Well, it has taken awhile, but I finally have time to post my husband's birthday card.  It was so much fun giving him this card!  Revenge is so sweet!  I'm sure I'll never get a Sympathy card for another birthday again!  What made it worse for him was I waited to give it to him at his party!  Bwahahaha!

This whole process was sprung from the "getting even" board listed above.  I bought the Life is a Party cartridge specifically for the buzzard.  How better to say, "I love you" than with a buzzard?  lol!  The box to hold the card is on the left-hand side - made from the same cartridge.  It was posted on the blog earlier.  The right is the front of the card.  I used the Cuttlebug to add dimension to his wings.  Love, love, love the vulture! 

The card could not just be a "regular" card.  it had to be multidimensional!  After all, it is his BIG 4-0!

The tree branch is from Pagoda.  I printed "Caution:  The vultures are circling!" several times on my computer then printed it off.  I tore it apart, smudged the edges with Vintage ink.  I then took washi tape to fill in the gaps.  (I so love washi tape!)

Then I took wings from Gypsy Wandering and added them to a clock piece I had already cut out from some paper/project some time ago.  The mummy is from Happy Hauntings.  Since time seems to be moving rapidly and we always seem to be chasing it, I felt it was a perfect reminder to my hubby that it's getting away from him.  (smirk)  I added a hand to hold him back.  Hehehe.  I added some left over "wrought iron" for the bottom.  I then used stickers and rub-ons for the wording and embellishments.  The designer paper is from Making Memories.  

Then, since he was "oh so kind" to me, I felt it was fair play to call him an "old man".  The old man is from Mini Monsters cartridge.  The cake is from Life is a Party.  I simply didn't add all of  the layers.  I love how it looks lopsided.  I assumed it was due to all of the candles!  Hahaha!

I like how his hair is "salt and pepper"... just like my hubby's!  Again, I used stickers for the lettering.  I have so many alphabet stickers and things I must try to use some!  Paper is again Making Memories, but I stamped a Stampin' Up wood grain on it.  It looks more rustic now.

The back page is just more Making Memories paper that I distressed, and washi tape.  I wanted it to blend a bit better to the front of the card when the card was open.   It was such a good buy at their warehouse sale! 

Here are the front and back. 

I had a lot of fun making this card!  I had a lot of fun watching his and everyone's reaction too!

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The Big 4-0!

My darling husband figured that he would get me a sympathy card for my birthday.  What the heck?  Rotter!    He thought it was quite funny.  So, I'm in process of getting even with him!  This is the  box that I have made to hold his card.  Yes, it is the shape of a coffin.  So is the card!  The card will be several layers, so I'll post it when I get them all done.  I think I may even try a video.  Not too sure how to post one. 

The coffin, skull, words and coffin all came from the Life is a Party Cricut cartridge.   I really like this cartridge.  It has a lot of fun images on it.  The star rosette came from Ribbon & Rosettes.  It's made from an absolutely stunning paper from Bo Bunny.  You can not see the paper well here, but irl it is amazing!

Yep, I love getting even!  Wait to you see the card!  lol!

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Groovy Valentine!

I could not resist getting Groovy when it went on sale!  It has a lot of fun designs on it.  I was sold as soon as I saw the smiley face! 

I also got a few of the gorgeous stamps from The Greeting Farm collection when they went on sale.  They have such gorgeous stamps!  I am so glad companies realize that we don't want all want our stamps wood mounted!  They take up so much space!  I need to work on my coloring skills again as I've seriously let them slide since my Cricut came to town! I'd love to be able to take a copic class!   I'm trying to resurrect the usage of stamps to combine with my Cricut.  I think they are both wonderful! 

The smiley face/flowers and "Groovy" are from the Groovy cartridge.  I welded the letters from Life's a Party for "valentine" together with my Gypsy.  I used copics to color the little girl - Gigi.  She is so darling! I added some Scribbles - which is a 3D paint on necklace and then put her on pop dots.    The paper is DCWV - Blossoms & Butterflies and is just perfect for that Groovy feel I was looking for!  I went around the outside edge with a purple copic marker.   I originally stopped with that, but I'm trying to use up some of my supplies so I then put on some bling and attached some ribbon with the tiny attacher from Ranger.  I am very please with the way this turned out and may be "forced" to do a few more groovy Valentines!

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