Blue birthday card with a bow

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For this card I used the Tonic Happy Birthday Sentiment die set, it's one a have used a lot as it's really flexible as you can layer it up with foam pads or keep it fairly flat by just using glue which is good for posting. I started with a 14 cm x 14 cm white card blank. I cut the large and small layers from pale blue card, and the middle one from white card and just layered them up together. I popped a blue gingham bow on the corner and a white flower in the middle to finish it off.

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Birthday card for Paul

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another big gap between posts - been away on holiday. This is a card made for a close friend - bet you can't guess his name! I started with an 8 x 8 cream card blank and matted and layered it with brown card and beige script paper, which I'd also wrapped with cord before attaching them to the card blank. I used the Tonic Pretoria Alphabet dies and cut 2 set sets of letters one from brown and the other from cream, then inset the cream letters into the brown outer frame. I cut the Tonic Wild Brier Border Topper die set from brown card and inserted the matching sentiment.

I used the other sets of letter on a gift tag so nothing was wasted.

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Pink butterfly

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it's been a few days since I posted a card as I've been busy with house chores and also been away. I was lucky enough to win a card from Create and Craft made by Jodie Johnson from Tonic, and this card is inspired by that card. I used a 7 x 7 cream card blank and found some double-sided papers which were in matching colours. I matted one layer on to pink card, and then cut the top layer across the middle to create curl backs before matting it on to the patterned paper. I used the Tonic acorn leaves to cut 2 in pink card and 2 in pale blue, used the Tonic Floral Frame to cut a background matt in pink and then the detail in blue card. I cut a pink butterfly using the Tonic Rococo Butterfly, glittered it up and used some liquid pearls on the body.

I'm quite pleased with the result, particularly as I found creating the curl backs a bit tricky.

This is the card that Jodie made.

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