Cake and candles

It's my turn to choose the theme over at Totally Papercrafts this week and I went for -

Don't Be Square

no groaning please :-)
You can make this nice and simple with circles and rectangles,
or treat us to something a little more elaborate.
Just have fun!

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish
If you need some inspiration check out the brilliant work of my teamies
over on the challenge blog.


I came across this AWESOME card and tutorial by Kathrin
on the Stempeleinmaleins Blog
and I just HAD to try it. Isn't it AMAZING?

It's a great tutorial - very easy to follow and surprisingly quick to make. The card itself, is like an easel card, with an added scored section, so that it folds over the cake and candle box.
 

I did find the cake a bit tricky, but that's because I have fingers like Shrek!! I added an extra circle layer to the bottom of the cake to help me keep it together. For the candle holes I used a standard hole punch (like you use for A4 paper) which was the perfect size for my candles.

My candles only just fit, lengthwise, inside the box, so make sure you measure yours. It would be easy to add a few mm's to the template. 

Here's a close up of my image

Kenny K Club Kid,

coloured with Copics

And finally a picture of the card folded down - in my excitement to finish, I forgot to add a little bit of ribbon to the top and bottom, which would tie in a pretty bow at the front. Never mind - next time!!

 I'm not sure how safe it would be to actually light these candles - 

so maybe it should be given with a warning!

Challenges - 

Spoon Full Of Sugar - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes + DT Call

ABC - U is for Unusual Fold

Charisma Cardz - Birthdays in Pink

Supplies - 

DP - Papermania Regency.        Stamp - Kenny K Club Kid

It's Your Birthday Stamp - Catslife Press

Balloons -  Sizzix Die               Marth Stewart Lace Border Punch

Leaves - XCut Botanical Punch

Blooms, Card Candy, Ribbon, from my stash.

xxx