I am getting started on my 2020 family cards as some have their birthdays early in the new year!! I made this one for my brother. It has a LOT of candles which were created by using strips of decorative papers. I rounded their tops a bit by hand and then glued them all across my card. It is a Z fold card so the back is full size and the front is folded over to the right which leaves the whole length available for decorating!! I hand cut gold foil (Christmas chocolate) for the flames of each candle and added a wick with a black sharpie! I had embossed the top edges with this sort of starburst design which I thought look a lot like the glow of a flame. Next time, I will try to get the flames all in the middle of a glow which will be more effective!! I added a length of green fiber ribbon to the card using double sided tape to secure the edges to the back and a few places along the way to keep lined up from the front to the back. I found this large greeting in my stash. I used the corner punch on it and on the navy layer as well. I watercoloured the greeting, layered the greeting and the navy rectangle and adhered it to only the front piece of my card which allows it to move with the front. I added white embossed layer to the inside for my handwritten wishes for him. It is nice to be back to making cards!!!!!! Therese
