Anything Goes Challenge 87 "Very Manly"

Happy Tuesday !!

Welcome to the start of another fortnightly challenge over at the 

Anything Goes Challenge Blog

We have been challenged to make a
"VERY MANLY" card
for Challenge 87

My daughters have asked me to make cards for their Dad's Birthday so I have been able to combine real life and my DT card this time around

Whilst I'm on rest and recuperation I've been having a slow and gentle crafty clean up and came across some pretty Kanban foiled cards long forgotten in a plastic storage box and this lovely Zebra die cut topper

It's not my bad photography skills this time the topper is slightly blurred lol!!

I used a black A5 card for the base and cut some black glossy card, silver mirror card and Zebra tissue paper rectangles using the new soon to be released Spellbinder 5x7 card creator dies

I used  antique gold and antique silver Fran-tage embossing powders and Stampendous Silver embossing powder randomly on  all the elements to bring them together and stuck them down with Cosmic Shimmer glue

*Top Tip*

I used a tiny piece of a freebie blending foam pulling out bits of it to make a random pattern and "blodged" it here and there with Versamark ink from a refill bottle, this means the Fran-tage can still be heated from the top of the card and prevents the beautiful chucks from blowing away

I used Sizzix dies and my big shot for the happy birthday and "DAD" letters

Goodness only knows where the Zebra paper came from but I really enjoyed using up some forgotten treasures to make room for some more of  the lovely goodies available from Lynne over at the Craft Den

PS...The tiny photo corners are from the Tim Holtz Sizzix range and are designed to fit the ATC movers and shapers die. I Fran-taged a piece of black card BEFORE I cut them out !!

You have two weeks to make and share your own "Very Manly" card if you'd like to join me and the amazing design team over at the Anything Goes Challenge Blog. We will be around to see all your creations leaving crafty comments everywhere lol !!

Happy Birthday NAN x

 Birthday wishes are on their way to Wales for my Nan who will be 91 years young on Thursday, I cannot believe its a whole year since her big 90 party !!

(I made her a lovely 8x8 scrapbook full of party photo's and didn't photograph a single page - one day I will borrow it back!!)

The card is made with the latest DoCrafts goody bag and really really simple to make. I love the Lincoln Linen Capsule Collection - the only added extra's  are the Happy Birthday message and the letters, cut with Sizzix dies, and embossed with pale gold embossing powder. I recycled some of the gems from the glitter flowers - I took them off to replace with the fab buttons and stuck them onto the border strip quick smart lol.

XHugsX

Happy Birthday Em x x x

Well, 1 happy 17 year old is now the proud owner of the smallest Pandora bracelet I have ever seen lol she will fill it in no time at all !!

Here are a few of her handmade tags ...

Sizzix "Bow" Bigz die - one of my favorite dies it means I can always have a matching bow whatever the occasion.

Sizzix "Happy Birthday" die.

Cricut "George and Basic Shapes" cartridge has been used for the tags in different sizes, the flowers, hearts and letters. A Martha Stewart lace punch has been used to create a sleeve round the tissue paper.

Another Sizzix "Happy Birthday" and Spellbinder Bitty Blossoms (My present to me Bitty Blossoms = Beautiful )

Lace punch again , curling ribbon and a few gems for added sparkle.