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Striped Tall Candles - A Big Birthday Wish
I knew I wanted to created a blue masculine card and started out by cutting down a quarter sheet of Blue Denim Cardstock with a stitched...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
Text Block Let's Party
I think this is my favorite text block from Papertrey Ink. I really like that it has balloons with the sentiment. It was cut from some...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
Text Block Wish Big On Your Birthday
This is another text block by Papertrey Ink, which is in a landscape format. It was cut from some orange cardstock and then again from...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
Text Block Wishing You a Very Happy Birthday
I've had this text block die from Papertrey Ink for a long time. I really like them because they make a quick and easy card. I cut the...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
Celebrate with 3 Candles
When I am making masculine birthday cards I usually use graphic die cuts. For this card I pulled out three different color cardstock and...
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Aug 16, 20231 min read
Birthday Candles Circle Birthday Wishes
For my previous card the Birthday Candles circle was cut from gold glitter cardstock. I decided to make a card from the positive panel...
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Aug 16, 20231 min read
Birthday Candles Circle Make a Wish
The Simon Says Stamp Birthday Candles Die cuts the circle and candles from a card panel. I wanted a free standing candle circle, so I...
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Aug 16, 20231 min read
Happy Birthday Circle with Candles
I like stretching my dies by combining two different dies to create something new. This card uses with Simon Says Stamp birthday dies....
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Aug 16, 20232 min read
Lakeside Scene It’s Your Day
When I first bought this die from Honey Bee I was very disappointed. It only cut out the outline. You could see the depression of the...
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Aug 11, 20232 min read
Red and White Happy You Day Balloons
This is the last balloon card that I made for a masculine card. I found some red and white patterned paper that I liked and die cut...
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Aug 10, 20231 min read
Three Balloons Celebrate
I had a few balloons leftover from my previous card. I selected three colors that were complimentary to one another to create another...
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Aug 10, 20231 min read
Landscape Floating Balloons Birthday Wishes
I had all the balloon centers leftover from the previous card I made and decided to put them to use. I took a piece of copy paper and...
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Aug 10, 20232 min read
Balloon Background Happiest of Birthdays
In keeping with the balloon theme of my previous card I pulled out the Simon Says Stamp Balloon Background die and cut it three times...
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Aug 10, 20231 min read
Floating Balloons Happy Birthday
Now that I had created a lot of flower birthday cards, it was time to create some masculine cards. I cut a stitched rectangle from white...
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Aug 10, 20231 min read
Chuck - Enjoy the Ride!
My daughter's boyfriend is having his birthday the end of the month. He is wanting to get himself a new motorcycle and it wants it to be...
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Jul 20, 20232 min read
Colored Pencils Happy Birthday Celebration
It has been a long time since I have used my Polychromos Pencils. I thought they would look good on this large "Birthday" word from...
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Jul 11, 20231 min read
Yellow, Green, Turquoise, and Blue Happy Birthday to You
I bought this layering stencil from Simon Says Stamp/C.C. Designs. I knew it would make great masculine cards. If you use different...
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Jul 9, 20232 min read
Red, Orange, Green, and Yellow Happy Birthday to You
I bought this layering stencil from Simon Says Stamp/C.C. Designs. I knew it would make great masculine cards. If you use different...
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Jul 9, 20232 min read
Rainbow Tall Candles Make a Wish
This is the last card I made using these tall candles from My Favorite Things. I used a rainbow of My Favorite Things Cardstock to...
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Jul 4, 20231 min read
Rainbow Tall Candles Birthday Wishes
These tall candles from My Favorite Things were cut from a rainbow of My Favorite Things Cardstock. The flames were cut from gold...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
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