Quick masculine cards

Two quick masculine birthday cards for you today. My birthday stash was empty once again and I need a few for the month.  My first one is using A Godly Man that was perfect for my designer paper. Simple piercing around the base layers for this one and my birthday sentiment across the edge. 

This second one is using up some scraps of designer paper and scraps from the above card. So  twofer today. ha ha  Also did get to use "new to me" embossing folder of the elk head. I know this will be used a lot in my family cards so I finally broke down and bought it.  

Two for the price of one with using scraps today, not to shabby.  :-)  Thanks for stopping by.

Cup of sweet memories

Happy Friday! This card did not turn out quite like I had pictured in my head. That always frustrates me when that happens, but I think it looks ok. My new dies came in a few weeks back and I am finally using them called A Cup of Java. The cup was perfect for my flower from Sweet Memories. The blooms are colored with various Copic markers and then die cut using the cup base. 

A scallop base behind the cup that I popped up on dimensionals. The designer paper is my color choice with a few added pearls to the corners. My sentiment and voila! 

Check out the Bloom Brigades creations today: 
Christine Okken