The nice people at InLoveArtshop.com sent me this die and I thought it would be perfect to use for our great niece’s 21st birthday card.. They’re also providing my viewers with a 20% off discount code which is G-42879.

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Here’s the link to the Big Birthday Wishes die: https://bit.ly/3z3jb0o

Thin foam strips for shaker cards: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ujkfa

Tombow adhesive runner: https://tinyurl.com/44w86fec

Premade card bases A6 link: https://www.craftstash.us/anita-s-a6-cards-blanks-envelopes-white-250gsm-pack-of-50.html

I started with an A6 size card base and cut a piece of 6 x 6″ patterned paper I had down to 4 1/4 x 6″ to fit the base, then cut the big birthday wishes die link: https://bit.ly/3z3jb0o out of a light blue mirror cardstock. After it was die cut, I attached a piece of clear plastic to the back of the big birthday wishes die cut using tear tape to make sure the acetate stayed put. I added two thin rows of the thin foam strips link: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ujkfa all around the outside back edge of the blue mirror cardstock that I die cut, making sure there are no gaps so the shaker pieces don’t come out. I laid the card base on a large cutting mat and used washi tape to surround the card base, then removed the card and laid the big birthday wishes die cut inside the spot I’d washi taped, making sure it was centered with the washi tape and was face down. I used an embossing buddy link: https://tinyurl.com/musk96z5 to the sides of the foam tape so the glitter won’t stick to the sides of the foam. Then I used some larger Recollections glitter link: https://tinyurl.com/yc2z52cr and put one color in the top portion of the die cut and another color near the bottom.

To put the card together, I took the card base with the opening facing the left side and laid it onto the die cut making sure it fit exactly into the washi tape I’d surrounded it with earlier, thus making sure the die cut is centered on the front of the card, and helps ensure the shaker pieces don’t fall out when you’re assembling the card.

I had some number cardboard pieces and painted a 2 and a 1 a matching blue color and then painted Brutus Monroe’s Glitter Glue link: https://tinyurl.com/4krnnu3n onto the numbers with a paint brush, then added a fine clear glitter link: https://tinyurl.com/yckrubv7 to both numbers and let them dry. Once dry, I added them to the center of the front of the card using the same thin foam strips to adhere them.

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