Thought I would try my hand at a step card (TLC534) using one of my favorite color combinations. I followed the great directions in our tutorial (link can be found in the challenge directions). Once I had my frame, I cut a smaller white piece of cs to fit inside the front panel and embossed it. For the cake layers, I cut out shapes that I thought would work for the cake and then used a scalloped punch to make the strip of frosting, using the corner rounder on the edges. Die cut each candle twice- once for the main color and once in yellow. Cut off the yellow tops to add for the flames. Die cut the balloons and the "ties" (from Bunting) for the bows on the balloons, and drew the strings with a micropen. Assembled all pieces and then used glossy accents on the flames for some shine. It was easier than I thought it might be! Linking also to: