Happy Birthday DIY Greeting Card with Pictogram Punches

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When I sat down to create this card I wanted a happy birthday card that I could send to my not-so-girly niece. She just turned 11! I thought switching the “flowers” to stars and using a more gender neutral color pallet would help. My two shapes for this card are stars and circles. You can see that I used two different embossing folders along with DSP to get the circles in. I punched the star “flowers” and added the star clip to complete the star look.

QUICK TIP: The Happy Birthday greeting has one dimensional under it on the left side and two under it on the right. This made it level on the card. When you're using layers that don't completely lay on one another you may need to play with your dimensionals this way to make sure your layers are balanced.

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Here are the supplies used to make the card for today:

Product List

Pictogram Punches Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134264]	Pictogram Punches Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134261]	And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134276]	And Many More Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134273]
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133679]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [120953]	Calypso Coral 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock [122925]	Soft Sky 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [131203]
2014-2016 In Color Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack [133705]	Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133520]	Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133739]	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787]
Basics Hodgepodge Clips [133765]	Modern Label Punch [119849]	Word Window Punch [119857]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]