I’m sorry that I’ve had these dies for a while and am just making the video now as my broken leg delayed my video making.

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Here are the links to the dies I used:

Puzzle Dies: http://tinyurl.com/h97pxw34

Hug Dies: http://tinyurl.com/yr6wj9sa

Birds on a wire die: http://tinyurl.com/bde3dwwm

Woven Bamboo Background die: http://tinyurl.com/3cejwfdm

Paint Brush dies: http://tinyurl.com/5abtj5u7

Making the first cards, I used the woven bamboo background die for four different colored cardstocks to use and attached them to an A2 sized 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ white card base. I cut the birds on a wire die in white cardstock and glued it to the bottom 1/3rd of the card on the 5 1/2″ length. I added thanks link: http://tinyurl.com/255rmcjb or hello link: http://tinyurl.com/3scma2ktin varying colors of cardstock and on the red card woven bamboo background I added a big butterfly sticker I bought on Temu, link: http://tinyurl.com/3h3ey62b.

I used a syringe I bought on Temu for a glue applicator and although it works, it’s messy and I didn’t think about how the glue would ooze out and how it would dry in the needle when I’m not using it. If you want to try it, here’s the link to the syringes I bought. Link: http://tinyurl.com/3mv3d8ma

The second card I made I used the HUG die and using alcohol markers, colored the HUG in a green that matched a plaid green background paper I cut to 4 x 5 1/4″, and the arms in a flesh tone. I put small hexagon shaped foam adhesive (Link: http://tinyurl.com/3a2avp6b) under the HUG and the elbows of the arms and then laid the HUG in the center of the card and put the arms so they are encircling the HUG. I added an enamel dot in green I had in my stash and called it done.

I die cut the puzzle in a patterned paper and yellow fun foam and laid the patterned paper pieces onto the yellow fun foam with the exception of one piece of the puzzle that I die cut in green and replaced that piece once I stamped Thinking of you (from a very old Hero Arts stamp set) on it. I laid them on an a piece of green paper that is 2 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ and glued it to silver mirror cardstock that measured 2 3/4″ x 5″. I used a yellow A2 sized card base and laid a piece of purple grosgrain ribbon that is 5/8″ wide (from my stash) about 1/8″ from the left edge of the card and attached three yellow enamel dots to the top part of the ribbon then laid the puzzle centered on the rest of the card.

My final card is using the paintbrush dies and a “Just Because” die cut (I couldn’t remember where I got this die, sorry) I cut the entire set in green, blue, purple, red and brown and then cut the small strips that go across the paintbrushes in silver and then glued the silver strips to the brown paintbrushes and cut the blue, green, purple and red brush part of the paintbrushes off and then glued them to the brown paintbrushes so it looked like the brush part is the color of the paint swatches. I used the coordinating paint swatches and tear taped them to the back of the paint brush that matches and then glued them to a green card base that is an A2 sized card. I added “Just Because” to the top that I put through my Xyron link: http://tinyurl.com/56fbj7yk. If you use a die cut that has a surround to it, keep all of the small pieces inside the letters as you’ll need to fill those back in once you’ve laid down the sentiment. I added three small green enamel dots (one to replace the dot in the “J” in Just Because and two on an angle to the left of it. I added the red paintbrush to the inside of the card.

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