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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!
Becca: He is a special guy…you can see it in his eyes. I am so glad that you two have each other….you deserve the best, girl. You are so generous with sharing and teaching. Thank you and Happy Birthday to Mr Right!!!
Awesome photo! Happy Birthday Mr. Feeken!
Happy Birthday, Mr. Becca!!! I too am lucky to have a special guy (for over 31 years now) and I do thank God every day for him too. God bless you & Mrs. Becca on this very special day — enjoy every precious moment of it!
Okay, Becca, just when I thought I truly could live without this Cross Collection die, you go and use it in a way only YOU could envision — I do thank you out loud, as I mumble under my breath that I now NEED another Spellbinders’ die — LOL! WOW, you never cease to just blow me away with your unbelievable vision!!! I’m quite sure Mr. Becca feels the same way!
Happy Birthday to your husband….My best friend hooked me up to your site….Wow the cards are amazing…….I’ll be checking everyday for ideas. Thank you and God bless…
As usual, your card is just amazing! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your husband…………..YOUR gift from heaven! God bless you both!
Happy, Happy Birthday Mr Becca! It is so nice to see such a loving, strong marriage. Long life together for both of you!
Happy Birthday to Mr. Becca!! :) Have a great day and thanks for sharing Becca and her marvelous talent with us!!
Another stunning card. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent. I’ve learned so much from you and have incorporated your ideas into many of my creations.
I’ve been blessed with my hubby for 39 years now…not many of us left around any more.
Have an amazing Birthday celebration with your hubby.
A great BIG Happy Birthday to Mr. Becca. Not only are you lucky to have such a great guy in your life, he’s got to be one of the luckiest guys to have such a lovely woman in his life. Thank you for all the wonderful cards and projects that you so willingly share.
Becca,
Want to wish a happy healthy birthday to “Mr. Becca”.
Have a wonderful fun filled year.
That is one awesome creation Becca. Very clever.
I just love the layout.
Enjoy the birthday festivities.
~~Diane~~
Happy Birthday to your honey! And your card is fab!
First off…Happy Birthday to your husband. He shares a birthday with my son, who is also celebrating his birthday today…his 30th.
P.S. they also share with the Queen of England…lol
Gorgeous card…enjoy the day and God Bless.
You have now also given me the perfect reason to purchase that Nestie…I have been eyeing it at the little craft shop that is a few doors from where I work…now I must have it! Thanks for the inspiration…and I’m sure that the shop owners thank you too…I have purchased so many things from them due to the inspiration I get from YOU.
(((Hugs)))
Marian
Having a husband that makes you laugh is a wonderful gift. Any man that can do that is AWESOME in my book! Happy Birthday to your hubby.
Smiles~
Marilyn
What an amazing portrait.
Happy, Happy Birthday!
May you both celebrate this day that God has blessed you with.
How blessed to spend your life with the love of your life. I too have been blessed with wonderful husband. This year in number 39! I agreee with Jan D. There are not many of us around anymore!
Jean
Happy, Happy Birthday – Mr Becca!
May God’s Grace shine on you today and continue to bless
you marriage with Becca.
Happiness and Health to you both
Allison
Wishing your husband a “Happy, Blessed Birthday”! I love your site, and your creations and ideas are fabulous. I just found your suggestion about ribbon storage, cut my mat board and started winding! What a terrific idea – my bags of ribbon are finally organized! God Bless you for all of your talents and willingness to share . . .
Happy Birthday Mr. Feeken. I wish you many, many more. Your love of your life is a very special lady to us all. Enjoy God’s gift to you both.
Wow Becca, your card is amazing, and so is the pic of your amazing husband. The kindness is just oozzing from that photo. He looks so healthy and happy especially in view of what he has been thru this last year. How wonderful to hear a wife sing praises for her hubby. Happy Birthday Wishes being sent to him.
Linda S. in NE
Happy Birthday Mr B.
Irene
Happy birthday Mr. Becca – hope your day is great!
Happy Birthday Mr. Becca (heehee) Hope you have a wonderful time & stunning card today. Breathtakingly beautiful as always. Thanks for sharing!
What a special treat for all of us! Thank you so much for sharing a picture of your husband. Happy Birthday, Mr. Becca!!
Love the card, too, Becca! Clever way to use the Spellbinders Cross!
Happy Birthday to Mr. Becca – and wishes for many, many more! Thank you for another beautiful card – I believe that he is also a lucky one!
It’s a really lucky guy who can have his wife think of him the way you do. I totally relate as mine is super special (I don’t tell him all the time so’s I can keep him humble), but I know how lucky I am. Those of us who have had the “other” kind feel so blessed to have a life partner who truly allows you to be yourself. My best B’day wishes for your guy and many future celebrations for the two of you.
Happy Birthday Mr. Feeken aka Mr. Becca!!! Fantastic picture of your “Baby.” Thank you for sharing. Now we have an idea of the wonderful hubby you lavish your loving thoughts about. Now I know who made that beautiful card for you that you shared in your blog. He must have picked up some talent from watching you all these years. :)
Thank you for sharing another Gorgeous card!!
Hey, Mr. Becca! Have a great birthday. My husband and I have been together 32 years and I appreciate each year more.
A very Happy Birthday to your sweatheat and many more to come! And on a lesser note…love the card idea!
Becca – this card is gorgeous and your husband is not bad either! The card is sooo pretty.
Sandy
What a nice picture and Mr. Becca Happy Birthday You two are very special people.
Live each day to the fullest and Love one another in the process and don’t be afraid to show it.
Your card is beautiful, I too love the Spellbinders Crosses, many, many uses. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Birthday Mr Becca! ;)
I don’t think I ever would have thought about using those crosses in such a way, you are so clever!
Well, a very happy birthday Mr Becca! I know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover but the moment I popped onto your blog Becca, I could just see the kindness of this mans heart pouring out of his eyes, God bless you both!! and many, many happy returns!!
I agree with Sandy Dehon – so both of you eat cake!
Happy birthday Mr Becca. Again you have surpassed yourself with this card. Thank you for sharing it with everyone.
God bless you and yours xox
Wishing your DH a very Happy Birthday and a wonderful year ahead!
What a sweet picture!
Love, love, love this card! Well, I love all your cards. You always surprise and amaze me with how take simple objects and make them look so intricate! TFS!!
Happy Birthday Mr Becca. You are both so lucky to have one another and your talent Becca is beyond belief. I sit here in Scotland waiting for each beautiful card to be posted and am amazed with the great gift you dont mind sharing with us no matter where in the world we may be. xx
Happy Birthday to your wonderful husband.
You are both so lucky to have each other.
May you have many more happy and funny times together.
Loved your card as usual Becca.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Becca! Wishing you many good years of good health, lots of love, and happy times! I just love the creations that come out of that lovely lady to whom you are married! Enjoy your special day! Becca, love your card today, too!
Shirley L.
Roseville, CA
Happy Birthday to your hubby, Becca. Great photo … he’s very photogenic. And of course you card, as always, is stunning.
Happy Birthday to your wonderful hubby! It is so nice to hear that some people are still together longer than a few years these days. We will be celebrating our 25th next month and I can’t believe the years have flown by. Enjoy your day of celebrations.
Mr Feeken (aka Mr Becca) Happy Birthday and may God Bless you. Your wife is such a inspiraton to me. I so look forward to emails each day. She has such talent. You’re a lovely couple
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. BECCA :D I just love the warmth of your hubby’s eyes. He looks like a very caring man and I pray the Lord gives you many more birthdays to celebrate together!! Fabulous card as always :D It blows me away to think you were a computer techie (whatever side of your brain that analytical side is – always get them mixed up) and yet use the other side of your brain to create such works of art! Heck I could use both sides of your brain for that matter LOL! Have a great day celebrating :D
Happy Birthday ‘Mr. Becca’!!!
Beautiful card…….and I love it…..
Happy Birthday “Mr. Becca”……….and I’m so glad your feeling better……and yes I’m one of those people that has prayed for you and Becca……you both are very special people and has touch lives in way you may never know…….thank you for being you…..both of you…..
Sincerely…….gloria
Happy Birthday Mr. Becca !! It is great to be able to put a face on the person we only know as “Becca’s Sweetie ” She has said you are the rock she leans on and I can see in your picture that is true. I am happy you are feeling better.
Becca your card is beautiful as all of your work.
Thanks for sharing the card and the picture
I am praising God for your wonderful relationship with Mr. Becca!!! May you both have many more years of celebrating together! I have come to realize in my own journey that the truth is that our days are already numbered… God knows the end even from the beginning and just because I have had to struggle with illness doesn’t change when I will go home! I say this in a positive way, Becca. Every day is a gift from God and we need not spend it worrying. Our time on earth will end when God says so and NO ONE can change that! O praise God!!! HaPpY BiRtHdAy, Mr. Becca! You are God’s treasure : )
Love and hugs ~
Lori xoxo
I wondered why the flag was raised at our parish church – some said it was because its the Queen’s birthday – but i recon its because its Mr Becca’s birthday – god bless you both. Happy happy birthday to him…
What a clever way of stamping on your card.
Paula
x x x
God Bless You Both Becca,and Happy Birthday to your husband, may you have many many more birthdays together, Your card is wonderful as ever!
Marion UK
Happy birthday “Mr. Becca”
Congratulations Mr. Becca, Becca you sure are a lucky lady. Every day is a gift from God. Hugs, Nellie.
Happy Birthday Mr. Becca! And Becca thanks for sharing your beautiful talent with us.
Big birthday wishes to your hubby! Love your card!
Happy Birthday Mr Becca! :o) Thank you for helping you wife share her cards and talents with all of us.
Becca, your card is so pretty! I love allllll the layers and the pearls and bows and flowers. Thank you for sharing! :o)
Happy Birthday Mr. Becca! :) May you be blessed with many many more! Thank you Becca for sharing his picture. Eat a piece of birthday cake for me!
I have known, from the way you talk of your “Mr. Becca”, that he must be as wonderful as you are. Having been married for 43 years now, I’m sure, like us, you have had your challenges. I hope the years ahead give you joy & peace. I come to your blog everyday for the beautiful cards, but I think I return as often, for the inspiration. God Bless!
What a beautiful card for your mother she is going to be bless to get. Happy Birthday to your husband enjoy his day
So that’s the man that secretly went into your craft room and made you a surprise birthday card! (or was it a valentine’s day card?) That was ever so sweet! I told my hubby about that at the time hoping that maybe someday he might do the same thing for me, lol…i’m still waiting :) Best wishes on your birthday! And you, Mr. Feeken, have one super talented lady for a wife!
hey John!
Happy Birthday!
My cousin Gilberto in Rio Brazil , is 52 today!
Tell me your secret…
what have you done to Becca…to make her be so much in love with you?
and after 28 years!!??
wow!
you are both a special couple
I have been praying for you for a long time…=)
so you know…
hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaa
enjoy your family
Love,
**Milu**
Thanks for posting the picture of your husband…you’ve taken good care of him quite apparently! He looks as fabulous as you make him sound to be. Do tell him he has fans he doesn’t even know about and they all wish him a Happy Birthday, plus many more, and we thank him especially for sharing you with us.
Happy Birthday Mr. Feeken.
Becca, you say he is your Rock….so glad you have each other. Hope he is enjoying his day.
Mothers Day card is beautiful.
God bless you and your hubby.
Hi, Becca
Happy birthday to your husband. I hope he has as many as I have. (I’ve just celebrated my 90th!)
Sorry to bother you, but I think I saw a tutorial of yours on using the border punch and matching corner punch to make an all around punche edgesquare or rectangle. I can’t find it in your posts. Will you email which post it was. Thanks. I thought it was sometime this year.
Sarah Stainback
God bless you, dear husband of Becca!!!Happy happy Birthday!Thank you Becca for sharing a picture of HIM…….and of course your wonderful Birthday card for your MOther!!I want to try this technique myself this weekend…
See you
Happy Happy Birthday, Mr. John! Hope you had a wonderful day with your precious family.
Zoe, Jason and I love you so so much….and of course the rest of the family as well.
Big hugs and kisses headed your way!
The Vaughn’s
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY wish to “Mr. Becca” (LOL) Thanks for posting his picture, he’s a handsome man. You make a great looking couple! Isn’t it nice when he’s still Mr. Right after 28 years? Good heaven’s I just figured it out, my Mr. Right and I will be 29 years this summer! As always, your card is a stunner. Your Mom is going to be very happy with it, I’m sure! Wish them both many more Happy Birthday’s to come.
Hugs,
R/
Happy Birthday, Mr. Becca!
Ahhhh, you guys are so cute. And remember, Behind every sucessfull woman, stands a man!
Beautiful card! Hope Mr Becca has a great birthday- my baby has her birthday today too- she is 17! Hugs
Hello Becca
Wishing Mr. Becca a very Happy Birthday and many many more to come.
Take good care of each other…thank you for all your beautiful cards and a great blog.
pat
Happy Birthday Mr. Becca! Hope you have a great one!
Happy Birthday to Mr Becca~may you share many many more birthday celebrations together. Beautiful card. I love the way you layered the squares AND intertwined them. You never cease to amaze me with your creativity.
Happy Birthday to your beloved and wishing you both many years ahead. The card is beautiful and those Crosses are going on my wish list.
Happy Birthday to your hubby! I know he was surprised to see himself on the blog and probably is going to be more surprised to see all the birthday wishes. You are very lucky that you two can celebrate his birthday with his sickness & God has really blessed him and you.
I hope you & he can have a fantastic day together and cherish every moment.
Your card is beautiful, you never cease to amaze me with your talent.
May God Richly Bless each of you today and always.
He’s cute…you ARE lucky!!!
Beautiful, Beautiful Card, Becca…..I’m sure your mother will feel so blessed to receive it. What a great idea to use the crosses in the way that you did…..adds such interesting elements to the design.
You never cease to inspire me…….thank you.
Wonderful card.
Happy Birthday to your husband!
Sanrda
Happy Birthday to the man who makes our wonderful Becca smile!! May your year be rich and full of happiness! Blessings to you!
Oh – and Becca – the card is fan-tas-tic!!!!!!!
Another fantastic creation from a woman who never lets us down. Each one gets better just when you think they can’t. Happy Birthday to your sweet husband. I remember both of you in my prayers always.
God has blessed me with a wonderful husband, too! Congratulations on your birthday! Thank you for sharing Becca with us! :)
My wishes for the most fantastic day of “Mr. Becca’s” life!!! He looks like a wonderful person and husband. My love of my life and I have been married for 50 years now and he is 73 years young. He is another exceptional gentleman and friend. I think that your work is so amazing Becca! Every time I think you have outdone yourself and couldn’t possible do it again, you go and do something like this! I am another of those mumbling under my breathe, that I MUST have another Spellbinders die! I almost wish they would stop creating new ones, NOT! However, I think I need to find someone who will subsidize my purchases of their wonderful dies. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful creations every day!
Great use of the cross die and gorgeous card as ever. Wishing your special hubby a very happy birthday.
Hugs,
Trish x
Hello Becca
Tell your hubby “Happy Birthday” from Texas and thank him for sharing you with all of us.
The card is beautiful as usual and keep them coming. Now please enjoy your celebration!!! Happy Birthday again to Mr. Feeken!!!
Happy Birthday to your hubby! My hubby’s birthday is today (4/22)! We have been married 26 1/2 years. I went to a fun card class today (which is still yesterday – 4/21). It was a waxed 3D napkin card class. I came home and finished the fussy cutting on the second card and applying light layers of stickles. Both cards turned out gorgeous!
Happy Birthday Mr. Becca :). How blessed you two are to have each other.
Becca this card for your mother is stunning. Love how you did the squares and how you used the cross’s.
Gorgeous card Becca – I love the cross collection too (although I probably wouldn’t have bought it if I hadn’t seen you use it in so many ways – and here’s another use!!!) Happy Birthday to your precious ‘Mr Becca’ and I wish him many many more. Enjoy the celebrations.
Hugs
HW(UK)
x
Happy Bday Mr. Becca (giggle) he looks as nice and cheeky as mine.
Lucky us to have supportive husbands who “get” the idea of our craft.
Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas – I come here often – all the way from Denmark – TG for the internet!
BACK to the party – april “kids” are special – my bday was yesterday and today I am going shopping using some of the scrapshop gift cards I received. LUCKY ME:..
Happy Birthday Mr. Feeken many happy returns of the day. So glad you shared your honey’s photo with us Becca. My husband loves to help,especially when I’m using my punches and die-cutting machines it makes him feel like he is making my projects right along with me. It’s fun to have help and spend time together.
Your card is beautiful Becca, the colors are so pretty and your composition just knocked my socks off today. The verse brought a tear to my eye but also a sweet memory of my mom whom is no longer with us. As always Becca, TFS!!! :-D
Happy Birthday “Mr. Becca” Thanks for sharing your Wife’s talents with all of us. My Mr & I will celebrate 25 years this year We don’t look asYoung as you two do !!!
Happy Birth John. God just keeps on blessing you .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. BECCA!!!!!!! LOL Just love a good man with a sense of humor. May God bless you with many, many more.
Renee Stephens
WOW what a great guy you have. Happy Birthday Mr. B — your wife is a very special and talented lady — May
God bless you and your union for many, many years to come. God Bless both of you!!
Hope it was a great birthday celebration. I love the card. I would never of thought of stamping on the squares.
Beautiful card for Mom. My best wishes goes to Mr. B as well! Thank you for sharing your creativity with us!
Oh, how sweet. So good to see true love! and folks that don’t take it for granted.
Very clever idea with the crosses, Becca… it is an entirely different look. Your card is very elegant. Happy B-Day to Mr. B! You guys make a cute couple. You are very lucky to have each other!!! Hugs to you both!
Wishing You “Many Happy Returns of the Day” Mr Feeken … I do hope you’re thoroughly enjoying your special Birthday celebrations.
Your Mother’s birthday card is absolutely beautiful, Becca … your artistry and inventiveness have resulted in a creation which is a joy to behold, as always!
I adore the portrait of your husband … it has a very special aura which I couldn’t begin to define, and it’s beautiful. I’m so glad that he’s feeling much better having been through such a tough time … and he’s a very hunky hubby … lucky girl!!
Thank you for sharing and inspiring … enjoy a wonderful day.
Happy Birthday to your hubby! He has a soft, sweet smile and I can see how your heart melted! I continue to send prayers and warm thoughts to both of you as I also wish you both a happy day.
Thanks for your inspirations – in so many ways!
Just Beautiful, I so wish I had your eye for things, that idea with the crosses is so neat! Hope your hubby has a Happy Birthday and you share many more together!
happy happy birthday Mr. Becca!! you are one special man, and have one special lady. love the card becca, it is really special too.
Becca,
As always, your creations are simply elegant and blessed. It is so humble and wonderful of you to wish your husband a Happy Birthday on your blog. Both of you are lucky to have each other. May the Lord continue to bless you and yours. Thank you for sharing your inspiration. Here is a birthday prayer I’ve written for my bookmarks:
1 John 4:7
Loving One Another
Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
Dear and Precious Lord,
I ask that You pour out Your blessings upon my dear husband and surround him with Your Holy Spirit, on this special day of his birth. Hold him close, Lord, so that he may continue to bless those who cross his path. Guide him, Lord, so that his feet may continue to walk in Your Light, for You are the greatest gift that he can receive.
In Your Holy Name.
Amen
~prayer notes~
Hi Becca,
Firstly happy birthday to Mr Becca, I hope he had a lovely day. That is a really nice photo and you have such kind eyes Mr Becca. I truly believe that the eyes are the window to the soul :)
All of your cards are gorgeous Becca and this one is too. I wish I could have easier access to the Nestabilities, but I’m sure my wallet is glad I don’t LOL. What a great way to use those dies and lets face it…it wouldn’t be a Becca card without the ribbon!
Absolutely love your card! Stamping right on the squares was good. I really love the way you used the crosses behind the squares, it’s very pretty! By the way, I have prayed for your family and specifically your husband, too. Glad to know you’re celebrating another birthday with him, praise God!! What a cute couple you are (you’re pictures next to each other at the top).
Please wish “Mr. Becca” a happy birthday! I’ve been praying for you both for quite sometime now, and I think he looks fabulous! You must be taking very good care of him! God bless you both!
Happy birthday ‘Mr Becca’ :o) I hope both you and Mrs Becca have had a fantastic day!
Thank you for sharing the photo. I can now picture you both together when I hold you in prayer :o)
God bless you!
Anne (UK)
Hi Becca, I love this card. Very clever crisscross of the layers and the pastel colors are always a favorite. Back to have another look.
Thanks for the bright spot, Pattyc.
Awe, thanks for sharing the picture of your husband, I hope he had a wonderful birthday!
Happy Birthday to your husband. He has such a sweet smile and I’m so glad you have had so many years together. Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards. You truly have a God given talelnt.Mary Ann
Wow, top card…just amazing design. Happy Birthday to your hubbie…hope you’re having a fabulous day together:-) xL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. BECCA (smile)
OMG! This card like so many others of yours is simply gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
Warm birthday wishes from United Arab Emirates for you “Mr. Becca”!
Hope you had a great day with your lovely wife.
Thanks for sharing that wonderful photo of “your man”. We sometimes forget just how wonderful they can be!!!
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Dear Mr Becca
Happy Birthday tooooo youuuuu.
And many more.
Velda in Roseville CA
Becca,
Love the cross die used the way you did. This is a beautiful card. I would never have thought to use this die in this way. You are truly gifted. Your husband is a lucky man as well. I hope he had a wonderful birthday. I was away this past week so I am playing catch up and this comment is a little late. Thanks for sharing.