Alma's Birthday Explosion Card

Good morning friends

Today's share is the card I made for our Granddaughter's second birthday. It's hard to believe she is only two - seems like she is more like ten! She is a character, that one - full of spitfire & joy and is smart as a whip. I call her Sunshine and she truly does light up a room.

I kept the front fairly simple, as all the fun is on the inside! I used Karen Burniston's Explosion Pop-Up to create all the fun folds, and included a cupcake from the Cupcake Pop-Up as well as personalizing the card inside with the Alphabet dies.

Note, the cupcake does stick out of the card a little in the closed position. I'm fine with that - it will be displayed open and I like that it's a bit of a teaser that there is something cool inside the card. But you could move the icing down a little inside the cupcake liner if you wanted to.

There IS lots of bulk on this card, but it will be hand-delivered with her gift so that meant I could go to town with ribbons, bows and foam tape. This is probably the last time I will be able to get way with pink for Alma ... if you handed her a doll or a truck to play with she will choose the truck every single time. Show her a dress and she says NOOOOOOOOOOO. Ahahaha - she cracks us up, that one.

I know she will love her card because of the Pop-Up, the balloons and she recognizes her name when it's spelled out.

Supplies:

1069 Explosion Pop-Up  - Karen Burniston

Pink and white card stock

Heart stencil - Dylusions

1008 Cupcake Pop-Up  - Karen Burniston

Stickles

Cupcake patterned paper - Michaels

1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Ribbon - stash

Striped patterned paper - DCWV

Sakura white gel pen

Copic markers

1055 Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1038 Happy Birthday Day - Karen Burniston

1053 Alphabet - Karen Burniston

1034 Word Set 5 Royalty (banner) - Karen Burniston

Stamp - MFT Stamps

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