Card Making

Happy Manday Monday everyone.

Today’s masculine card is a Granda birthday card because it was my daddy’s birthday last week. It was so good to be home to give him lots of birthday hugs. Even Piper delighted in giving lots of snuggles to Granda.

This was a card made of mostly scraps, but i love the finished card. The spotty paper co-ordinated well with kraft so i made this the main basis of the card and went from there.

I pulled out my star cookie cutter dies from Quickutz and ran some brown card through my cuttlebug to create a frame then popped a felt alpha in the middle : g for Granda of course! I also used a Quickutz die to cut out a little panel and then used my white gel pen to write text in the middle.

Well i couldn’t go too long without a button, but the tone of the red matched the spotty cardstock and worked well with the design, and instead of using twine i used some linen thread which is a bit coarser and hence, more masculine i think.

Happy Birthday Dad.

There a layout coming this week, so come back soon….

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It was Matthew’s birthday yesterday, HAPP Y BIRTHDAY TO YOOOU!

He’s one of the guys in my team at work: a real trooper, always giving his all and eager to please, but sometimes i do feel sorry for him being significantly outnumbered by girls. We can get a bit giggly and silly at times (as most girls do!).

Matthew recently spoilt himself to a new kitchen and patio, so rather we got him a gift card for Homebase so he can buy lots of goodies to kit out the new additions to his home. We were going to get him some plants, but i really cant be trusted with those kind of decision. I don’t have a good track record of keeping plants alive.

Here’s Matthews birthday card taking centre stage in the first MAN-day Monday of 2012. Wooohoo!

I think i am in love with this alphabet stamp. A collaboration between Hero Arts and Studio Calico, and it looks like two fabulous companies can make magic when they work together. I stamped the image with frost white ink and cut some little banners to hang off some linen thread. To secure the thread in place, I wrapped the edges around mini brads and made sure to overlap the thread when I was sticking down the banners with foam adhesive.

The little Happy Birthday greeting is also from Hero Arts, one of their sparkle collections. I tend to use this one a lot because the size is so cute and dainty.

Thanks for stopping by, and tomorrow I have something exciting to share with you.

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