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Birthday Wishes Josh
My Grandson has a birthday this coming week. His favorite color is blue, with accents of red. I decided to use Simon Says Stamp Balloon...
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Aug 26, 20232 min read
Immense Hug Old Friends Happy Birthday
This is another card I made using a Penny Black immense word die. This time I paired it with an image from My Favorite Things BB Festive...
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Aug 19, 20232 min read
Immense Enjoyable Happy Birthday Enjoy
I am really enjoying these large word dies from Penny Black. They can be paired with endless images. For this card I used an image from...
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Aug 19, 20232 min read
Immense Enjoy Your Day
This is another of Penny Black's immense dies. I wanted to create a masculine card, so the word was cut from some dark blue cardstock...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
Immense Birthday Hug
I have a crafty friend who uses Penny Black's Immense Hug die in a lot of different cards. I liked them so much that I purchased the die...
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Aug 17, 20232 min read
Framed Lakeside Scene Thinking of You
I've used this die and stencil set from Honey Bee Stamps before. This time I decided to ink blend the image twice and then fussy cut the...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
Balloon Bouquet Arch with Pink Streamers and Confetti
Once again I had a leftover positive die cut of the Inside and Out Arch by My Favorite Things. This time I decided to use a different...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
Fancy Cake Celebrate
I like this cake die from Pretty Pink Posh. It makes it really easy to color the frosting a different color than the cake because it has...
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Aug 17, 20232 min read
Balloon Bouquet Arch Birthday Wishes
I had the leftover positive arch leftover from my previous card and wanted to put it to use. I decided to keep it simple. I cut the...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read
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
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