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18th birthday card

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Hi everyone - what another lovely day - actually went out without my jacket on today, & it is so nice being able to get the washing dry outdoors. I had a frustrating morning this morning.  I had set aside time to make our grand-daughters 18th birthday card & had a definite idea of what I would be doing.  I recently purchased the Tonic Pop-up Dies & wanted to use them - especially as one comes with a set of special "big" birthday number dies. First I sorted the pop up for inside the card.  Well sorted is the wrong word. as when I went to fold the pop up into shape - the perforation line had cut right through the card.  Nearly went in the bin. Next I tried one of the accompanying dies for a topper for the front.  After about 6 or 7 runs through the E-bosser it had still not cut enough for all the lacy pieces to fall out.  Time to give up. So I went back to one of the dies I had used at Christmas - the one that had the tag in the centre. I us...