of it...perfect card! :0)

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  2. Lovely way to present your money gift! Sweet and sunny!

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  3. Very clever use of the cupcake image for the money holder. Cute card and she will love it. I love the bright colors.

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  4. How cute is this? Your niece will love it.....and the money! Beautiful background and your cupcake is just adorable!! You are such a genius!!!

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  5. This is so gorgeous!! And what a creative way to make a money holder!! I love the yummy cupcake and the background!! It's so beautiful my friend!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  6. What a sweet (literally) cupcake card, love that yellow check, so pretty and fresh! I think the moolah looks so tempting in your cupcake...mmmmm....Sam will love it!

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  7. yellow is my favorite! super cute card and i love how you created the money pocket!! thanks for playing make it monday!

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  8. Well, this is really thinking out of the box. I let this challenge go, as I could not think of anything so clever. Your niece is going to love this, beautiful yellow yummy looking cupcake. The fact that it has 5 bucks in to is not going to heat either. Lol

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  9. Just as sweet as it can be!! Every detail is perfect! I just love those flowers : )

    Patti

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  10. A lovely card with such great yellow! Could you enlighten us as to what background plate you used....I like it so much!

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    1. Hi Kathy. The background plate is a Dog Dies Flower Lace A2 die. I agree it is beautiful.

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  11. Fabulous and bright. Great idea Kathy.

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  12. Great way to incorporate money with the cupcake. Such a bright and cheerful card all blinded up!

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  13. Fabulous!! What a clever and pretty way to give your niece a gift... Beautiful!

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