100 Birthday Wishes

My brother will soon celebrate his birthday at 100.  I would love to be with him, but neither of us are able to travel.  I made a card for his big day.

The elements are all made with dies. The 12-point stars are cut from glossy paper with Hero Arts Infinity dies. The sentiment die is by Tonic.  The number dies are very old ones from Sizzix and cut from glitter paper.  I added some acrylic stars to the sentiment.

Thanksgiving cards

To save time this year, I made my Thanksgiving cards the same design.  The Maple Leaf Corner die is by Simon Says Stamp.  The leaves pop out, so they can be made in different colors.

 

I made a stack of them in similar colors.  One of my frustrations was keeping the outline die from distorting when gluing it down.  This makes the leaves not quite fit in the rest of the die.  I found that it worked better to add an adhesive sheet to back of cardstock before cutting.  When I added liquid glue to back of diecut, it got distorted.

I stamped this sentiment inside all the cards.