Tuesday, April 8, 2014

TCC #7, Time Out #2 and another birthday

Hello, all.  It's another good day for . . .well, for anything you want to do.  My husband is out riding his bike and I'm blogging so I get some challenges entered before the deadline.  Here's my card.


Can you guess what challenges it's for?  The Card Concept and Time Out.


The butterfly is a Cricut cut (I just ordered a butterfly die that I wish I'd had  for this challenge.)  I hid the contours on the image and after embossing it with Verdigris embossing powder, I inlaid the original in the card front.  Then I cut again with all the contours, embossed that image with gold and glued it over the other.  The sentiment from CASual Friday is stamped in Delicata gold.  I guess all that shimmer and shine qualifies it as a Classy and Elegant card for the Card Concept, although it is clean, too.

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Today is my Dad's birthday.


Here's his birthday card.  


Yesterday was my great grandson's birthday and I didn't have a picture of the card but my granddaughter sent it to me.


Distress Inks on the large dot stencil makes the background.  The balloons are from Simon Says Stamp cut from photo paper and inked, giving them a gloss.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

20 comments:

Michelle Lupton said...

Love your clean and simple butterfly :)

Darnell said...

Butterfly and birthday delights, Bobby!! Your cards are all fantastic! Happy Birthday to Pops!! That a long life, my golly!! Hugs, Darnell

Ardyth said...

Gorgeous - love the verdigris with the gold! And wow, two milestone birthdays! How wonderful! Thanks for joining us at the Card Concept!

Lynn said...

Wow! A first birthday card and a 98th birthday card. I love it! Happy birthday to your dad! Your Time Out card is stunning...the gold is absolutely beautiful. So glad you could play with us at Time Out Bobby!

Beverley said...

Beautiful butterfly card in stunning colours and a trio of FABulousness. Best Wishes to your dad too :) Thanks for taking the TIME OUT and joining in on the challenge :) Hugs Bev x

Kelly Griglione said...

Oh, yay, HERE's the red/blue/yellow card! LOVE your distress inked background and the real strings you used for the balloons. It will look wonderful in his baby book : )

And, how neat that he has a great, great grandpa! Not many people can say that.

AND, love your simple and elegant butterfly card. Those sentiment stamps are getting a ton of use over here. It's one of my favorite CASual Fridays sets!

sandie said...

Gorgeous CAS card. the gold is stunning. Thanks for joining us at TIME OUT

Kate said...

What super cards! I love the look of the inlaid, embossed butterfly! Your dad's card is super with the plaid and embossing. And such a fun card for your great-grandson too! Happy birthday to both!!

Jen W. said...

Happy belated birthday to dad and great grandson! (How do you even have a great grandson looking as young as you do??) (Also I just noticed your birthday is the day after mine. Go leos!)
Anyway, I LOVE your first card. Clean and crisp and the gold and green glitter look so classy together. Great shine without being excessive.
The plaid number on dad's card are awesome and I LOVE the polka dots on the last card!

Kay D said...

What a gorgeous butterfly- I love that embossing!

Gerrina said...

Congratulations on the birthdays! I love the colours you used! Thank you for taking the Time Out to join us!

Joyce said...

Beautiful card--I love that butterfly. And, what a great picture of your dad. So, he must be a great, great! Super gene pool you're working with!

Kerin said...

Love all your cards, especially the gold of the butterfly! Thanks for joining us this week at The Card Concept :)

Happy Dance said...

I'm calling 'winner, winner' for you butterfly card! It's perfectly gorgeous. I absolutely love this one. And HB to your dad and ggs. Those cards are fabulous as well, the plaid is perfect for a gentleman, and I especially love the polka dots! Wonderful cards, Bobby! Bev

Kay Miller said...

Oh the gold embossed butterfly is gorgeous! Very pretty card! Thanks so much for joining us at The Card Concept! :)

Deepti said...

These are beautiful Bobby!! I saw ur card in The card concept gallery and couldn't get my eyes off it :) what a beauty

Virginia L. said...

Your butterfly card is so CAS and elegant , Bobby! I love that you used the gold embossing to make the design look cohesive! And happy happy birthday to your Dad! Being 98 is pretty special and amazing! And happy one-year old birthday to your great grandson! Thanks for taking time to visit my blog! HUGS!

Cathy said...

Beautiful CAS butterfly Bobby, love the colours. Awesome birthday cards too, Cathy x

Narelle Farrugia said...

Beautiful cards! I just love where you got your inspiration from - your butterfly is just beautiful! Thanks for joining us at The Card Concept!

Bonnie said...

You Dad looks amazing! And what a wonderful birthday card! I love the plaid! Young looking must run in your family. A great grandmother! I never would have thought! Are great grandchildren as much fun as grandchildren? This is a delightful card! Love the balloons!