40th birthday...

The Male Room Challenge #127...Anything Male Goes

and

Seize The Birthday #180...Layer It

It is hard to believe but my youngest is turning 40 next week.

All he wanted for his birthday was a new lamp for his desk at his group home.

While he was home for Christmas we scanned the lamps online, and I ordered one that he wanted.

Since he knew what he was getting I didn’t bother to wrap, helping to save the environment!

I did want to make a tag so here are my instructions...

The background was made when I was guest designer for CAS Mix Up Challenge...

Oxidized Metal

This I die cut with the largest tag die in the MFT Die-namics “Stitched Traditional Tag STAX” set.

Using black card stock I cut another of these tags then another of the largest tag with the next smallest inside, this makes a frame.

I used 1/8” tape to apply the frame to the oxidized tag then used the same tape to apply that to the full black tag, this allows me to write inside the tag.

On more black card stock I stamped the sentiments from Kindred Stamps “Holidays Are a Nightmare” and “Building Blocks” using Versamark ink and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.

These I trimmed and taped to the tag front.

To finish I stamped the image from Kindred Stamps “Holidays Are a Nightmare” to white card stock with Gina K. Designs amalgam ink and colored it with Copic markers, trimmed it out with scissors and applied it to the tag front with foam tape.