Happy 23

Can you believe Easter is almost here?  I haven't made any cards for the holiday yet.  Today, we had snow all day, that heavy, wet type.  It gave everything a pretty white coating all day; however, it changed to rain late this afternoon and washed it all away.  I wonder what Easter Sunday will bring weatherwise.

My son celebrated his 23rd birthday last week which also coincided with the first day of spring.  Not that this card I made for him remotely looks springlike!  I always find it difficult to make masculine card and, in fact, dread it.  For this one, I made the card base from Recollections cardstock.  The patterned paper is Farm House Paper Company and the green cardstock is Tim Holtz which I sanded a bit.  I put a piece of burlap on top of these papers and tied some hemp around the card and threaded it through a Dear Lizzy button.  The tag was stamped with Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap.  An October Afternoon label and stickers were added to the card along with a reinforcer, hanger clip and butterfly sticker all from Tim Holtz.  The timepiece was in the bargin bin at Michael's.  At this point, I wasn't quite satisfied with the card, so I placed two Momenta Metal corners opposite each other on the card.

Here is a bit of a view from the side.

Well, that's it for today.  My goal is to get an Easter card made and posted here before Sunday.  Hopefully, that will happen!  Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!