He's The Man Birthday Card

Today I am sharing a birthday card that I made for my brother. I absolutely love the "He's the Man" suite collection from Stampin' Up!, and this was the perfect opportunity for me to use it again. There aren't many masculine papers in this industry that don't have anything to do with nature or sports. So I really love this one, even though I didn't use any of the fun icon prints on the paper that are included. 

We are going axe throwing today to celebrate Andy's birthday. So I added the little hatchet icon on the inside as a fun nod to the occasion. 

I find that I never really have a lot to say on the inside of a card. so this design was perfect for me. I just wrote a few lines on the inside of that crumb cake strip of paper. 

I followed a YouTube tutorial from Linda Edwards (Crafty Heron Designs) for this card. Y'all know I don't ever come up with a design myself lol. 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake (Sahara Sand would have matched the DSP better, but I didn't have any.)
Designer Series Paper: He's the Man Specialty Designer Series Paper (comes with the little die cut pieces I used for the sentiment, hatchet icon and star)

Embellishments: Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots

Thanks for visiting my blog today, and if you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can buy more pretty things lol. 

Just click on "Find a Demonstrator" at the top of the Stampin' Up! website. Then, type my name in the search box (Chelle Scott). 

And, as always, thanks so much for stopping by! 

Spring Fever

Is anyone else totally over winter? I know, I know, we need the water. We will have serious drought problems if we don't get more snow and rain. But, it is so cold! And, with my arthritis, sometimes the snow makes it dangerous for me to walk outside. I'm afraid I'll slip and break myself. Emergency surgery is not the goal! Lol. I mean, I want my hip replacement desperately. But I'd rather not be high risk when I do it, thank you.

Anyhow, I'm so ready for sunshine, blue skies and flowers. Even the rain is welcome at this point. So I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through my stamping :)

I cased all of these (duh, why wouldn't I?). I've never been great at designing. So, I'll just let the experts do it for me. Of course, I always give credit whenever I can. I don't want to steal the credit for the hard work and effort these incredible designers put into their art.

The starburst card was CASED from The Paper Pixie. I am a sucker for an excellent use of pattern paper. The more the better!

This rainbow vignette card was CASED from Aimee Lacroix-Slocum on a Sunday Stamping video that she did with her sister, Julie Davison. I used the older set of Rainbow Builder dies from a few years ago because I lent my current set of Brilliant Rainbow dies to a friend. See how that sentiment wraps the rainbows so well? That's what I love about photopolymer stamps!

And, finally, I CASED this one from Meg Holland. Could you die over those polka dot rain boots? Those were stamped in Daffodil Delight on the polka dot Abstract Beauty designer series paper.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, and if you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can buy more pretty things lol. 

Just click on "Find a Demonstrator" at the top of the Stampin' Up! website. Then, type my name in the search box (Chelle Scott). 

And, as always, thanks so much for stopping by!