A 60th Birthday Card - Female VS Male

As a nice change to all these Christmas projects I have made two different birthday cards.  My husband came home yesterday and requested two cards.  One female, one male - both needed for 60th birthdays next week.

I had an idea to use Everything Eleanor but when I sat down to make it it came out very different than intended & I ended up using Apothecary Art stamp set & Label Framelits instead.  Do you have this happen to you?

I really love Primrose Petals which is surprising as I was not that keen on it when it first came out.  I am an In Colour girl all the way and tend to reach for those before the usual colour families.

60th Female Card - Close Up

60th Female Card 

Then, to make the male version I wanted something a bit less "fluffy" if you know what I mean.  I haven't used the paper piercing mats before so I thought I would try using them on this card to add something different to the design.

60th Male Card Close Up

60th Male Card

For the male version I used some retired DSP called Elegant Soiree.  The Apothecary Framelits were a bit to rounded so I trimmed the top & bottom to give it a more masculine feel.

FEMALE

Stamp Set: Memorable Moments, Apothecary Art, Kindness Matters.
Paper:  Primrose Petals, Old Olive & Very Vanilla.  

Ink:   Black Stayzon, Primrose Petals, Old Olive

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Framelits - Labels Collection, 1" Square Punch,Dimensionals, Pearls, Champagne Shimmer paint (on butterflies), Blender Pen

MALE

Stamp Set: Memorable Moments.
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Soft Suede & Very Vanilla, Elegant Soiree DSP (retired). 

Ink:   Black Stayzon, Baja Breeze.

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Framelits - Apothecary Accents, 1" Square Punch, Dimensionals, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Metallic Brads.  

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

12 Weeks of Christmas WEEK 4 - Snow Festival Card Set & Bag

I have a special little project to share with you for Week 4.  Remember my Halloween post recently where I made a cute handbag out of 12 x 12 paper?  It can be seen HERE. I did say I would be back with a Christmas version SO here it is!

Handbag & Card set

I found the directions to make the 12 x 12 bag on Stamp & Scrap With Frenchie and thought I could use it for Halloween to hold lots of treats.  I have since made this Christmas version with a card set inside.  I used the Owl Occasions stamp set on the bag which is made out of 1 sheet of 12 x 12 Be of good Cheer DSP.

Inside the bag is this set of six cards all wrapped up in the gorgeous Gumball Green Ribbon. With the current Spool Time Promotion this could be yours free when you spend $60 before the end of October! (Time is running out so give me a call or email me with your order).

For the cards I used Snow Festival DSP. Two of the sheets of this DSP have pre-printed squares for cute tags so I decided to use some of those to make a quick cute card set to go inside my bag.   

Snow Festival Card Set

Snow Festival card set & Owl Occasions Bag

For those of you who would like to make one of these bags, here is Frenchie's Youtube video on how to create the 12 x 12 bag.

HANDBAG: 
Stamp Set: Owl Occasions. 
Paper:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Snow Festival DSP (flag behind framelit), Be of Good Cheer DSP (main bag). 
Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler & Gumball Green Marker Pens.
Cool Tools:  Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Labels Collection Framelits, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Boho Blossoms Punch. Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Dimensionals, 3/8" Basic Glimmer Brads,  Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon.

CARDS:

Stamp Set & Ink: none

Paper: Snow Festival DSP, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green.

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Scallop Squares Duo Bigz Die, Dimensionals. Gumball Green 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon (tied around cards).

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA