Birthday Wishes

Wow, when was the last time I did two posts in a day? It seems like it has been forever! I wasn’t planning on doing another post, but then I *had* to stop by Nichole’s blog before I “closed shop” for the night. {I’ve been stamping ever since dinner…just couldn’t stop!} Oh goodness, have you seen all the fun happenings that are going on over there?! Right now they are celebrating their 3rd birthday, so there are lots of exciting things going on.

Nichole put out a challenge to use one of the printed designs that a PTI DT member created. I had trouble choosing an image but finally decided on this great design from Melissa Bickford. With my dad’s birthday a week ago {gasp!}, I still needed to give him a card. I have a large stack of cards at my disposal, just not any masculine cards. I really need to build up this stash…I had being late with cards and also stressing about making them!

You may remember this card design from a while ago. I had trouble deciding on a concept and remembered this fun one. If you follow my blog, you know that I sometimes recycle my card ideas. I personally don’t think there is anything wrong with that…. ;) I think this card turned out fairly well, considering that I’m not super comfortable making “guy” cards.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you were inspired!

Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Dots Background, Background Basics: Retro
Paper: White, Brown Kraft, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate, Lemon Tart, Bitty Dots Basics
Ink: Vintage Sepia, VersaMark, Aqua Mist, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Ivory grosgrain ribbon, Marvy 2½” scallop circle punch, Marvy 3″ scallop circle punch, printed design from Melissa Bickford, brown rhinestones