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Mousy birthday party moodboard inspiration!

Hi everyone! Peggy here with some moodboard inspiration and yet another party card. Birthday cards are my very favorite cards to make! This month Lawn Fawn celebrates their 11th birthday and the Lawn Fawnatics blog celebrates 4 years of fun challenges. On March 13th there is a Facebook Live event at the Lawn Fawn page, where we get to create with the newest release stamp set Bubbles of Joy  A supply list is up on their page and you can get all of these things at Butterfly Reflections, Ink. , of course! But for now, let's get this party started! This celebration calls for an abundance of cute critters and what's better than those cute mice. I stamped my images from the following sets: Elphie Selfie (cake), Scripty Bubble Sentiments (Standing bubble blowing mouse and happy and hugs sentiments), Special delivery Add-on (big gift box), Gleeful gardens (Envelope), Bubbles of Joy (All the mice), Really high five (Balloons, mouse, party hats and gift), Home for the holidays (St...

Partial Die Cutting Technique With Birthday Balloons

Hi Crafty Friends! Ali here with a fun card using the partial die-cutting technique to give it some "wow". The sets I have used today are from Sunny Studio - Bold Balloons and Birthday Balloons . If you are looking for a super versatile birthday set - look no further! These balloons can be used for all ages, male or female and you can vary the colour to your hearts content to suit the recipient!! I was reminded of this fun partial die-cutting technique by the amazing Jennifer McGuire, who did a recent video explaining it - so I encourage you to have a look at it if you are wanting further details.  The first thing I did was to draw a pencil line across a piece of white card. Then I layed down the dies where I wanted them (keep in mind the parts above the die will be the bits "sticking" up from the top of the card). I then placed my top cutting plate so that the pencil line was about mid-way through that tapered edge that my cutting plate has. Then I ...