Happy Birthday By the Tide CCMC318

I've been playing around with a couple of my masculine card sets lately, because it is Father's Day in Australia this Sunday.So while I had The Great Outdoors and By The Tide still on my work table, I decided to have a go at making my husband's birthday card.

He loves fishing, it is probably his favourite leisure pursuit, but he doesn't often find time for it. I do like this soothing trio of colours at Create With Connie and Mary, and it has been quite a while since I played along with any of their challenges.



It's hard to resist adding a bright sun, stamped in Hello Honey with this well-used stamp from Kinda Eclectic.

The sentiments are actually three stamps from a retired set, For My Family. It was a particularly good one, so I have hung on to it. Only problem is, three stamps can be a bit tricky to line up and it was quite lucky that two out of three were reasonably straight. I added the 'to my' on a piece of Pool Party card and punched it with the Modern Label Punch.
It adds a nice point of interest to this rather simple design. There is just a layer of Hello Honey between the Whisper White and Pool Party, all very easy.

Thanks for reading my blog,
Rachel

The Great Outdoors Wood Stamp Set

$51.95

The Great Outdoors Clear Stamp Set

$41.95

By The Tide Wood Stamp Set

$48.95

By The Tide Clear Stamp Set

$38.95

Kinda Eclectic Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$48.95

Kinda Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$34.95

Modern Label Punch

$29.95

Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

$11.95

Hello Honey A4 Cardstock

$11.95

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Thank You Banners

Do you have a favourite stamp set in the Occasions Catalogue? I'm beginning to think mine just might be Happy Watercolor. There are just so many different ways to use those two flower stamps and the font on the words is such a nice one. I've put together a card today using both the flowers, for a thank you card. I hadn't planned to combine RetroSketches with the colour challenge at Create With Connie and Mary, or the Paper Players 'thank you' challenge but somehow the three of them just came together!

I have resolved to try to use Summer Starfruit more frequently, and it seems that those who dream up color challenges have the same mindset too - how strange!

I also thought I would give my Starburst Framelit Dies a rest, and pulled out the Banners Framelits Dies. I KNOW they will be a big favourite too, especially when I start using the Perfect Pennants stamp set with them.

Paper Players are thankful for spring, and I totally understand that, after the horrible winter they've had in the northern hemisphere. Those of us in the southern hemisphere (I live in Melbourne, Australia if you don't know yet) are thankful for autumn and some respite from the heat and  bush fires, and yet our temperatures are still over 30°celsius!

Thanks for dropping by my blog,
happy crafting,
Rachel