First Post

I have two posts today... my goodness, something of a record for me in recent times - it's been more like two posts a fortnight :-))  The first is my DT card for Di's Digis Challenge, where we have a new challenge starting with the easy peasy theme, "birthdays"

As the acetate was still on my desk from my last creation... I've used it again!  I wanted to show off that super cute image (Cute Cupcake Tower, available here) as I was really pleased with my colouring on this one, I've coloured as usual with Copics and Prismacolor pencils (though I've bought a couple of Rembrandt pencils so they're in the mix too, lol)
I added lashings of Star Dust Stickles to the icing... of all the cakes - on the image and the papers inside and out!  I also added Glossy Accents to the cherries (even those eensy teensy ones on the paper on the inside!) and the candle flames.
I used paper from a Merci pack, the "doily" was already printed on the green background with the cupcakes in the corner... I just used my Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circle Dies to cut an aperture in the white card (fussy cutting around the cupcakes to keep them whole!) and to cut the pink "ring" to finish it off.  I backed the whole inside of the card with acetate then decided it looked better with the pink "lining".  The aperture in the lining became the mat for the image, perfect!  It's amazing (I think) how different the image looks with green around it, with the front closed, to a lot of pink around it with it open.
The sentiment is from Create With TLC, the little 'resin' cupcake holding it on is actually from a digi paper kit I have, printed on shrink plastic then, well, shrunk!  It looks really good IRL but was difficult to capture on film :-)  A couple of pearls, card finished!
That's it for this post, hope you get a chance to check out the rest of the team's inspiration... and I hope you get to enter the challenge too... as always there's a great prize on offer and, again as always, if you use one of Di's great images you go in a draw for an extra prize, wow!
I am entering this card in the following challenges

The Paper Shelter	Make It Digital
Send a Smile for Kids	Punches and/or Die Cuts 4kids
Catch The Bug	Picture (Keep Calm and Bake Cakes)
Cupcake Inspirations	Cute Critters
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge	Use Patterned Paper
Bunny Zoes Crafts	For the Girls
OSAAT	Anything Goes with Birthdays
Simon Says Challenge	Anything Goes
Art by Miran	Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door	Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown	Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion	Anything Goes
Sweet  Stampin'	All or Nothing (one layer or lots of layers)... it's actually "lots" :-)

I'll be back in a few minutes with my second post for the day 

Donna