Birthday Cards

Hi all my crafty friends, I'm here with some birthday cards that I made for my family.  I have one more to make for November and then I will be done with birthday cards until the spring.  And yes I am late with some of these only because we are going to visit them and I wanted to hand deliver.  Or at least that is the plan.  If it doesn't work out then I will place in the mail to them.  I did however talk to them and wish them a happy birthday. lol  Plus if it is on time they know it isn't from me. lol  I just hate to pay the high shipping if we are going to see them and can take it with us.  Anyway back to my cards. 

The first one is for my son who turned 30 this year, I can't believe I have a child that is 30!!!  He is a heavy weight mechanic in the Army so I made him a tool box shaped card.  Nothing fancy, but knew he would like it.  I used Handy Man Cricut cart and for the inside I used Word of Mouth Imagaine Cart.  It says  "Caution, man with tools".  I thought that was cute so placed it on the inside of the card, but didn't take a pic. I also dotted the tools and tool box with Viva pearl pens in cream and black.

The next two cards I made alike, just with different ink and mat papers.  These are for my daughter-in-law and future daughter-in-law.  All my cards have gift cards in them.  So hard to know what to buy when they live far away. Both of these girls love their coffee, so I went with a coffee themed triple time stamping. I used an SU stamp set and like the way these came out. I used the pearl pens on these two cards as well.

My last card is a stamp that I colored in using my Spectrum Noir markers.  I have so much to learn about coloring with these fabulous markers but I am trying and one day maybe I will get this blending thing down. lol  I cut it out with some Nesties and put it on a z fold card.  I also made a little pocket to tuck in the gift card.

For all of my cards I used scraps from my scrap bin, it's nice to be able to use some of my many scraps. lol  Thank you for coming by and as always thanks for the many wonderful comments, they always make my day.  You are all awesome!  Until next time my friends, Happy Craftin'!