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I'm always in need of more birthday cards and I love to send fun, interactive cards to family and friends. So today I have created a colourful birthday shaker card featuring the sweet Piñata stamp.

To make my card, I first stamped the Piñata on some watercolor paper, then painted it in rainbow watercolors. Once dry, I hand cut it out, and "hung" it on a white tag stamped with sentiments from the Party Time by Lia set.

To create the background, I first stamped the Confetti Bold Prints Background in Summer Sky Ink on Sea paper, then stitched a sheet of acetate on top, leaving a gap. I filled the shaker pocket with sequins and beads, then stitched up the opening. I adhered the panel to a Snow Folded Card, then added the tag on top.

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Hello! There are so many great ways to create dimension on your cards and today I'm excited to show off the fabulous new [hero_product_link sku="DI159" text="Paper Layering Mum Flower Die"] that brings dimension to a whole new level!

To create the card, I die cut the Paper Layering Mum from a circle piece of watercolor paper just slightly larger than my flower. Next, I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to create a gradient of color from the center of the circle outwards. I simply scribbled directly on the paper with the markers and then used a water brush to blend the colors together. I loved how the color seeped into the creases of the die cut petals to add a bit of darker color around the edges.

Once it was completely dry, I used a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush and a white colored pencil to add a bit of detail to each petal. It doesn't show up the best in the photo, but in real life it makes the petals pop!

Next, I adhered the flower to a square card base, making sure not to put any glue behind the petals that I wanted to pop up. Then I cut tiny pieces of foam adhesive and tucked them behind the outer two layers of petals. You can also just curl the petals out with a stylus, but I'm sending this card though the mail and I wanted to make sure the petals stayed fluffy.

I finished the card off with a message from the must-have [hero_product_link sku="CL954" text="Many Everyday Messages set"] and a bit of gold thread behind the message banner.

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A birthday is the perfect opportunity to break out the confetti and surprise someone with a vibrant celebration card. But, what's a celebration without a colorful cake and some candles? I used the new [hero_product_link sku="CL950" text="Birthday Cake Layering set"] to create a pair of bright birthday cards.

I started by stamping cake pedestals, cake layers with assorted decorations, and star-shaped cake picks on [hero_product_link sku="PS610" text="white layering paper"] with [hero_product_link sku="AF345" text="Intense Black ink"]. Since this ink doesn't bleed, it was easy to color each image with a few shades of some alcohol-based markers. Then, I used the matching [hero_product_link sku="DI169" text="Birthday Cake Layering Frame Cuts"] to die cut each shape. After stamping a pair of sentiments from the same set onto some [hero_product_link sku="PS627" text="kraft layering paper"], I assembled the cake by adhering the pieces with foam adhesive, gently tipping each of the top layers for a playful design.

To create a colorful background for this birthday card, I covered the card base with four colors of Hero Arts layering paper. I selected bright colors to closely match the colors of the cake. It's such an easy and quick way to add bold color to a design. Just for fun, I glued a few gems and some confetti, that I made with my paper punch and paper scraps, randomly around the cake.

For my second card, I covered the card base with four strips of [hero_product_link sku="PS621" text="layering paper"] rather than four blocks of color. The look is different, but the effect is equally bold. And these color-blocked backgrounds are so striking on their own, bows are optional!

I love having a few birthday cards in my card stash and I'm hoping to make a few more as I'd like to make some with pastel backgrounds and watercolored, birthday cakes.

Wishing you a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping by,

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