Happy Birthday

I really toyed with this card tonight, trying to decide what kind of card I wanted to make: Christmas, birthday, thinking of you? But it ended up being a birthday card in the end. And I like how it turned out!

The cute little mouse is Sweet Tooth Mouse from Gerda Steiner, the image for their progressive challenge this month. The cupcakes are from Beccy's Place.  I colored all the images with Spectrum Noir markers. The designer paper is from Papers by Lozzy. I really like that fun design and how the color fades toward the edges. The stripes were created with washi tape.  The cupcakes were die cut with MFT's Stitched Circles and then popped up with foam tape. For the mouse I cut the circle out of the card to show the white background. I used a black pen to create a faux stitch around the cut out circle and them I popped up the mouse from the circle. I used white gel pen for the sprinkles on the top cupcake and a black pen to create the little seeds in the strawberry. Love those little details. I heat embossed the sentiment from Hero Arts It's Your Day sentiment set. The card is glued to a white card base.
I am entering these challenges:

• Gerda Steiner September Progressive challenge: use Sweet Tooth Mouse
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch 
  
• A Bit More Time to Craft: anything goes
• Beccy's Place September challenge: use a Beccy's Place image
• QKR Stampede: anything goes optional embossing
• Digi Choosday: anything goes

Don't forget to stop back tomorrow morning for my second post for the new release at Imagine That Digis by Kris. And if you haven't left a comment for my blog candy check it out. Ends September 30th. Thanks for stopping by!

Donna