More is More

I promised to come back and share the birthday card I made for my Dad.  I used Taylor’s Friday Challenge for the layout of this one.  I’m sorry – it’s not the best photo.  I was in a rush to get this picture taken and get the card stuffed in the envelope before dinner last night.

Taylor’s sketch called for a rectangle shape for the focal point, but I had this adorable dog (Whipper Snapper I think?) in my stash of stamped images from get-togethers with friends and I had already punched it with my Marvy Mega Oval Punch, so I improvised.  I chose the retired SU designer paper Tree House and colored the image with Copics to coordinate.  The grass-like border is Doodlebug Designs Paper Frills – it was white and I colored with a Copic Marker (YG97 Spanish Olive).  The brads are a chocolately brown from Amercian Crafts.  The cardstock is Mustard along with retired colors Buckaroo Blue and Cranberry Crisp.  The sentiment is from Simple Sayings II – that is one of those old sets I can’t imagine ever gettind rid of!

So there you go…a *guy* card can still be cute.  They don’t always have to be boats and horses and totally serious!  LOL!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!