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Apr 6, 20241 min read
Time to Celebrate Cistus
I wanted these cistus flowers to be white so I add a little of light gray Copic Markers to the etched details on the petals. When I...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Happiness on Your Birthday and Always
This fantasy floral die from Altenew and easy to put together and the flowers are stunning. I added to flowers to the bottom of an arch...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Red and Yellow Tulips – You Are So Worth Celebrating
I saw a video on YouTube where Joy Baldwin used only the smaller tulip dies to create a beautiful card. Her colors were very pastel, but...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Deep Red Mums Birthday Wishes
I love these big mums from Honey Bee Stamp. I cut all the layers from a red cardstock and ink blended the layers were different colors...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Time to Celebrate Magnolias
Springtime is when the magnolia trees blossom. They are beautiful flowers. Sometimes they are white and others are pink. I had some...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Have a Wonderful Birthday Deep Red Rose
I created the large rose first and adhered it to an oval die cut, but I didn't like the way it looked, so I cut three smaller roses and...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Striped Background Birthday Candles
As I was cleaning up my desk I saw a small rectangle of striped cardstock. I used a stitched rectangle die to cut it to size and adhered...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Hooray It’s Your Birthday Balloons
Using the Papertrey Ink Hooray, It's Your Birthday Die three balloons were cut from scrap cardstock. These die add detailed etching to...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Wishing You the Best Birthday Slice of Cake
I die cut this piece of cake using both dark chocolate and kraft cardstock. The edges were ink blended to add some depth. The cake was...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
White, Black, and Gold Party Balloons Birthday Wishes
I had a golden yellow piece of cardstock in my stash and pulled it out to use on this card. It was cut to cover the front of an A2...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Striped Patterned Paper Make a Wish Birthday
I had some leftover striped cardstock from a previous card sitting on my desk and decided to use it up and create a balloon card with the...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Confetti Party Balloons Birthday Wishes
I pulled out this gold and black confetti paper from the Pink & Main Black Tie Party Paper Pad and cut down a stitched rectangle and...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Plaid Party Balloons Best Birthday Ever
I really liked this plaid patterned paper. I cut a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" rectangle and adhered it to a card base. A smaller stitched rectangle...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Party Balloons Birthday Wishes
As I was looking through my patterned paper packs I saw this black and white cardstock from Pink & Main. I cut the balloon outline from...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Striped Balloons Celebration
I pulled out two different pattern papers from My Favorite Things Patterned Paper Pack. I used one for the card front and another for...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Turquoise Blue Let’s Party
I had the leftover turquoise balloon centers from the previous card and decided to use them on this card. I cut the text block three...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Let's Party Shaker
I decided to make this text block party time into a shaker card. I cut the text block from dark turquoise and then again four time from...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Happy Birthday Masculine Fancy Cake
Sometimes keeping the shaker pieces in tack makes a great background to a card. That is what was done for this card. The cake was cut...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Purple and Gold Birthday Balloons for Dale
I really liked the balloon bouquet from the previous card and decided to cut the balloons from different colors of purple cardstock for...
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cardtheraphy51
Apr 6, 20241 min read
Colorful Rainbow Birthday Bouquet
This die from Papertrey Ink lets you cut the entire balloon bouquet, as well as all the individual balloon shapes. I decided to color...
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