Hubby's Birthday Card

Hello everyone.  To kick off the month of March and St. Patrick's Day celebrations, I though this would be the perfect card to share with you today. This was the birthday card I made for hubby last year.

This pop up card is a file from Lori Whitlock.  I used the Silhouette to cut all the bits and pieces to put this card together.  I used Puffy Dimensional Fabric Paint to add the "foam" effect to the mug.  Hubby is a beer drinker and that's about all he drinks. His favourite beer is Heineken, and considering he's Dutch, that's not so surprising! 😀 I tried to make the bottles look somewhat like the real deal.

The Pints and Beer Backing Papers are digi files from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps, and were printed on photo paper.

As you can see this 5" x 7" pop up card folds flat for mailing and fits perfectly in an A9 envelope.

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come visit again soon!

In the meantime, here is one of my favourite Irish blessings for you ...

May good luck be with you

where ever you go, 

and your blessings out number

the shamrocks that grow.

🍀

May your days be many

and your troubles be few,

May all God's blessings

descend upon you.

🍀

May peace be within you

may your heart be strong,

May you find what you're seeking

where ever you roam.

Crafty Gals Corner #268 ~ Fill in the Blank - Dad's .....

  Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

The theme for our challenge this month is

~ Fill in the blank - Dad's _____ ~

(day, cars, clothes, hobbies, sports, tools, birthday,  etc.)

  Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Dr. Digi's

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

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Sheepski Designs

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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With hubby's birthday coming up in June, I used the pre-coloured Hole in One Hal & Hole in One Hal Backing Paper from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps and made this fancy fold card for him.

I cut and used the background in three separate sections.  I used the golf course background for the center piece of this center fold card.  Then I used the golf balls to make the two side pieces.  

I print and cut Hal 5 times and adhered each layer to each other to create a little dimension. 

I adhered a golf cart to the right side of the card and ...

and golf ball on a tee to the left.  I also cut a piece of grass to go right across the front of the card.

Remember I mentioned above that I had cut the background into 3 pieces?  Well here is the 3rd piece.  I love these digis! All elements go well with each other and makes it very easy to put it all together.  When folded for mailing this card measures 7" x 5" and fits perfectly into an A7 envelope.

And that is all for today folks.  Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 8 July 2025, to link your project to our challenge.

I'm playing along at:

613 Avenue Create (for the guys)

Crafty hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner #253 ~ Anything Goes

      Hello crafting friends and welcome to our March challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Challenge #253 ~ Anything Goes!

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Dr. Digi's

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

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Pattie's Creations

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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I needed a couple of cards for different occasions and so loved the images from our sponsors this month that I have a project from each to share with you.

My first project was made using the Pint (Colour) & Beer Backing Papers from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps, to create this masculine birthday card.  

I used a Silhouette design to cut out the base of my card and to generate the sentiments.  This is a 6.5 x 5" card and fits perfectly into a A7 envelope. The large beer mug was printed on photo paper.  This gives you a crisp image and the littled added shine from the photo paper adds to make it look more real :-)  On the other hand though, I could not use anything to make the foam more realistic because it would not stick to the photo paper and one of the pastes actually ate away at it.  It was not pretty, I assure you.  Lesson learnt!

Now for my other project:

Using the  Leprechaun Hat with Shamrocks from Pattie's Creations, I created 

this St. Patrick's Day card. 

The stitched shamrock pattern was found on Pinterest, and resized to fit the corners of my card.  I used variegated DMC floss to stitch the shamrocks and the border.  I was going to cross stitch the entire border, but found that I actually like it better this way.  I print and cut the image a few times so that I could add an additional layer to create a little dimension, and to have a layer of the shamrocks to place on the inside.  When it was all done, I felt that it was just too green and white so I added the cute lil ladybirds. The sentiment is a stamp from the Happy Days stamp set by Cardz TV.  This is a 5.5" x 5.5" card and fits perfectly into a 5.75" square envelope.

And that is it for this month's challenge at Crafty Gals Corner.  Thanks so much for stopping by.   I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 9 April 2024, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,