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My husband and I were invited to a 50th birthday party recently, and I realized I didn’t have much of a selection of birthday cards, especially for a man. And for a 50th birthday at that! So I pulled out the Pinwheel Party Bundle, and made a few cards.

Let’s start with the 50th birthday card. I thought black and gold-foiled pinwheels would be fun on the card. I die-cut black card stock with the the pinwheel dies, and used the coordinating stencils to add Deco Foil Transfer Gel. The Gell is white when applied, and turns clear once it’s dry. When the gel was dry, I pulled out my mini MINC machine, and set the heat temperature to three. The machine takes only a few minutes to heat up, then its ready for the pinwheels and foil. I topped the pinwheels with Champagne Deco Foil in the MINC folder, and ran the folder through the machine. the machine melts the transfer gel, which then takes hold of the foil. Once the foil was cooled, I took it off, and was left with these super shiny pinwheels.

To add more party decorations to the card, I grabbed some gold glitter card stock and Twisted Crepe Die. I glued the die-cuts to a card panel that I had stamped a few Pinwheel Party stars with gray ink onto. I also stamped a sentiment from Digit Sentiments stamp set in black ink. I die-cut 50 out of the glitter paper using Bold Numbers Die, and glued the numbers under the sentiment. To finish the card, I added the Pinwheels with thin foam squares, and trimmed the edges.

While the transfer Gell was drying, I decided to stencil a few backgrounds with the Pinwheel Party Stencil set. the stencil set has guide lines on each stencil for horizontal and vertical A2 card fronts. I stenciled one of each, just to show the fullness. I also turned the panels 90 degrees to stencil the bottom side for more interest. 

The shaker card was stenciled with the horizontal guidelines, and I used a variety of Distress Oxide inks for a cheerful look. I die-cut a shaker window the the Let’s Party shadow die, and closed it with acetate. I added foam strips around the back of the window, filled the window with Spring Rain Sequins, and closed the back with more acetate. I attached the panel to card base with more foam strips, and added “Let’s Party!” to the window to finish the card. *Tip: When adding die-cuts to acetate, add adhesive to the back of the paper before die-cutting. This is the easiest (and cleanest) way to do it.

The second card was made with the vertical guide lines. I kept this card clean and simple, using Distress Oxide inks to add the pinwheels, and finished with a gold glitter Let’s Party sentiment.

I had a lot of fun playing with the Pinwheel Party set. There’s so many things you can create with these stencils and dies. I hope I was able to share some ideas with you today!