Another 90th birthday card

this time male

for my brothers FIL over in Australia :-)

I used my Tim Holtz die to shape the card

Stamped out the image, cut it out & mounted it using sticky fixers

I used a punch to cut the scalloped circle, inked the edges & stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment onto it

then added the important 90 numbers .............

I added the flower buckle to the ribbon & paper strip ......

and added the buttons - on a diagonal for a change!

Man card

I know that I'm not alone, after talking to other crafting friends, in finding male cards quite difficult.

Here is my latest man card on a DIY theme. Could be appropriate for builders/mechanics/joiners maybe?

I used the 12x12 paper of sentiments in a denimy blue & brown colour combination & the ruler ribbon that I bought in Oz & 2 brown buttons from my sizable button collection!

I left a portion of white card which shows up the image of the tools that I printed out.

At the top of the card I used the checked 'manly' ribbon & the metal 'screw' buttons. The other paper used is again printed out.

I finished with the Happy Birthday sentiment in black ink on brown card. 

A bit of a change from the girlie hearts & flowers :-)

Retirement card

I found out that my cousin has retired from teaching this week so I've made her a card to celebrate the fact.