design team challenge

Our Lizzie Anne Design Team Challenge this month is to use an everyday item on our card... something that would not normally be slated as a papercrafting item. I chose this star birthday candle that was left over from my daughters birthday party. The cupcake stamp has sentimental value for me...it was my first time *ever* drawing a cupcake. It's still my favorite cupcake stamp to date, but alas, it has been around for a long time and thus it's time for it to retire so we can draw new cupcake stamps. This stamp -- "Hey Cupcake" -- is 50% off until they are all gone so get it while you can! The cool Happy Birthday sentiment is from the new August Monthly Mix set!

I have a funny story to share about this card. I was trying to figure out how to stick the candle on the card...the wax was too slippery for my double-sided tape and I didn't have any glue. Then it hit me... I should just melt the backside a bit and stick it on the paper! Note: I already had the stick and the cupcake taped to the bottom of the card, so I was trying to lift the wax star off my card a bit to get a match underneath it. I'm sure you know where this is going. While doing this, the wick on the candle actually caught fire and I nearly burned my whole card down. ha ha ha! (Note that the wick looks used, that's why!) I managed to blow it out just in time. My son came down the stairs and asked me "Mom what's that burning smell?" Oh, it's just me papercrafting dear! :)

Make sure to visit the LAD Blog today and see what the rest of the design team members did for this month's challenge!