Masculine Birthday Card

My sister made a card request for a card that she could give to a coworker...  But she couldn't give me any ideas...

When possible I like to personalize my cards...
I asked her if he, fished, golfed, bowled, did gardening, etc.
and she answered no to all of the above and couldn't think of anything to add...so I thought maybe adding his name to personalize the card...

I found this pin on Pinterest...and used it for my inspiration...
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/92112754851907313/


The problem was I didn't have dies or could I find any templates that I use for my Numbers and letters...

So my, dear, crafting buddy Kathi, came to my house yesterday with some of her dies for me to use...

She brought her "We are memory Keepers" punch board for the Numbers and her Sizzix dies for the alphabet letters...

My striped background paper came from Stampin' Up, my stars were made with a die from SweetNSassy.  My birthday sentiment is from a die mad by Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill

Another one for Darnell's NBUS Challenge

First I want to know if anyone can send me this for a present...TIME!!!

Now that I finally feel like making cards again...
I can't seem to find the time to do any crafting. 

My dear crafting friend came over and did some crafting with me, and helped to motivate me again.  She came to my home with lots of toys to share.  The above card which was made with one of her dies that was a NBUS die that she hadn't used, and of course,  it was a NBUS for me...so I used her die.  It's a Sizzix die and makes a very quick card, and I like the fact that I could use up some snippits of Designer paper (from Stampin' UP) to make the card.

Before I forget, I want to welcome two new followers to my blog...
Angie    of   I'd rather be stamping

http://stampingbowd.blogspot.com/

And Lis...of  The paper Maker

http://papercreater.blogspot.com/

The above blogs are a joy to visit....Thank you ladies for following my blog.

I'm entering my card in Darnell's NBUS challenge...which can be found here...

http://www.djkardkreations.com/2015/01/happy-new-year-2015-nbus-challenge-3.html

Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Count your age by friends, not years.

Thank you for visiting my blog today
Blessings,
Jill