You know how sometimes you create something and it just makes you happy!  Well this is one of those cards and it’s super fun to make.  It’s a happy card using the Build a Birthday stamp set with a little bit of Cherry on Top Washi Tape.

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What makes this card so fun to create are the colored circles that are floating around the candle.  I used Sponge Daubers for the large circles and anyone care to guess what I used to make the small ones?  It’s something you probably have right in your house – possibly even hundreds of them – it’s a cotton swab.  Grab one cotton swab and one sponge dauber for each color and with a little dab in the ink and a twist on your card you get these fun circles!

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Another fun aspect of this card is that it actually has a short front and the bottom of the inside peeks out – that is where the washi tape is.  I used the dot pattern – it matches the dots I made on the card! Put there are 4 other patterns in the Cherry on Top Washi Tape collection.  There is also a 6×6 Paper stack and you could use strips of that in place of the Washi Tape giving you tons of possibilities.

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So fun and a quick card to make.  My Stamper’s Club and card clubs had fun making this card this month. Here is the full list of supplies for you:

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