CUPCAKES & CANDLES IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY LAYOUT | with Tarrah

Today I'm sharing a fun and colorful birthday layout created with the absolutely adorable Cupcakes & Candles collection! This collection is bursting with happy colors, playful icons, and the sweetest birthday-themed embellishments, making it perfect for documenting those special milestone celebrations.

For this layout, I wanted to highlight a favorite birthday photo of my niece, so I kept the design focused around one large photograph. The fabulous Sweet Sprinkles patterned paper creates an instant party atmosphere and serves as the perfect backdrop for all the bright embellishments.

To draw attention to the photo, I layered it onto a simple mat and machine stitched a border around the photo.

Down the right side of the layout, I added one of the Fancy Frills in Bumblebee and also some of the cute new Wired Pom Pom trim in Swimming Pool! The texture adds a playful touch and coordinates beautifully with the collection's vibrant color palette.

Down the left side of the photo, I built a vertical embellishment cluster featuring balloons, a party hat, gifts, and birthday sentiments all from the Chit Chat and Odds & Ends packs. This arrangement helps lead the eye through the design while creating a fun storytelling element. Layering the die-cuts and stickers adds depth and makes the page feel full of birthday excitement without overwhelming the photograph.

One of my favorite details is the large "It's Your Birthday" die-cut, this piece acts as my title and it creates a bold focal point and perfectly captures the joy of the occasion. I tucked in a few smaller phrases, including "Let's Party," "Woo Hoo," and "You're Sweet," to add extra charm and personality.

I finished the layout by incorporating gift boxes and floral accents at the bottom of the embellishment cluster, helping balance the design while adding even more pops of color. The result is a page that feels festive, playful, and full of happy birthday memories.

The Cupcakes & Candles Collection makes birthday documenting so easy with its coordinating patterns, cheerful embellishments, and endless layering possibilities. Whether you're celebrating a first birthday, a milestone year, or any special party in between, this collection is sure to make your memories shine.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope this layout inspires you to pull out your Cupcakes & Candles supplies and celebrate your own sweet birthday memories!

 Happy crafting!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

9150 Cupcakes and Candles - Odds & Ends pack

9152 Cupcakes and Candles - Bits & Pieces pack

9151 Cupcakes and Candles - Chit Chat pack

9156 Cupcakes and Candles - This & That sticker sheet

9167 Cupcakes and Candles - Sweet Sprinkles patterned paper

9133 Cupcakes and Candles - Birthday Cake - Doodlepop 

9128 Cupcakes and Candles - You're Sweet - Shaker Pop

9251 Wired Pom Pom Trim - Swimming Pool

9233 Fancy Frills cardstock stickers - Bumblebee

OTHER

Sewing machine

White cotton thread

CUPCAKES & CANDLES TIERED CAKE MINI ALBUM | with Kathy

Today I have a mini album using the Cupcakes & Candles collection. I found this adorable mini album tutorial on Instagram and immediately fell in love!   And as soon as I saw the new Make a Wish Doodle Cuts, I knew I wanted to combine the two to create my tiered cake mini album.  Take a peek...

When the album is all folded it looks like a yummy cake on a pretty cake stand! The cover was created with chipboard and covered with the Surprise Party Paper on the outside and a tag from the Hip Hip Hooray paper on the inside.  The inside pages were made from Raspberry cardstock found in the coordinating cardstock pack.  

To decorate my cake I used the frosting, flower and cake stand dies from the Make a wish set, along with some lily white glitter cardstock, puffy stickers and the Birthday Bouquet Shaped Sprinkles.  The candles are also from the puffy sticker sheet.

Once untied, the album opens up to a series of alternating layered pages.  I used the puffy words stickers for the Make a wish along the bottom cover.  The pages are decorated with a mixture of papers from the 6x8 pad, Icon and Mini Icon Stickers, This & That Stickers, Odds & Ends, Chit Chat and Bits & Pieces.

And because I believe that everything is more fun when you can see it in action, I created this flip through video.

I hope you've enjoyed my project today, thank you for stopping by to peek!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

2987 bubblegum doodle twine

2078 primary 12 x 12 sugar coated cardstock assortment pack
9160 surprise party double-sided cardstock
9161 party plaid double-sided cardstock
9162 hip hip hooray double-sided cardstock

9171 cupcakes & candles petite prints assortment pack

9172 cupcakes & candles textured cardstock assortment pack
9127 birthday bouquet shape sprinkles
9138 cupcakes & candles mini icons stickers
9139 cupcakes & candles puffy icons
9140 cupcakes & candles puffy words
9148 make a wish doodle cuts
9150 cupcakes & candles odds & ends
9151 cupcakes & candles chit chat
9152 cupcakes & candles bits & pieces
9154 cupcakes & candles 6x8 paper pad
9155 cupcakes & candles icons
9156 cupcakes & candles this & that

OTHER

Chipboard
double sided tape
liquid glue

tape runner
sizzix big shot

CUPCAKES & CANDLES LET'S PARTY MINI ALBUM | with Conny

Hello, crafty friends! It’s Conny here from The Daily Life of Creativity, and today I’m here with the new Cupcakes and Candles collection, creating this adorable 4-by-5-inch mini album.   To begin creating this mini album, we’re going to need three pieces of chipboard: Back cover: 4 × 5 inches,  Middle spine: 4 × 2 inches and Front cover: 4 × 2½ inches.

To cover the chipboard, I used the Sweet Sprinkles paper, trimmed to 11½ × 5¾ inches. I wrapped the paper around the chipboard, making sure everything was nicely covered. For the front cover, I also used a piece of the Rainbow Drops acetate sheet with polka dots, measuring 3 × 4 inches. This was placed on the front cover section, which measured 2½ inches wide. When adhering the acetate, I made sure it reached all the way to the edge, since this is  the front of my mini album. I used double-sided tape to adhere the acetate to the chipboard, along with a little bit of glue for extra security.

To cover the inside of the chipboard, I trimmed a piece of cardstock measuring 4 × 9½ inches. The paper I used was Colorful Confetti, which is filled with all those cute little shapes. I thought it was perfect for this project. For the inside pages of the mini album, I used three pieces of cardstock. 

For two of the pieces, I cut cardstock measuring 4 × 10½ inches. Along the 10½-inch side, I scored at 5 inches and 5½ inches. This created a ½-inch spine for each page. For the third piece, I cut cardstock measuring 4 × 10 inches and scored along the 10-inch side at 4½ inches and 5 inches. I used Birthday Wishes, Colorful Confetti, and one of the Core Petite Prints papers from the assortment . Once your pieces are scored, it’s time to assemble the pages. I started with the smaller piece at the front, and then adhered the remaining pages, leaving approximately ⅛ inch between the spines. (You can leave a little more space if you prefer, depending on how close or far apart you’d like your pages to be.)   That little bit of space allows the pages to move freely and gave me room to create different interactive elements.

For this mini album, you can use your imagination to create flip pages, pockets, and more. I used the Party Plaid paper, which has all those adorable tags on the back. These were perfect for creating little flip pages and adding extra elements to my album.  I also used cards from the Sweet Sprinkles, Blooming Birthday, and Surprise Party papers. I trimmed some of the journaling cards from the Surprise Party paper and kept them at 3 × 4 inches. I tucked some of these cards into the pockets I created on a few of the flip pages. It’s a great way to add extra space for photos, journaling, or little memories. 

For the back pocket, I created a pocket measuring approximately 4 1/2" × 3 1/2" inches. I left about ½ inch on two sides and the bottom, scored those sections, and folded them to create the pocket.

Those adorable 3 × 4-inch journaling cards fit perfectly inside. For the front cover, I decided to keep things pretty simple. I used one of the Doodle-Pops birthday cake embellishments, along with a sticker from the cardstock stickers. I chose the This and That Happy Birthday sticker to finish it off. Before adding the embellishments, I attached a little closure using sheer pink ribbon. Of course, I also had to play around with the new Pom-Pom Wire Trim. Let me tell you, I’m loving this! It’s perfect for creating beautiful ribbon clusters, and I had so much fun playing with the different colors. For my ribbon clusters, I used the colors Cupcake, Blue Jean, and Bumblebee.

I also added some ephemera pieces and puffy icons to finish decorating the mini album. I went around the pages, adding little clusters using double-sided adhesive, while making sure to leave enough space for my photos. And that’s it for this mini album!

I hope you enjoyed this project and that it inspired you to document some of your favorite birthday celebrations using the Cupcakes and Candles collection. Thank you so much for joining me, and I’ll see you in the next one!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

9172 Cupcakes and Candles - Textured Assortment Cardstock
9171 Cupcakes and Candles -Petite Prints Assortment Pack

9169 Balloon Bouquet Double- Sided Cardstock 

9168 Blooming Birthday - Double-Sided Cardstock 
9166 - Birthday Wishes - Double-Sided Cardstock 

9167 Sweet Sprinkles - Double-Sided Cardstock 
9164- Cute Cupcakes- Double-Sided Cardstock 

9165 Birthday Bouquet - Double-Sided Cardstock 

9160 Surprise Party - Double-Sided Cardstock 

9161 Party Plaid- Double-Sided Cardstock 

9158 Cupcakes & Candles - Double-Sided Cardstock 

9159 Colorful  Confetti- Double-Sided Cardstock 
9154 Cupcakes and Candles -6 x 8 Paper Pad 

9139 Cupcakes and Candles - Puffy Icons 
9140 - Cupcakes and Candles - Puffy Words 

9133 Birthday Cake - Doodle-Pops

9152 Cupcakes and Candles - Bits and Pieces 

9151 Cupcakes and Candles - Chit Chat 
9150 Cupcakes and Candles - Odds & Ends 

9156 Cupcakes and Candles - This & That Stickers 
9138 Cupcakes and Candles - Mini  Icons 

9251 Swimming Pool Wired Pom Pom Trim
9243 Cupcakes Wired Pom Pom Trim 

9253 Blue Jean Wired Pom Pom Trim

OTHER

Cutting Board 
Scoring Board 
Cover Guide Tool Scissors 

80lbs Chipboard 

Acetate
Sheer Pink Ribbon

Liquid Glue 
Foam Adhesive