It was recently a male relatives Birthday, and pretty much like most ‘made by hand’ card makers, I don’t like making cards for men. They all seem so twee or predictable – so … ‘forgive me Crafter for I have sinned’ … I will normally buy the men in my life a card for their birthday. And … this is the story of how this card came to be.
I knew I’d bought a card for this particular relatives Birthday.
Mr. Cobs knew I’d bought a card for this particular relatives Birthday.
Could I find said card?
Not on your nelly! (I have no idea where that saying came from – but it’s most definitely a saying here in the UK, and has been since dirt was invented. It means: ‘Not on your life’!).
So, with very little time left before a card had to be delivered by hand, I got my thinking cap on and came up with a card which, I have to admit, looks better in real life than in the photo. But … and this is the important bit … it practically made itself.
It began with a cut and scored white card. I chose the cafe latte coloured, striped with cream stripes card for the top part of the card, and the rich chocolate-brown Happy Birthday card, in different font styles for the bottom. (You can buy both these cards in a huge variety of different colours – so check out the options if you visit the website). Both of these cards are from the Anna Marie Designs range.
I cut these different cards to size, then layered them onto some black card stock, then fixed them to the white card.
Then cut the tag from some white card stock, using a Tattered Lace Peach Sorbet Torn Edge Tags die. I don’t think Tattered Lace make these anymore, but I’ve had a look round and found some on Amazon here.
The ‘Birthday Wishes’ was stamped using a stamp from the Wishes and Vines by Silhouette Stamps. I’ve had these stamps for a while, but you can still buy them in one or two places, both in the US an in the UK – so ask Google to be your friend and I’m sure he’ll help.
I stamped and then layered the tag onto some black card, which I then carefully cut around, attempting to match the wiggly outside of the tag itself.
Then I added a ribbon made from some wide silk ribbon in my stash and …. That’s all there was to it!
I would have posted this a couple of days ago … but I couldn’t find the place I’d saved it to on my computer! {sigh} … It would seem that Birthdays are going to be a nightmare when card giving this year. First Birthday of the new year and I’m already ‘fudging it up’!
I know I don’t normally do Jokes on any day but Friday … but I heard this one and I need to share it with you ….
Why did the cow cross the road?
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It wanted to go to the mooovies.
Yup … still finding it funny and still laughing out loud. lol
Have a really great rest of your day, and thank you so much for coming and having a coffee with me!
Sending you lots of squidges in a huuuuge bucket ~
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