Cupcake Birthday Card

Whew! I am just not running fast enough! The days are really short since Wayne and I are on the road or at his treatment for 4 -4 1/2 hours everyday! It really makes me admire the women who are working at full time jobs and can still create and post a cards everyday. My hat is off to them!

The card below was designed for my church's Cards for Christ ministry. This group of women makes and sends cards to the ill, grieving and our shut-ins to assure them of our love and of God's. They are an amazing group of women and I am so blessed to be in their midst.

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Materials:
1. Whisper White cardstock (cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4",
3"x3", punched 1 1/4" circle; Pear Pizzaz (3 1/4" x 3 1/4",
4 1/4" x 1 3/8"), punched 1 3/8" scalloped circle; 4 1/4" x 1" Pear
Pizzaz DSP.

2. Crazy For Cupcakes and Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamp sets.

3. Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzaz, Bashful Blue and So Saffron classic ink pads.

4. 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" scallop punch.

5. Aqua Painter, snail adhesive

6. 6 1/2" Pear Pizzaz 1/4" grosgrain ribbon.

Steps:

1. Fold white card stock to from 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"card.

2. Center and adhere the Pear Pizzaz DSP on top of the Pear Pizzaz strip.
Glue this combined strip so that the bottpm edge is 1/4" from the
bottom of the card.

3. Stamp "happy birthbay" in the center of the white punched circle
and then attach it to the green scalloped circle. Glue this circle to
the center of the Pear Pizzazz strip.

4. Stamp stacked cupcakes onto the center of the 3" x 3" white square and
color with Aqua painter by picking up ink from the lid of ink pad.
(Remember to depress the lid to the ink pad before opening. That way
you will have the ink where it can be easily picked up with the Aqua Painter).

5. Adhere ribbon to the left side of the above piece.

6. Center and attach your focal image with the ribbon on the green square,

7. Center and attach this piece between the Pear Pizzazz strip and the
top of the card