This is my final work.

At first,I made a rectangle by rectangle tool and colored it by blue as a background.Then, I drew a slanted line and made a cone by appearence.I choose linear type for the color.I choose yellow color for the hat as well.After that, I made a rounded symbol and mapped it by 3D effect.

I drew lip by pen tool and added to the hat just to make it like a human.Then I drew the eye by rectangle tool an colored it.

In this step, I drew foot, hands, and shoes by pen tool and colored them.Then,I added ribons to the head of hat.After that, I colored it by gardient/radial type.I just changed other color of ribons to orange,yellow andred.

Then, I drew the lines and clored it by gardient/linear type.

In this step, I drew the cake by pen tool and drew creams as well.then I rendered it by a light brown.then, I colored them by gardient/linear type.Then I made some strawberry seeds by pen tool and added to the cake.finally, I put one of the candles on it.Then, I just copy a few of them in the lines.

Then, I drew a candle and colored it by gardient /type radial.However,I colored the bottom part of the candle by linear type.I made it smaller and put it in the wavy lines.

In this step, I drew a cube by pen tool. then, I colored it by gardient in radial type.Also I drew a heart and put it in front of the cube.Then I drew a flower by pen tool and colored it by gardient as well. As you see,I have added two images, because, I wanted to show that I have colored some of the cubes in the picture by linear type.I have put a lot of cubes as well as baloons in this picture.

At last, I took a picture from internet and drew a ballon by pentool.Then I colored it by gardient.as you see in the picture, I colored the ballon by linear type and choose 60 grade for that.Then, I drew three shadows by pen tool and put it inside the ballon and colored it by a light purple. I wrote a Happy Birthday among them by T tool and colored it by black.

And this is the final text of birthday card.

This is my final work of birthday card.

I have taken my idea from these two pictures for making birthday cakes and candles.

I have taken my Idea from this hats.I choose hats, because it is one of the objects in birthdays especially children birthdays.Then, I changed it to a human that give a gift.

It is funny to know a little about the history of birthday:

It is thought the large-scale celebration of birthdays in Europe began with the non-Christian cult of Mithras, which originated in Persia(Persia is curently IRAN), and was spread by soldiers throughout the Roman Empire. Such celebrations were uncommon previously so practices from other contexts such as the Saturnalia were adapted for birthdays.

Because many Roman soldiers took to Mithraism, it was distributed widely and its influence was spread throughout the empire until it was supplanted by Chiristianity.

"Taken from WIKIPEDIA Website."

Interesting Information on Background of Birthday Cake:

Cakes were initially called by the name ‘plakous’ by the Greeks, which is a similar word to ‘flat.’ These were a combination of nuts and honey. Besides, they also made a cake called "satura," which was a flat heavy cake. It is also believed that the Greeks offered round shaped cake to the Goddess of Moon called Artemis. It is this for reason that even candles were placed on the cake to make it glow like the moon. The Romans followed the suite, with a slight change in the name of the cake, which became "placenta" as derived from the Greek term.

Definition of Birthday Cake:

In Western culture Birthday Cake is defined as a pastry or dessert served to a person on his or her birthday. Birthday cakes are usually decorated with person’s name and carry a message of congratulations. Candles equal to the number of year’s a person has been alive are also placed on the cake. There is also a tradition to place one extra candle to bring good luck. Birthday cakes are usually spongy and the most popular flavour in cakes is chocolate.

Tradition of Putting Candles on Birthday Cake:

Tradition of placing candles on Birthday cake is attributed to early Greeks, who used place lit candles on cakes to make them glow like the moon. Greeks used to take the cake to the temple of Artemis-the Goddess of Moon. Some scholars say that candles were placed on the cake because people believe that the smoke of the candle carried their wishes and prayers to Gods who lived in the skies. Others believe that the custom originated in Germany where people used to place a large candle in the centre of the cake to symbolize ‘the light of life’. In present times too, people place candles on Birthday cakes and a silent wish is made before blowing out the candle. It is believed that blowing out all candles in one breath means the wish will come true and the person with enjoy good luck in the coming year. Some also smear out the name of the person before slicing of the cake to bring good luck.