There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life...

I have a cute little card to share today featuring Jude’s Heart from Simply B Stamps.

As I’m giving this to my young nephew for his birthday I’ve covered the heart in Jude’s hand with a pirate treasure map.  I thought the look on Jude’s face worked very well for a little boy baffled by the directions on a map.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch at RetroSketches, I just made the corner element out of my sentiment strips and some stars to match the star paper I used.  I also made the rectangular element a bit larger to accommodate Jude but mostly so I could use my new Doohickeys’ die.  My crafty resolution formulated this week (a bit late for New Year’s I know but hey, better late than never) is to use every new die I get as soon as I get it.  This is to hopefully get me from just ordering and hoarding dies to actually using them on my cards.

As I do have a die cut on my card I am entering this in the current challenge over at Stamping Sensations.  I’m also entering my card in Cardz 4 Guyz’s current challenge as it is for a guy (a young one but a guy nonetheless) and it is for a birthday.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E11, E23, 0

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, C00, N4, N6, N8, Y13, Y15, Y17, Y19, Y21, Y28, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalk ~ Dark Blue

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Magnolia Doohickeys ~ Vintage Photo Frames

Embellishments

Border Strip Sticker from stash

Freckled Fawn ~ Star Stickers

Jesse James Dress It Up Button ~ Pirates

Stickabilities ~ 1¼” Hand Drawn

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Faded Jeans & Scattered Straw

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Typhoon

Graphic 45 Mother Goose ~ Patterns & Solids

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Jude’s Heart

Challenges

Cardz 4 Guyz #53 ~ Happy Birthday

RetroSketches ~ Sketch #149

Stamping Sensations ~ Dies and Punches

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…a superb tailor’s work is ageless

I’ve made another parcel card for a special birthday featuring my all-time favourite image for a male, 1920’s Kody from Some Odd Girl, which seems to have been retired!

This is going out to a guy so I didn’t want it all florally and girlie so I went to my favourite stash of embellies, my Prima and Tim Holtz metal stuff.  What a great find that there was a 30 among the Prima Door Signs because, you guessed it, this is for a 30th birthday.  I also found some words that fitted in well and allowed me to jazz up the parcels, which I’d stuck down before thinking about adding twine or anything to.  I’ve missed using my metal embellies as I haven’t done anything Steampunky for a while so it was great to get them out.  As they are my favourite embellies I’m entering my card in the current challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.

I did throw in one flower as there was this space just sitting there under the Typo Bulbs, it is a burlap one and I did alter it a bit.  I pulled off the bottom layer and trimmed the others to make it smaller and pulled out the stamens, I swapped them for a metal brad and some glitter.  Hopefully not too girlie!

I thought the quote from the Kaiser rub ons was appropriate for a milestone birthday and it helped fill the space too.  As did the parcels to make this a nicely embellished card without all the flowery, girlie stuff we normally add to our cards.

I’m also entering my card in the current challenge at Incy Wincy Designs, where the theme is to use a number, something I have done thanks to this being a milestone birthday and that great Prima Door Sign.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E31, E39, 0

Lips E11

Hair YR04, YR07, E09, E18

Outfit B91, B93, B95, N4, N6, N8, V91, V93, V95, V99, W0, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Distress Glitter ~ Rusty Hinge

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Rub ons ~ Inner Self & These Days

Petaloo Textured Elements ~ Burlap Blossom Black

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Jeans Plates & Small Typo Bulbs

Prima Shabby Chic Treasures ~ Door Signs

Stickabilities ~ ⁷⁄₁₆” Hand Drawn

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen, Black Soot & Faded Jeans

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ Kraft

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Typhoon

Graphic 45 French Country ~ Abundance

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells ~ Frightful Folly

Prima Cartographer ~ Montgolfiere

Riddersholm Design Tailgate Marked ~ My Street

Stamps

Some Odd Girl ~ 1920’s Kody (retired)

Challenges

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Use a number

Tuesday Throwdown #226 ~ Favourite Embellishment

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