Happy Birthday Little Brother!

Today I'm sharing the card I made for my brother who  celebrated his birthday May 21st.   I don't mind bragging on him as he is a very talented musician, has a beautiful singing voice, and has the ability for public speaking ~ all things I admire and don't have!  

For this year's card I decided to go with one of his favorite pastimes ~ golf.   Here's what I came up with ~ 

After finding this funny little golfer image, I did the coloring with Copic markers.   I trimmed the sides to fit the card base and then fussy cut around the golf clubs.   

For the background, I used the Stampin' Up, Into the Clouds with the light blue card stock.   I die cut the Happy Birthday from black cardstock and secured it near the top.  

I also added a layer of foam behind the golf clubs before securing the colored image to the background.  Once secured, I added the burgundy background piece and secured all the layers to the white card base. 

Inside I added this sentiment, which I hope gave him a chuckle!

Happy Birthday Mike!

Knowing our schedules weren't going to allow me to see him on his birthday, I entrusted our mail system to deliver his birthday card... like we all do.  A fifty-five mile drive doesn't mean a direct delivery no matter how important the card was to me.  But it finally made it on 6/3, eighteen days after mailing ... which is a good thing because we believe in celebrating for an entire month!

Thank you for stopping by today to view my blog. I enjoy sharing my work with you and invite you to 'Follow' my blog and to visit my site - "Not Just Scraps' on Facebook - where you can purchase my cards. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges: 

Make Mine Monday ~ Challenge 227 ~ B is for Brother 

Simon Says Stamps ~ Monday Challenge ~ Masculine 

Avenue 613 ~ June Challenge  

Pam's Pearls

 

Copics 

Hair: N3, N5, Pants: B45, B37, Shoes: E23, W3, Shirt: B40, B43, B21, C1, Clubs: E23, C2, C4, Hat: B41, B45, Golf Bag: E18, C5, R89, R59, R56, R39, R37, Grass: G07, YG13, YG17