Masculine Birthday Card

Since we have been having some rainy weather it inspired this observation of my life: When it rains, it pours!
After being mostly unemployed for a year and a half, I now find myself busier than ever with 4 jobs. And there is even a chance that more than one of them might actually become a paying gig! But when I say I'm busy, I mean I haven't had this many plates spinning in a long time. The only bad thing is that my wardrobe consists mostly of pajamas and I've gotten kinda used to wearing my "soft clothes".

This card is a testament to my ability to multi-task. I needed a card for my next Rubberstamping 101 class and yesterday was Ben's birthday. And even though I just made this today, I'm not late because we aren't celebrating his birthday until Sunday. And if that's not enough, the challenge theme at Hero Arts is masculine cards, well there you have it, this card is a three-fer!

I really love the combo of brown, cream, blue, red and a touch of black. It's a great combo to use for masculine cards.  I used a combination of papers from K&Company, Graphic45 and Fabscraps. The letters are Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type. The car stamp is from the Going clear set from Hero Arts and the birthday sentiment is from Essential Messages (yes, I was finally brave enough to cut a clear stamp; the operation was a success, the patient and the surgeon survived). I colored the car with Copics...still not that good but I'm undeterred. I added a bit Glossy Accents to the windows and headlights. The finishing touches are a scrap from a previous project and 2 little ancient tag stickers from my stash. Yes, my baby is 24, where does the time go?....no really, I want to know, I'm going to need to find some extra time somewhere.

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~ Philippians 4:13 ~

I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength!

Amen to that.

blessings,

nancy