Happy Birthday Blues!

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Two posts in one day!  That is a first!  It was a beautiful sunny day and I think the sunshine coming into my craft area just inspired me to keep creating!  So here it goes...

I finished up a birthday card for my brother-in-law that will need to get in the mail ASAP.  I struggled trying to craft up some masculine colors for my card, but in the end I just went with lots of blues.  I used this week's sketch from The Paper Players as a jumping off point. 

Here is the sketch...

And here is my card...

I thought the contrasting blues went well with the wood background.  I popped the "Celebrate" die-cut to make it look more like a banner sitting on the twine.  This is the first card that I've made that will go to a guy, so I didn't want to add too many bows or bling...that was hard!! 

Supplies used: Jack and Jill by Lori Whitlock cardstock, Sizzix birthday framelits and stamp set, SU Dapper Denim ink, SU linen twine, Recollections embellishments

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