Happy Birthday

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. I didn't get to post anything yesterday because Aidin (middle grandson) was sick and off school and I went to take care of him. He went to the doctors today and he has a sinus infection.

He was sick with a cold last week and it hung on and moved to his sinuses and infection set in. He is on an antibiotic now.
He went to school after the doctor visit. I don't know if that was his idea like he claimed or my daughter-in-law sent him. He will be fine in a few days once the antibiotic does its thing.

Then we had bible study at church last night and when I came home I was just worn out. So I went to bed early.

Now onto my card for today. This one I made for the sketch challenge #374 on Splitcoaststampers. Holly was our hostess and she provided a great layout to work with. When I looked at the sketch I thought the layout would be perfect for a masculine card. You know the guys don't like frilly and fussy.

My wolf image and happy birthday sentiment are from the Marks Finest Papers set "north american woods". I stamped it in chocolate chip ink. I colored only his eyes with prismacolor pencils. I love the dramatic look with the green eyes.

The designer paper on the rectangle layers is from Stampin-Up's "pawsitively prints" collection. I layered it on pear pizzazz paper. I won this paper over on Ann Schach's blog a month ago. This pattern is so perfect for a guy card.

I wanted a sentiment on this card so I stamped the happy birthday and used a Spellbinders ribbon tag die to cut it out. I used a piece of May Arts chocolate ribbon on the die.

Oh yes, I entered  this card over at Scrap-Creations. They had a critter challenge and my card was picked as one of the top 3. Whoo-hoo!!



Well that's it for me today so until next time........God Bless

Some other challenges:
1.  Creative Craft challenges has a "boys will be boys" challenge.
2.  Here Come The Boys has a vintage feel challenge. I thought my dp has a vintage/retro look to it. As well as my wolf image.
3. Scrappy Frogs Blog has a die cut challenge. I used my oval die and a ribbon tag die.
4.  2 Sisters Blog has an anything goes challenge.