Friday, June 27, 2008

The Candle Card

Here's a picture of the birthday candle card I made last weekend. The best part of the experience is opening it to the interlacing candles. I learned a lot with this exercise and would definitely be able to improve on the next one. Because I didn't really have a plan and had not done one before, I ended up having to overlap and add a few small candles to get to the desired number. It worked out and gave it a somewhat avant garde look. The double color paper (one side hot pink; one side orange) was a nice touch and gave it more flair (flare:)

Now that I understand how the interlacing idea works (when you glue a candle to one side of the peak, it lays one direction; gluing to the other side, then, lays the opposite direction, the idea being to alternate spots on the peak to get the interlacing), I know to determine the number of candles per peak and plan the number of peaks accordingly. This card was about 4 inches tall.

3 comments:

Sarah in Disturbia said...

I am honored to be the recipient!! The card is amazing and I can feel the love : ) xo

Anonymous said...

Connie: Awesome card...and you did a great job engineering, too!

Sarah in Disturbia said...

helllooooo . . . i'm anxiously awaiting your next post : )