What is better than a handmade fun fruit birthday card? You know, all those vitamins and nutrients. Except, don’t eat this fruit.

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Fruity Birthday Card Recipe

Stamp Sets: Sweet Citrus*.

Ink: Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Flirty Flamingo, Stampin Blends: Cajun Craze.

Paper and Measurements:
Garden Green – 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ (CB)
Vellum – 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″
Basic White – 4-1/4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside panel), 4-1/4″ x 5″(images), scrap for sentiment
Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper – 3-3/4″ x 5″

Accessories: Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon, Classic Mat Dots.

Tools:
Stamparatus
Sweet Citrus Hybrid Embossing Folder
Stampin’ Pierce Mat
Bone Folder
Clear Blocks A , C , E  and F  or save 10% with the Clear Block Bundle (118491)
Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine.

Banners Pick a Punch
Heat Tool

Stampin’ Pierce Mat
Bone Folder
Clear Blocks B , C , D  and H  or save 10% with the Clear Block Bundle (118491)

Stampin’ Seal
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Mini Glue Dots

Simply Shammy  or Stampin’ Scrub
Stampin’ Mist Stamp Cleaner
Grid Paper (or Small Grid Paper
Paper Snips
Paper Trimmer

*Bundle – purchase at 10% off the full price.

Instructions to Create this Fun Fruit Birthday Card

1. Fold the Garden Green CB on the score line and burnish with the Bone Folder.
2. Attach the DSP on an angle to the CB with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
3. Use the Stamparatus to stamp the fruit rinds, 3 sets of leaves on the Basic White CS.
4. Line up the fruit flesh stamps to the rind stamped images.  Stamp using Cajun Craze ink.
5. Stamp 2 small flowers and 2 large flowers with Flirty Flamingo ink.
6. Use the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the fruit dies to cut the fruit, die cut the leaves and the flowers.
7. Emboss the Vellum with the cut & emboss machine and the hybrid embossing folder.
8. Attach the Vellum at an angle to the DSP with Mini Glue Dots .  Put the dots where the fruit and flowers will hide them from visually being noticed .
9. Arrange the fruit, flowers and leaves on the vellum and attach with various adhesives.
10.  Stamp a greeting on a Basic White scrap with Cajun Craze ink.  Use the Banner Pick a Punch to flag the ends.
11. Colour 7-1/2″ of the Crinkle Ribbon with the Cajun Craze Dark Stampin’ Blend.  Cut ribbon in half.
12. Use Tear & Tape Adhesive to attach the ribbon side-by-side to the CF. Now, attach the sentiment to the ribbon.
13. Attach a strip of DSP to the bottom of the Basic White Panel and stamp a greeting with Cajun Craze.
14. Attach Classic Matte Dots to the flower centers.
15. Decorate the envelope if you wish.

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