Mojo Monday 256

Hi folks,

Well, today is our eldest cat's birthday - he is six  years old today and, being the crazy cat lady that I am, I made him a birthday card to go with is present.

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch

and made a wee square card for him

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 4.25 inches, black card stock base (I know - I've rediscovered my love of black cardstock lately. I just think it makes the patterned paper pop)
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Lime Twist "Out of the Blue"
• stamps: Verve "Small Phrases" (happy birthday), Studio G (meow), Simply Betty Emo London's companion cat (I'm linking up to the digi in the store as I can't find the rubber version which I have - it may not be available any longer). Coloured the cat with PrismaColor pencils (black and grey so he would look like our Packet)
• buttons: Basic Grey Curio
• Spellbinders Labels Four

additional challenges for this card:

• Simply Challenged Challenges: Anything Goes! (with an SBS image - I hope London's "familiar" counts!)
• Less is More: 3-2-1 Recipe (I used 3 patterned papers, 2 buttons and 1 die cut)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a fabulous week!

No peeking Doug!

I'm pretty sure my dearly beloved does not follow my paper-crafting blog, but just in case he does --- Doug....back away from this post.

No peeking!

Okay, you say you aren't Doug. Well, you can see the card I made for his birthday. I used this sketch from Sketch Saturday.

Doug recently commented that more cards need to use acetate. Plus, I love to use metal on cards I make for him. One way to making a card masculine I say! Metal...more metal! In this case, some copper sheets and copper mesh I have been ...saving...yes saving...for a special card. A co-worker's girlfriend RAKed it to me quite some time ago.

Anyhow....here is the card.




It was very difficult to photograph. Tried a black background ...that didn't work. So, then I tried it with a white background. Seems to have turned out better.

Elements of the card - acetate base, copper mesh attached with copper eyelets (love the crop-a-dile). Nestabilities labels for the image panel and sentiment panel. The hearts are copper mesh cut with my cuttlebug dies with the two-step heart also cut from black card stock layered on top. The cupcake is from inkadinkado and stamped with stazon on copper and then the frosting is layered paper-pieced from white card-stock. The I love you and happy birthday are stamped in copper and are Studio G images I believe.

There is also an inner panel (not visible in the photo), that is a nestabilities label cut from copper with a white card stock panel layered on top. Already signed and ready for giving.

I hope to find more time to make him another card before his birthday on Friday.

SASSC3 - Happy Birthday To Leap Baby Uncle

I made this card for my Uncle who is a leap baby. Yup, his birthday is on February 29th. It uses the SASSC3 sketch from Stamps and Smiles. You can find it here http://stampsandsmiles.blogspot.com/2009/02/stamps-and-smiles-day-3-sneak-peek.html

I used my small and large label nestabilities for the centre panel. My circle nestabilities for the birthday sentiment. And finally.....a cuttlebug die cut for the lattice strip.

Very simple ... which is where I usually tend to go for masculine cards. Recognize the paper? A few posts back it was used on another card!