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Saturday, 6 April 2013

Birthday card ....

......  Hi - hope you're all having a good day.  I've finally made it into my craft room and I've made a card for a few challenges:


Stamps: Hot Air Balloon (got it in a bargain bin and don't know who made it); My Favourite Things - Western Sentiments
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Early Espresso; Memento - Grey Flannel
Accessories:  Cuttlebug EF - Chicken Wire; Promarkers - Ice Grey 1 - 4; SU Card - Early Espresso; Cream lustre card; Ribbon



I made this card for my father-in-law; it's his birthday next week and hopefully he'll get it on time or just a bit late!  I embossed the card base with my new Cuttlebug embossing folder and used the coordinating border folder to emboss the brown strip of card.  I made the tag from cream card and coloured it with Promarkers shading from the darkest to the lightest.  I know that a hot air balloon is not original for the cue word "UP!", but it's just perfect for this card!  I found this ribbon in my stash, cut it in half and attached it to the card with a staple.  For the inside I made a mat in brown and stamped a number of balloons around a simple greeting.

It does feel good to get back to making some cards for my favourite challenges!!


That's all for now - off to make dinner.  And then this evening we sit down to watch Dr Who - our favourite family viewing.  See you tomorrow.


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10 comments:

  1. Charmaine Stack7 April 2013 at 02:39

    Cool manly card! I like the EF with matching border.

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  2. Darnell7 April 2013 at 07:07

    Wowza, Deborah, you made a wonderful card to play in all these challenges! He will love it!!

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  3. Stamps and Paper7 April 2013 at 11:44

    Great card Deborah I love this embossing folder ( mine arrived On Friday)...the ballon goes so well with the folder and I an sure your FIL will love it...

    Anne

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  4. Pauline7 April 2013 at 13:54

    Fab card Deborah, I got the same EF set on Thursday last week when I went shopping with Sue!
    I have set our planner to record Dr Who while we are away, so I'm just hoping it works! We will have the first 3 episodes to catch up on when we return on the 15th!

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  5. PapierGirl7 April 2013 at 14:25

    Wonderful masculine card Deborah - I really like that embossing folder! I'm sure your FIL will cherish it! :)

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  6. Ardyth7 April 2013 at 14:28

    Great vintage image and it works perfectly in this masculine card! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CASology this week!

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  7. Tracey McNeely7 April 2013 at 17:46

    Deborah your balloon is amazing and that chicken wire embossing--fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing this week at CASology!

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  8. Jen W.7 April 2013 at 20:07

    Fabulous take on all three challenges, Deborah! I love that striped ribbon and the great embossed touches. Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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  9. Unknown9 April 2013 at 11:32

    Great masculine card! I love how you combined all the challenges and that chicken wire embossing folders is so fun! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  10. Rachel10 April 2013 at 16:27

    This is great! I adore that embossing folder :-) Thanks for joining us this week at the Play Date Cafe!!

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