Just a quick post today. I escaped into my craft room while my granddaughter was having a spot of TV time and had a play around with the new Candle Party bundle. It was it's first time out of the packet and for inspiration, I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.
My starting point was the small scalloped edge die that's part of the set. Consequently, I was drawn into a slimline card format to let the scalloped rectangles have enough space.
I was looking for a bright, festive colour combination so went for Azure Afternoon, Lemon-Lime Twist and some Daffodil Delight.
I made a mix of stamped and die cut candles in Azure Afternoon and Lemon-Lime Twist then chose four to use on the diagonal of the card. The set offers a lot of combinations of size and pattern of candle between the stamps and dies.
For the centre, I stamped the birthday cake and gave it Lemon-Lime Twist candles and Daffodil Delight flames. Then, I had a light-bulb moment and stamped the 'celebrate', cut it out and made it the cake. It's popped up on dimensionals for emphasis.
Then I used some of the other elements from the dies: confetti and stars to further add to the party atmosphere. I also added some Shimmering Dots and added Wink of Stella to the flames.
So, a nice simple birthday card that's given me some ideas about what this unassuming little bundle can do. I think it's going to be a great set to have on hand for birthday for people of all ages.
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