A vintage card for my vintage husband!

Hi friends! Last week was SO busy. Gosh. Christmas is coming at me at lightning speed. Can we hit the pause button so I can catch up for a minute?! Are you feeling that way too? There are just so many fun things to do this time of year and I want to do everything!! Happy Monday!!  I have something different and fun to share with you today! It's a birthday card I made for my husband! He just celebrated his 60th birthday!! Gosh, we are both kinda freaking out about it.... I met him when he was 30! How does that much time go by so quickly?? Jeez!! He is a pretty low key sort of guy so he didn't want a lot of fanfare... We enjoyed some fun activities together over the weekend to celebrate him! I made him a vintage inspired card (since now he's vintage) using lots of cool Tim Holtz supplies!! I almost always grab my TH supplies when making masculine cards. Especially the Blueprints stamps....

The finished card is a 5x7 card base made from kraft, then layered with black and cream. I kept the color palette muted and masculine using kraft, grey, black and gold. 

 

I started by stamping the background panel using the mini blueprints of some of his favorite things: cameras, party hats, stars and skulls.... I used grey ink to make the background more muted. Then I stamped some of the same icons in black and cut them out by hand. I used gold metallic watercolor paint to paint on the icons.

 

I used Tim Holtz Label Stickers for the sentiments... I think they look cool and graphic. I used black and gold splatters for this card.

 

Here are some of my supplies as I was laying out my card idea. The number dies have been in my stash forever - they are Papertrey Ink By The Numbers. Unfortunately they are discontinued now. I used gold paper layered with black paper for the numbers. 

 

 

I attached a strip of vintage text paper across the card. Then I layered the icons around the numbers....

 

I used a large jump ring to hang a little camera charm from the bottom of the zero... 

 

The last step was to add a few mirrored stars, since he is my super star!!

Hope you're doing great today!! I'll be back soon with some more Christmas projects!! Thank you SO MUCH for shopping my affiliate links! I am SO GRATEFUL and it makes a huge difference to me!! I think I will have enough stash to do another giveaway in January!! I hope that sounds good to you too. Take care!! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies used for today's card! (Affiliate Links Used)

Comments

[Nancy W]

I love this card. So fun and so much to look at!!! Fabulous design.

[Birgit Norton]

This is really cute! Happy birthday to your vintage husband. ;0)

[Rosa M. Vasquez]

Fantastic card. I may use the idea and change the icons for my honey!

[Geneva Null]

Awesome card
Happy 60th Mark🎉

[Anne Sturgeon]

The best is yet to be ... 60 happened many years ago for us both. I think we may be antique!! Mark's card is fabulous and I hope he had a great day. Time just keeps marching on. I met Jim when he was 18...now we are both in our 70's. How's that for longevity? Working on some figgy pudding table favors for our family get together the day after Christmas. Have a super crafty week.

[Stacey Kowbel]

Such a great card for your husband! It's a wonderful design. I hope he had a fabulous day!

[Becky Green]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARK, & MANY MORE!!!! 60 isn't so bad when you have the love of your life next to you! ;) Your card for your hubby is PERFECT, Wanda! I'm SURE Mark LOVED IT! Vintage IS NICE for hubbies! I do the same thing for my hubby's cards! (And we too are "vintage!" LOL) HUGS! ;)<3
P.S. I'm STILL haven't gotten to those Tags I wanted to make! UGH!

[Christine Dol]

Happy Birthday to your hubby! You really did a wonderful job on his card! Thank-you for always sharing your creations!

[Cathy Singleton]

Happy birthday to your husband! We (my hubby and I) are vintage, too, so I can definitely take inspiration from your fabulous card. Thank you for sharing!