Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans! It's Jeanne today and I think I may have a new favorite die! It's from the brand new birthday release. I used it today to make this festive birthday card.
I started with a sketch from Splitcoaststampers. Ultimately, I altered the sketch a bit but I did follow it in the basics.
Because the Party Hats die has the potential for a lot of colors, I decided this would be a good time to use my scraps. I went to my scrap stash and picked out colors I thought would look good together. I cut the die seven times.
Then I just started making hats. I knew I wanted three hats, but I decided to make seven and save the others for later. I also had a lot of extra streamers left over.
I made a card base from purple card stock 6 x 9 inches folded in half to 6 x 4.5 inches. This varies from the sketch which is square. I cut an orange panel 5.75 x 4.25 inches and two strips 1.125x 4.25 inches.
I glued the strips 1.125 inches from the top and bottom. I used the two largest stitched rectangle dies to cut a panel in peacock and one in white. I stamped the sentiment at an angle to go with the idea of throwing the hats in the air.
The panel is centered on the card base - another variation from the sketch. I added the hats on foam dots and filled the white space with streamers.
For the card interior I used the Birthday Cupcake Greeting die and snipped off the cupcake since I didn't think it went with the party hat theme. However, the font and balloon coordinated super well with the streamers on the card.
I adhered this to a white panel on the inside of the card.
By cutting the die seven times I had lots of choices for the hats and I had leftover hats, streamers and hat pieces for other cards. As an added bonus, I used up some of my scraps!
The Birthday release is on sale for a limited time and features some great dies. Stop by the online store to see them all!
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Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful and creative weekend!
