Turning Father's Day ideas into birthday cards...

As I have said many times on this blog, I struggle to make masculine cards. After Father's Day had passed, I had a few die-cuts left on my desk, and I decided to turn them into masculine birthday cards.

If you check out this post, you'll see an example of the Father's Day cards I made with the "classy guy" die-cut. Since I still had one of those die-cuts, I used it to make this birthday card:

I liked the stamped sentiment that I used for this one. It's been popped up on dimensionals.

This die cuts the shirt collar completely out of the image, so I cut one out of white and used it instead.

I stamped two sentiments on the inside.

I also had some charcoal grill die-cuts on my desk. You can see the Father's Day cards I made with them in this post. Here's the birthday card I made with the leftovers:

I made this card a top-fold, rather than a side-fold like the Father's Day card.

I really do love this set of dies, but in Minnesota, it doesn't really work for cards in the winter. 

I know a few guys who will try to grill in the wintertime, but it's a lot more difficult when we have a lot of snow or sub-zero temps!

The inside (computer-generated) sentiment was also leftover from Father's Day, but I thought it would work fine for a birthday, too. I simply cut it out with a stitched rectangle die and glued it in place. 

Now I think I need to go back and look at all the other Father's Day cards I've made and see which ones I can convert to masculine birthday cards.

We had a great time at my family reunion, which was held last weekend in North Dakota. It was a long 9-hour drive to get there, but it was worth it to see so many relatives in one place.  We reminisced, laughed, and teased each other, and ate an incredible amount of food. Everyone brought dishes to share.

My dad (who had his own restaurant when I was small) was known for his homemade cake doughnuts. My sisters and I used his recipe and made them for everyone at the reunion. They turned out great!

As we drove through the state, the canola fields were blooming in all their golden glory. My niece shared this photo online:

I was a little disappointed that the flax fields were not also in full (purple) bloom. When canola and flax fields are side-by-side, it is breathtaking!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl