Although it looks complicated, this dahlia card was very simple to create.  I used my die cutting machine and created the petals then simply lifted each petal.  After lifting the petals I added a piece of yellow cardstock to the back for color to give it some pop.

For the Man of the House card I also used my cutting machine to create different tools.  On some of the tools I added silver glitter to make it look like metal and added black cardstock onto the back of the kraft cardstock on the front.

As I promised here are the Fourth of July cards. Oh, and Happy 4th of July to everyone who celebrates our Nations birthday.  This first card is a take on the flip fold I did at the end of June.  I used some patriotic colors and stamped an image of firecrackers and colored the image in using copic markers.  There is glitter on the flames and outer yellow part but I could not get that part to show up in the photo.   I was going to add USA on the bottom but then thought this could be used for a birthday card so I left it blank.

For my second card I die cut the letters and the word out.  I then used fine glitter on the word happy to give it some sparkle.  I popped up the banner using dimensional foam tape and added a few sequins for more sparkle.

Here is an easy card to make, which looks hard.  Great card for a male or summertime birthday.  What you actually do to create this card is cut into one of the corners and literally flip the paper over.  I used watercolors to color the image and die cut the anchor and roping around the lighthouse.  Check it out!

Check back in a day or two to see my Fourth of July card made this same way.