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Paper Smooches Birthday Wishes

Hello! Today I am sharing a birthday card, created with Paper Smooches supplies, which is on its way to a friend who is an avid gardener. I am entering this card into the latest Paper Smooches Challenge, whose theme is Anything Goes.

I die-cut the daisies with the Sunflower die.
I glued the daisies on to light blue paper and trimmed the panel. The panel was sized to fit behind the Polaroid die-cut.
I added the Polaroid frame on which I stamped the sentiment.
For whimsy and additional detail, I added a bee!
I added the Polaroid panel to a dry-embossed background (SU Island Indigo cardstock, now retired, embossed with the Taylored Expressions Burlap folder).

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Spellbinders Sunday Drive

Hello! Today I am delighted to share two cards – wedding and birthday – created with the new Spellbinders Sunday Drive die set and the Hitched add-on die set.

The Sunday Drive set includes the pieces to create the convertible car, as well as balloons, HAPPY letter dies, a package, and a Birthday license plate.

I couldn’t resist creating a red convertible and used primary colors to tie in with the patterned paper.

The Hitched die set works with the Sunday Drive set to create a wedding card. I used the flowers and foliage from the set, along with dies from the April Small Die of the Month set to cut the heart balloons. The set also includes dies to add tin cans to the bumper, which I didn’t use.

I glued strands of floss behind the balloons and tucked the strings in between layers on the car.

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Elizabeth Craft Designs Monkey Birthday Card

Hello! I recently created a listed of occasions for which I regularly need cards. While I create a lot of holiday-specific cards (Halloween, Christmas, Easter), I’m often short on Thank You and birthday cards. Today I am sharing a whimsical birthday card featuring the Elizabeth Craft Designs Monkey. I’ve previously used this set here and here.

I die-cut the Monkey body from Bazzill 12 x 12 textured cardstock in brown and ivory. I own a lot of 12 x 12 cardstock from the period of time during which I scrapbooked.
I used the Make Me Smile dies to cut the eyes, nose, and mouth from black cardstock.
I assembled the monkey. Once assembled I decided that the ivory cardstock needed a little more color and I added Tea Dye ink with a small sponge applicator.
I cut the balloon and party hat using the Party Accessories set.
I stamped the sentiment on to a patterned paper rectangle.
I added the elements to the card.

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Elizabeth Craft Designs – Winter Birthday

Hello! I recently posted about how I’m trying to embrace winter this year rather than resist it. To that end, I am making winter-themed projects including this birthday card featuring Elizabeth Craft Designs dies.

I cut the Polar Bear from soft finish cardstock and colored him lightly around the edges with the Hickory Smoke ink. I colored the eyes and mouth (I used the Paper Smooches Snowman 2 die for the mouth) with black Copic marker. I then assembled the bear.
I cut the Polar Bear’s hat and assembled it.
I cut the balloons using the Balloons and Party Accessories die sets.
I sponged Tumbled Glass ink on to the card base.
I stamped the MFT Ready Set Snow sentiment in the upper left corner.
I added the balloons and bear to the card base.

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My Favorite Things – Birthday Cake Take Two

Hello! Today I am sharing a second card featuring the My Favorite Things Birthday Cake die set. On this card, I incorporated the My Favorite Things Confetti stencil set. You can see the first card I created with this die set here.

I cut the cake layers, cake plate, and decorations from white, yellow, and pink cardstock. The decorative pieces were glued. I assembled the cake stack by taping the layers together on the back.
I stenciled the confetti in Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass inks. The set contains two stencils.
I stamped the sentiment (from the You Wow Me stamp set) with Picked Raspberry ink on the stenciled panel.
To help the cake stand out from the stenciled background, I die-cut a circle.
The assembled cake was added to the circle with foam adhesive. The circle was added to the card base with foam adhesive.

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