Happy Totality Birthday

 In honor of my son's birthday coinciding with the Total Eclipse, I decided to create a birthday card commemorating both...even though we don't live in a state where it can be viewed this time around...

I used the stamp set Inventor 7 and the Gauge Frames by Tim Holtz. I also used an old Dymo Label Maker to create the date, and a retired Stampin'Up set, It's Your Birthday. I used a small circle punch, also Stampin'Up to create the sun.

 The sentiment inside is computer generated.

 Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday

Industrial Grunge

 

 

The current challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog is 'Industrial Grunge'.  This was quite timely since my youngest has a birthday this week, and I really enjoy gears and such for masculine cards.

 

I used the Foundry 3-D embossing folder for the background, adding Black Soot Distress Paint to the embossed silver metallic paper.  I layered papers from the Ciao Bella 'Modern Times' 6x6 paper pad, and then stamped the heart gears from Technique Tuesday 'Love Makes the World Go Round'. I then added a library bookplate, some gears, and some silver number tiles.

Jake is 30?

 Well, my baby boy is 30! Where does the time go? 

The design was inspired by the challenge Simon Says: Layer It.

 I layered paper from Modern Times by Ciao Bella 6x6 paper pad, created two small tags from the same collection, added a stencil '0' from the Tim Holtz Thinlits Gift Card Bag to the existing '3', added a piece of Tim Holtz Film Strip with a Mini Paper Clip, stamped a Happy Birthday sentiment to add to the Ornate Plate, a couple of Tim Holtz Reinforcers to the tags and some jute twine.

Explore

Youngest son wants to go to Japan, and tomorrow is his birthday, so I wanted to make him a card incorporating a travel theme.

I used an embossing folder on some foiled paper and rubbed in some black distress paint to give it some definition.

Cutting it down to the wire for the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  'Don't be fooled, be foiled'.

Birthday Number 26

The current challenge over at Frilly and Funkie is 'Count Me In', to use numbers in your project.  This fit in perfectly for my youngest son's birthday this week when I found a sheet from an old 6 x 6 paper pack by Cosmo Cricket, especially since he just turned 26!  The Jack Russell Terrier image is an old one I found through Stampers Best back in the days of Operation Write Home because we had the cutest little Jack Russell named Jesse. I thought the birthday cupcake image from Tim Holtz Mini Blueprints would tie in the birthday theme well.

In keeping with my recent trend, I turned it into an easel card.

  The current theme is Happy Birthday at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge .

 Thanks for stopping by!