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Time to Celebrate Candles with Happy Birthday Background
I used the tall candles from My Favorite Things on a scrap of striped paper to create the candles on this card. This time the flames...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
Time to Celebrate Balloon Shaker
This card uses the leftover panel from cutting the arch for the previous card. This made the perfect opening for a shaker card. The...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
Rainbow Candles Happy Birthday Arch
I recently purchased My Favorite Things Inside & Out Stitched Arch Die. An arch was cut from the center of a quarter sheet of white...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
Candles and Confetti Happy Birthday
I recently purchased these tall candles from My Favorite Things. I used a rainbow of My Favorite Things Cardstock to cutout the candles....
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Jul 3, 20232 min read
Red Pickup Best Fishes for a Happy Birthday
I really like this image for the men who love to fish in my life. I stamped it was Memento Toffee Crunch Ink and colored it with Copic...
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Jun 6, 20232 min read
Chevy Belair You're in Mint Condition
This is another image from Honey Bee Stamps Car Show. My husband identified it as a Chevy Belair. When I searched online I saw a love...
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Jun 6, 20232 min read
Chevy Chevelle Some Things Never Get Old
My older brother has a birthday next week. He loves the color red, just like me. My husband helped me to identify the type of cars...
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Jun 6, 20232 min read
Rainbow Mirror Happy Birthday Cupcakes
This card uses a gold hot foil background made with a regular background die. Once the foiling was complete it was cut down with an A2...
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Jun 3, 20232 min read
Rainbow Birthday Candles Happy Birthday
I liked the rainbow ink blending so much on my previous card that decided to do it on these candle cutouts. The candles were cut from...
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Jun 3, 20232 min read
Perfect Pairing Rainbow Happy Birthday Balloons
I love this stacked birthday sentiments from Concord & 9th. Usually it is paired with the matching balloons that nestle into the open...
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Jun 3, 20231 min read
All the Tools for Chris
I have used these Spellbinders All the Tools dies on other cards. I had created a card with the tools and a handmade tool box for my...
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May 29, 20232 min read
Have a Boot Scootin’ Boogie Birthday
I've been on a cowboy kick lately. I saw these cute little dies on Amazon and decided to give them a try. I think they turned out...
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May 25, 20232 min read
Put on Your Fancy Boots and Cowboy Hat and Celebrate
These boots are a little more realistic. I really liked the pattern on the boots. I had seen some boots similar to this that was black...
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May 23, 20232 min read
Lasso a Very Happy Birthday
My husband watches a lot of old westerns. I thought this little cowboy image with is boots, hat, and lasso was really cut. It was...
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May 23, 20231 min read
Hey Cowboy – Put On Your Cowboy Hat and Celebrate
I live in Texas now and thought I should create some cowboy birthday cards, so I went looking on the web for cowboy digi images. This is...
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May 23, 20231 min read
Fancy Cake Sweet Wishes
I've used this die before and really like it for a birthday card. Today, since I wanted a masculine card I cut the cake pieces from...
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May 11, 20231 min read
Balloons and Presents Happy Birthday
For this balloon background card the image was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed silver. The balloons and presents were...
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May 11, 20231 min read
Soft Watercolor Balloons Happy Birthday to You
This card was stamped on Bristol Smooth Watercolor Paper with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed gold. To watercolor the balloon on this...
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May 11, 20231 min read
Rainbow Polka Dot Balloon Happy Birthday to You
I recently organized my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers and decided to create a card with them. I stamped the background with...
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May 11, 20232 min read
Confetti Background Balloons Happy Birthday to You
I had the confetti background leftover from my previous card and decided to put it to good use. I ink blended a rainbow of colors on the...
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May 6, 20231 min read
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