Birthday Card

 I have a quick and easy birthday card that would be good for someone who loves horses. My husband would have loved this one as much as I do. We used to have horses years ago and we both loved horses!

I found this image in my stash and decided it was time to make a card with it, so I placed it on a soft brown card base, added 3 dark brown brads and a sentiment and called it done! The image is by Coronado Island, and I don't think they're in business anymore, sadly. I stamped it with a brown ink on a vanilla card and decided that's all it needed.

I'll share this with these challenges:

Crafty Catz Anything Goes Challenge - A/G with an optional twist of using black, grey and one other color

TIME OUT challenge #232 - Anything Birthday Goes

That's it for me today - it's been another gloomy, rainy day but I'm grateful we're OK here in PA so far after that disaster in Ohio with the train derailments!! I feel just awful for the folks who live in that town and what they're up against. The worst of it may not be seen for decades after all is said and done so I'm keeping the prayers going.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good weekend.

Carol

Time Flies

 Today I have a birthday card that took a total of 6 hours to create. Oy! I carefully cut several strips of designer paper snippets to create a herringbone background, then die-cut it with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle before embossing it with a CB Clockworks embossing folder. I also die-cut the card base with a larger Lil Inker stitched rectangle die. The Impression Obsession clock was die-cut from several colors, meticulously adding all the negatives into their corresponding slots to create the multi-colored clock. I mounted the clock onto a die-cut black circle, then attached it to the card. I added 2 die-cut mini butterflies and placed them on either side of the clock and  added a Studio Calico stamped sentiment. The only problem is, I stepped back to take a photo of it and realized I'd glued the clock image onto the card upside down! DERRR😖 My hubby looked at it and said "just send it, nobody will notice." The only problem with that is that I noticed and couldn't let it be. So I put it down for a day and gave it some thought. I decided to die-cut another clock and glue it right over top of the original one so that the time spent on this wouldn't be a total loss! That also explains why this card took so long to put together! I added some mini red gemstones to the butterflies and sentiment to give this a little sparkle. I put the birthday sentiment inside. At my age, time truly does fly - especially when you're spending so much time making ONE card! LOL

I'll share this with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground #428 - must use snippets

Let's Squash It #20 - let's squash those scraps!

Can You Handle the Pressure - Must use an embossing folder

A/G with an optional twist of using flowers

Crafty Catz Challenge #595 - A/G with an optional twist of Masculine

Allsorts Challenge Week 676 - A/G add some sparkle

Seize the Birthday #238 - Faux or Real Stitching

Dies R Us Challenge #193 - A/G using dies sold in their store (I.O)

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for laughing with me at my oops! moment too! Life's too short to cry over mistakes. Better to laugh and move on, but hopefully the next card won't take so long to put together! 😄

Have a great day!

Carol