Facebook - Beginners Cardmaking Challenge

A new challenge on  Beginners Cardmaking Group on facebook.  The challenge was to make a card using a background paper of your choice and this sketch.  No Stamping allowed, other than a sentiment.

This was my take on the sketch.  Used a 6x6 card blank and a 6x6 cupcake background.  I trimmed the background paper to fit the card and glued it on.  Used a Tattered Lace die and cut it out 5 times, with White, Pink, Purple, Yellow and Green card.  I used the white as a base and paper pieced the other colours in for the icing on top, and the purple for the cupcake wrapper.  Cut out a banner in purple and pink, embossed the pink one with a "Happy Birthday" embossing folder and layered it on top of the purple one.  Glued the banner onto the background paper and used pinflair gel to raise the shaped cupcake onto the card.  Stamped Happy Birthday onto white card and embossed with black embossing powder.  Cut it into a banner and glued onto a pin and inserted into top of cupcake.