QUICK & EASY BIRTHDAY CARDS - FOR GUYS!

When September and October roll around, I know I need to get cracking on a whole slew of birthday cards for family members. When times a tickin', I need to come up with something quick and easy. This can be even more difficult for me when it comes to male birthday cards. That's when I lean on a lot of patterned paper and simple stamping. So.....here's a couple cards I came up with that I think will fit the bill:

Supplies for this card include:

MME "Be Amazing" 6x6 paper pad	Hero Arts "Many Birthday Messages"	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	3D Foam Squares	Cutter Bee Scissors
Jute string - Natural	Double-sided foam tape	Scotch ATG (tape glider)	Glossy Accents

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And here's the second card:

And the supplies:

MME "Be Amazing" 6x6 paper pad	Cutter Bee Scissors	Scotch ATG (tape glider)	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	Hero Arts "Many Birthday Messages"
Double-sided foam tape

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Once again, the patterned paper is my life-saver!! Thanks for taking a look. I truly hope you are inspired!

YOU ARE SPECIAL

These cards were also made for the Hero Arts and A Blog Named Hero challenges as explained in my earlier post. These cards followed a different sketch provided by Hero Arts. Here's the cards:

Once again, the flowers were cut with my Silhouette using paper from the Glitz "French Kiss" paper pad. I LOVE these papers!! To give the petals and leaves some dimension, I "crinkled" and "pinched them" so they looked a little more "aged".

Here's my supply list for these cards: 

Silhouette Cameo Digital Cutting Machine	Glitz "FRENCH KISS" 6" paper pad	Glue Dots	3D Foam Squares	Hero Arts Kraft cardstock
Versamark	Marvy Uchida Heat Gun	Scotch ATG (tape glider)	Burlap Trim	Great Flourishes Messages
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	Double-sided foam tape

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YOU MAKE ME SMILE

My oh my....where has the time gone??!! Finally, I've had some time to sit down and "play"!! My crafting was inspired - and motivated - by the current challenges @ the Hero Arts Blog AND A Blog Named Hero. The challenge @ A Blog Named Hero called for using kraft cardstock. The challenge @ Hero Arts provided a choice of sketches to follow. Well, let me say that I LOVE anything on kraft cardstock! Lately, I've become addicted to patterned paper, so I decided to combine the two. The design of the card came from one of the 3 sketch choices on the Hero Arts Blog. So......here's the cards:

I'm not much of a "pink" person, but I loved the paper from the Glitz "Pretty in Pink" paper pad and thought it would look great with the kraft!

For both cards, I used my Silhouette to cut out the pieces for the 3D flower. I used 2 coordinating sheets of paper from the Glitz "Pretty in Pink" paper to make the 2 flowers. The circle backgrounds were also cut from the same paper pad. These were all assembled together and adhered to the kraft cardstock base. You can't really see it in the pictures, but the top card I lightly stamped the kraft paper with the Hero Arts "Flowers & Dots" background stamp (with white Color Box ink). The bottom card I did the same with the Penny Black "Paisley Outline" stamp and Versamark ink. If you look REALLY close, you can see the patterns! :D

Here's my list of supplies:

Silhouette Cameo Digital Cutting Machine	*Glitz 6 x 6 PRETTY IN PINK Paper Pack PP3784	Glue Dots	Scotch ATG (tape glider)	Hero Arts Kraft cardstock
Penny Black Paisley Outline	Versamark	Flower Dot Pattern	Color Box "Frost White" ink pad	Sparkle Clear: Simple Messages
Hero Arts Cup O' Joe	Double-sided foam tape	Burlap Trim	Cutter Bee Scissors

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Thanks for looking!