80 Years Young!

Good morning all! Hope you are all well!

( I must apologise for not being up to date on my blog commments.

I've not been feeling so great this past week but I am trying to catch up, 

so please just bear with me!)

The card I have to share with you was made for my lovely  Dad

who celebrated his 80th birthday yesterday!

Happy Birthday again Dad!

I know he likes these colours & he likes Marilyn Munro

The card base is 8"x8" I do enjoy working with this size of card!

The papers are from my minds eye.

The fantastic image is from Marilyn from Ike's Art. I've used her several times now!

I coloured her lightly with flexmarkers the cut out with a Spellbinders circle die!

I used the layout from Paper Play Sketches & would like to enter their challenge!

Isn't it fantastic!

I changed it to a square & instead of adding further embellishments,

I used Tea Dye distress ink with a film strip die & some sequin waste

as stencils. I used a bit of Kraft CS for matting & layering!
The fish tails were created using a square punch.

The sentiment button was done in my graphics programme.

If anyone would like it, please just ask!

The ribbon & lace are from my stash! I do love adding a bit of lace to cards

for men, as long as it's not too flowery or sparkly!

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to enter my card in a few other challenges

DRS Designs - Include The Word "Day"
Seize The Birthday 2W Birthday + Optional Topping: Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze - Add A Number Oops no more than 10 challenges
Crafting By Designs - Let's Hear It For The Boys and Men
Inky Impressions - All About The Boys
Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Use Ribbon
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Birthday
Always Playing with Paper - W, E3 - Masculine Card (Cut off circle shape of engine)
Cards in Envy - Birthday Cards
The Ribbon Girls -  Anything Goes as long as you include an image

Wrinklies Mistletoe Paper

Good Morning bloggers!

I have a little card to share with you today!

This one was made just for fun & there is a bit of a deliberate mistake on it!

Can you see what it is?

This is a stepper card made using the mistletoe paper from

Christmas With The Wrinklies CD Rom.

The stepper card blank is by La Pashe.

I printed the verse (from the internet) onto some matching cream card

 then used a nestie & the mat supplied to cut a frame for it!

The only other embellisment I have added is a sheer ribbon bow 

with a little bell attached!

A quick, jolly & simple card made in a matter of minutes! 

I don't know about you but I just love that sometimes!

I'd like to enter a couple of challenges with this card:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes or Create Your Own Challenge

Totally Gorjuss - Bows

365 Cards - Day 235 Unstamped

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

A.R.T. Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything But A Birthday Card With A Sentiement

Charisma Cardz - More Than One Fold

ABC Christmas Challenge - Q is For Quick

Creative Craft Challenges - Not A Square