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I do have a card to share today but first I wanted to wish my sweet and crazy husband a happy birthday!! He is truly a miracle and for every birthday he shares, I feel like I’m the one getting the gift. He is the love of my life and for the last 28 years, I’ve known that I was a lucky, lucky woman! I snapped this picture a couple of months ago when we were in San Antonio. Lol, he’ll be a little shocked today to see his picture on the blog – from time to time he helps me out behind the scenes and when he wants to make me smile he calls himself Mr. Becca. (That’s a joke – he’s a funny, funny guy). So many of you have prayed for him and we both thank you. In the meantime, we’re holding up the celebration for just a minute, long enough for me to get a blog post up and then back to the festivities.
On to my card for the day – I made this a couple of days ago, and contemplated rearranging things but decided to just go with it. The card is made up of eight squares that I stacked then interlocked – Spellbinders™ Classic Squares LG and Spellbinders™ Classic Squares SM. The more I look at it Escher comes to mind. I didn’t want to cover up the squares so I stamped directly on them and I really debated the ribbon, but it needed something more than just the geometrics. I simply love, love, love the Spellbinders™ Cross Collection – it’s has so many uses including the obvious so I tucked each cross under the edge of my square for a look that I really like. The sweet little flower in the center is from Spellbinders™ Flourish Accents set.
This goes off in the mail tomorrow for my mother, whose birthday is in a week. I used one of the new Our Daily Bread Designs sets that cover "Mother Occasions". Happy Birthday is stamped on the inside but this verse from the Mom set says it all!!
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs – Mom
Paper: The Paper Company – Cream White, Solar White, K & Co.
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: Spellbinders Classic Squares LG, Spellbinders Classic Squares SM, Spellbinders Cross Collection, Spellbinders Flourish Accents, Pearls, Ribbon |
You all bless me every day! I don’t take it for granted that you stop by – thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Very handsome card Becca, I love the arrangement and the colors chosen and the hardware really pops. Any man would be proud to receive a card like this. Such attention to detail. As always Becca, TFS!!!. :-D
Beautiful! Very nicely done!
So many of us have difficulty making “man” cards but you make it look so easy, Becca.
Perfect man card. Love it!
Very manly…very impressive. Sure do enjoy watching how you find alternate uses for the amazing spellbinders!!!!! Thanks.
Good morning Becca. A beautiful card and so much attention to details. Even if I had all of your Copics and Spellbinders I would have to CASE your cards to have a chance of them looking good. TFS.
God bless and have a great day!
This is fabulous Becca!!! Love all the details you bring to your cards – this one is so strong and masculine!!!
You nailed it Becca, this is a perfect manly card!!
what a great card for a guy. love the layers and the color choices.
Awesome Beccca, this is absolutely a perfect card for a man. You really have wonderful ideas. I love the layers, the colors and specially the sentiment.. TFS
Beautiful card, Becca, and your husband looks kind and gentle–like you! A belated happy birthday to Mr. Becca. ;-}
Another stunning card.
Becca,
I have to agree with Lois’s comment.
Very handsome creation. Great inspiration.
Have a wonderful weekend,
~~Diane~~
Beautiful Card!!! love all of the stuff you have posted that I’ve had the time to look at!
So clever how you stack everything together!!!Have a awesome “Spring”weekend!(We have Summer temperature in Northern BC.)
Thanks for the masculine card. I love it!! The colors are great together and as always. such detail. I want to be like you when I grow up :).
Another beautiful card and impeccably done as always!
Wonderful card, Becca! I love it when you use something on your cards that I also have, like the square ‘hardware’ on this card. You always give us such inspiration!
You even make the scallops look masculine. Thanks for the great inspiration you give.
So Pretty….but masculine……I love it….
LOVE this card! Your use of the spellbinders die just amaze and inspire me!
Wow – very masculine.
Paula x x x
What a great card! So many ideas here.
wonderful guy card, love the twine and those brads too!
Wow! Becca….this is the best Fathers’ Day card I’ve seen in a long time. Love the colors……think I might change the sentiment a bit. TFS
I love this card, it is so beautiful. You always do such creative things with the spellbinders dies. I love how you stack all the different shapes. It’s unique and beautiful.
Wonderful, wonderful card, love the the way you did the sentiment, and the hardware.
Susan
Didn’t get around to it yesterday but I wish your hubby Many, Many Happy Returns of the Day and to you both a Very Happy and Successful Year.
Thank you for sharing your talent and all the inspiration you give us.
I’d think that any guy would be thrilled to get this card! You make it look so simple! Glad that you and DH had a great day. Don’t know why he’d be dumbstruck reading the comments. You are very loved and appreciated. You love him, he so obviously makes you happy ~ so we love him! See, very simple and even logical!
Hugs to both of you,
R/
Lovely card Becca – I love how you created the sentiment tag – you certainly know how to ‘think outside the box’. Keep them coming please!!
Hugs
HW(UK)
x
This is a beautiful man to man card! Love everything about this one. The little twine bow even feels masculine on this.
Thanks for sharing! :o)
I really wish i had that set, that is a beautiful manly card. maybe i can case it somehow with what i have!! love the layout.
I so like this card … I wish a had a Dad to give or send it to! This is a wonderfully warm card!