Thursday, August 22, 2013

Masculine Birthday Card

Where has the time gone?!!  I had a fantastic weekend.  As some of you may know, our son was adopted from Peru 23 years ago.  We always made it a priority to keep in touch with the families who were in our adoption group at the time.  We haven't been too good about keeping in touch over the last couple of years; however, on Friday, we rectified that.  It was wonderful to see the children who are now amazing young men and women.  It was nice to see that everyone easily related to each other like no time has passed.

This weekend was my Dad's birthday.  We went to out to dinner and had strawberry shortcake for dessert when we got home.  In honor of the occasion, I made this card for him.


Just about everything used here is from Tim Holtz (including the twine) except for the Prima flowers and brad and Bead Landings gears.  I simply layered the cardstock.  Pinking shears were used to create the map frame which was then attached with foam dots for dimension.  I made the banner and inked it with Tea Dye Distress Ink.  Of course, I found it hard to stay away from adding a flower.  It originally was cream color so I just colored it randomly with Distress Inks in Tea Dye, Forest Moss and Broken China.  The brad is from the Prima Engraver line.


You can click on the photos for a closer look.

That's about it for today.  I do have more to share and hope to be back in a couple of days.  Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment.

10 comments:

  1. Hi..It sounds like a wonderful catching up.. and love your card you made, great masculine colors and I think the decorative scissors are fabulous for edges!!

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  2. I love your adoption story, Patty! How wonderful that you were able to re-connect with some of the families recently! And happy, happy birthday to your sweet dad! LOVE the card you made him! Awesome masculine design, yet still with lots of fun details that we all love. The map paper is just perfect. Love the gears and the bird, too, and I think the flower is totally perfect here!
    Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog, my friend!

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  3. Beautiful masculine details on your dad's card (I especially love the bird) and that is so nice you could re-connect again w/ some of the families from the adoption group.

    Have a great weekend!
    Mandy

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  4. A perfect masculine card for your Dad! Happy Birthday to him! Love the choice of paper and all the elements...well done!

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  5. Fab Fab Choice of colors and embellies for the wonderful card ! <3

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  6. Oh wow, this is really beautiful. I just love the simplicity of your card. The elements are all so perfectly chosen.

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  7. This is so beautiful Patty!!!
    Just perfect for a masculine birthday card!!

    ♥ Hugs, Inger

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  8. fabulous card Patty, I struggle making masculine cards, im sure your Dad just loved this :) ♥

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  9. Your cards are always so pretty and delicate, I just love this, and I bet your Dad did, too!

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  10. Hello Pattyo, beautiful card! It is masculine and delicate at the same time.

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