Masculine Birthday

I made this card for my neighbour's brother, who is turning 96 next week. Her two requests were that it say 96 and that it be 'manly'.

I started with some old (OLD) Stampin' Up! patterned paper, and I die cut a circle out of it. I inlaid a white circle into the hole to create a solid panel and then die cut the MFT Happy Birthday sentiment out of that. I also cut it in red, and inlaid it all into the panels. If you look closely, you'll see that one little piece went missing - so frustrating!!

I used number dies from SugarPea designs (appear to be retired - can't find them on the site), stacked them up (2 layers of black and a layer of gold sparkle on top) and then simply added a few gold confetti sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

I stamped an old MFT sentiment (We're not getting old, we're getting awesome, also retired) on the inside and delivered it to my neighbour last night.

Sorry - most of the stuff I used was old, from my stash, but you get the drift and can likely make something similar with stuff you have on hand.

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