We've been down in Green Valley, AZ where we celebrated my dad's 80th birthday yesterday. Well, we've actually been celebrating since we arrived last Friday and enjoying beautiful weather. Anyway, I thought maybe you would like to see the card I made. After checking out several candle cards online I decided to try my own version:
- I planned the card to use all of the 12 patterns/colors from Foil Frenzy Specialty DSP (144125) for the candles cutting them 3/8" wide which gave me 4 candles per 12" long strip.
- The 80 candles cover 2 sheets of Soft Sky (131203) each cut 11" x 4.25" and scored at 5.5": 8 sections with 10 candles each.
- The sections were attached end to end with tape on the back though you may need to reinforce this. It is a long card and the weight may pull the sections apart.
- I used a retired 12 x 12" brown/craft sheet cut to 4 1/4" x 11 1/4" since I needed to allow an extra 1/4" to accomodate the candles. Score at 5 1/2" and 5 3/4".
- The flames were punched from Copper Foil (142020) paper with the Leaf Punch (144667). I colored the based of the flame with a Light Cherry Cobbler Blend(144576).
This photo gives you an idea how shiny it gets with the foil papers.
- The front uses the Large Numbers Framelits (140622), Number of Years stamp set (140653), along with the Foil Frenzy Specialty DSP (144125).
It's almost time to head back to Minnesota, so until next time...