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Beautiful Bouquet Birthday Wishes
This stamp from Gina K. Designs is very large. It overflows an A2 card, but it's too tall for a slimline, but it is a beautiful image. ...
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Apr 8, 20232 min read
Hope Your Birthday is a Hit Zach
My grandson Zach turns twenty-four next week. How did that happen, I'm only 25 (sigh). It is amazing how the years are so quickly...
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Apr 5, 20231 min read
Pink Daisies – Awesome at Any Age
I had pulled out this stamp set from Altenew to stamp a daisy on an envelop for a previous card and decided to use it on a card before...
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Apr 4, 20231 min read
Colorful Gerbera Daisies - It's Your Day
I wanted to create some large daisies for this card, but I didn't have a layering die that I could use, so I decided to use the Honey Bee...
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Apr 4, 20231 min read
Red, Orange, and Yellow Mums Happy Birthday
I have really been enjoying the color scheme of red, orange, and yellow lately. I've used it with candles and cupcakes. Today I decided...
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Apr 4, 20231 min read
Balloon Bundle - It's Your Birthday
I really like this balloon bundle stamp and die from My Favorite Things. It's large enough to have great visual interest, but small...
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Apr 2, 20231 min read
Neutral Cupcakes with a Pop of Red - Happy Birthday
For this card I used the same stamp set as the previous, but this time I just stamped them directly to a panel of cardstock with Tuxedo...
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Apr 2, 20231 min read
Bright and Colorful Cupcakes Celebrating You
I really like this stamp set from My Favorite Things. I have the coordinating dies. I colored the different cups in red, orange, and...
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Apr 2, 20231 min read
Feminine Three Cupcakes - Sweet Birthday Wishes
I liked the last card so much that I decided to make a feminine version with pinks and purples. This time I used the same frosting top...
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Apr 1, 20231 min read
Masculine Three Cupcakes - Delicious Birthday
This is an oldie but goodie stamp. I used all the cupcake frosting toppers in the set. I also stamped in different ink colors for each...
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Apr 1, 20231 min read
Rainbow Candles - Time to Celebrate
This is the last card I made with the rainbow candles I had stamped. A simple rainbow of colors with a sentiment beneath. I did dry...
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Apr 1, 20231 min read
Rainbow Candles - Time to Celebrate
For the next two cards I stamped the candles in rainbow colors and mixed and matched which ones I wanted to use. For this card I wanted...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Blowing Birthday Wishes Your Way
This time I stamped the candles in both blue and green inks for a more masculine feel to the card. I used the same blue ink to create a...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Bunches of Candles – There’s No Such Thing as Too Many Candles
This is another card made from the My Favorite Things Make a Wish stamp and die. This time I layered green, orange, and yellow candles...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Red Hot Candles Make a Wish
This stamp set from My Favorite Things allows you to stamp all five candles and die cut them all at once. It makes for a quick and easy...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Happy Birthday Jimena
This card is for Jimena whose favorite color is purple. This image is from La-La Land Crafts. PRODUCTS USED: · La-La Land Crafts...
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Mar 28, 20231 min read
Welcome to the World Aria
My nephew and his wife had a beautiful baby girl named Aria. She came a few weeks early and they are keeping her in the hospital for a...
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Mar 26, 20231 min read
Have a Toolin' Good Birthday
I wanted to make another card using the Spellbinders All the Tools Etched Dies. While I was searching on t he internet I ran across a...
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Mar 25, 20232 min read
Happy Birthday Mr. Fix-it
When I saw these tool dies from Spellbinders I knew they would make great masculine birthday card, not to say women don't also used...
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Mar 25, 20232 min read
Grid Background Poppy Perfection Happy Birthday
In the card kit was some colored pencil, so for this card I decided to use them to color the images. It was a pretty limited palette, so...
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Mar 24, 20231 min read
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