Masculine Birthday - Tim Holtz Meets My Office Supplies!

Hello Everyone!

Well, it's time for the ever-dreaded masculine card...ughh! I have such a hard time with these! How do you embellish when you can't use flowers, lace or pearls?? Well, I decided to go grunge because I just bought my very first Tim Holtz stamp set, YAY! It's called Life's Possibilities, one of the clear stamp sets.

Craft Hoarders Anonymous has really inspired me with CHALLENGE #16 - WHO LOVES SCHOOL & OFFICE SUPPLIES. So I started scrounging around for everything I thought I could use.

And so here is my 'Tim Holtz meets my office supplies masculine card'...hope you like it!

Here are the office supplies that I have used on my card. The entire card is made out of a manilla folder, other than the kraft paper layers. I also used lots of staples, a paper clip, some reinforcement labels, some index folder label inserts and my date roller stamp. I normally use that roller date stamp for stamping invoices, but I might use more often, now that I know how crafty it can be.

I used the tab from the manilla folder and one of the index tab inserts to make a name plate for the top of the card. The date is my Father-in-Law's birthday which I stamped using my roller date stamp.

The base is made out of kraft paper. The striped background was made with a Rubbernecker background stamp using Tim Holtz distress inks Frayed Burlap and Black Soot. All my layers were edged with Walnut Stain.

Two more index tab inserts, stapled on to my Fishtail banner die from My Favourite Things. The triangle stamp design is from Graphic 45 called Harlequin.

The WISH was stamped from a Fiskars stamp set called Make a Wish, which I stamped with Black Soot, edged with Walnut Stain and fussy cut out. The leaves are made out of kraft paper, cut with Spellbinders Foliage.

The large tag was cut from Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplates die. I stamped it using Rubbernecker Damask Background and Impression Obsession Newsprint background then applied some texture paste through a border stencil for some added interest.

The clock is from my new Tim Holtz stamp set...yay!!

  

The small tag was cut from Tim Holtz Tiny Tabs & Tag die set. The sentiment is also from the Fiskars stamp set. All my tags have hole reinforcement labels that I coloured with Staz-On ink.

My focal point is from my Tim Holtz stamp set. Isn't he fun! I antiqued him using Tim Holtz distress inks Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain and then coated him with Crackle Accents then applied Black Soot through the cracks for a real vintage look.

That's it for my card, now it's "Poke-a-little-fun-at-Pam" time. Ever wonder why it takes me so frootin' tootin' long to make a card...well, here's why. This is an image of just some of the panels that I made and discarded because they weren't quite right.

It's OK to laugh, I am fully aware that I have a problem. A slight touch of the it's not perfect disorder. It's something my hubby giggles about all the time. He likes to move things around and then see how long it takes me to notice that's something is out of place. haha! Funny guy! Gotta love him!

I am entering my Masculine Birthday Card into the following wonderful challenges:

- The Kraft Journal - Make it Monday - Challenge #189 - Tag, You're It

- Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge Blog - #36 - No Patterned Paper

- Crafty Creations Challenges - #272 - Vintage
- The Male Room - Challenge #19 - Use metal

- Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - #86 - Vintage
- Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Challenge #16 - Who Loves School and Office Supplies

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.