Birthday Coupons

So this year for my husband's birthday I decided to be a bit more creative and put together a book of birthday coupons:

 

It was really fun putting this together.  I kept it really simple as far as products used.  I used the same patterned paper set that i used to make his cards and chose coordinating card stock. I cut everything to the size I wanted, rounded corners on one side and adhered everything together.  I used my Crop-a-dile to punch holes, and once I wrote my 'offerings' (keeping things clean for now - this was a family day after all, lol)  I put them all on a large binder ring.

This is something really fun to do, and it helps to use products you already have on hand.  I tried to make some of them cute and funny, below are some of my favourites.  Make sure to take note of the 'fine print', lol:

I made quite a few of these, it pays to be creative and any family member would enjoy receiving something like this!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

1. Color Throwdown - Ridinghood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze
2. Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
3. Craft Your Passion - 100th Challenge Celebration - Anything Goes

I used the following supplies:

Cardstock:  Stampin Up!  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Real Red, Very Vanilla.  Crate Paper Toybox Collection 6x6 pad.

Markers:  Stampin' Up! Stampin' Write markers Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore.

Adhesive - Tombow Mono Adhesive Runner permanent

Tools: Paper Trimmer, We R Memory Keepers Crop-a-dile, Corner Chomper

Eat Cake!

This is the second card that I made for my husband for his birthday, this time from me.  I thought this one turned out to be cute:

 

I used the same patterned paper that I used for the card from my son, only this time I chose a couple of fun patterns.  Once I chose the cardstock, I stamped the images and decided to colour the image using my Bic Mark Its.  Again I couldn't resist adding some Sakura glitter pen, and this time I added some matching brads.

I haven't set any eyelets for awhile, so I kind of went to town with my Crop-a-dile.  I really like the sewing effect with the ribbon.

 

To add colour to the inside I used my Cuttlebug to cut the smallest circle from my die set.  I inked them and adhered them randomly.  Overall this was a really a fun card to make! And I think my husband enjoyed me making something for him for a change, lol. :)

I've decided to enter this card into the following challenges:

1. Catered Crop - Ravenous for Ribon Quickfire
2. Daring Cardmakers - Tessellation
3. Color Throwdown - Ridinghood Red, Pumpkin Spice, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze
4. Creative Craft Challenges - Boys Will be Boys
5. Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
6. Craft Your Passion - 100th Challenge Celebration - Anything Goes
7. The Pink Elephant - Lets See Those Layers

I've used the following supplies:

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip.  Crate Paper Toybox collection 6x6 pad.

Stamp Sets:  Stampin' Up!  Bitty Birthday, Inviting.  KI Memories Party Icons.

Ink:  Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Chestnut Roan, Creamy Brown.  Memories Black.

Markers and Pens:  Bic Mark It! blue Skies Blue, Ky Lime, Margarita Green, Woodsy Brown, Honey Brown, Rambunctious Red, Oceanview Blue, Summer Melon.  Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Stardust Pen.

Embellishments:  Recollections Eyelets, Crate Paper Toybox Collection Sew Brads, hemp twine from stash, red ribbon from stash. 

Adhesives:  Tombo Mono Adhesive Runner permanent, foam squares.

Tools:  Paper Trimmer, scissors,  We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Crop-a-dile, Cuttlebug.

Number One Dad

Today is my husband's birthday, and instead of making one card for both me and my son to give I decided to make one for each of us.  This is the card I made to be from Zach:

I started with the patterned paper, which is a 6x6 pad from Crate Paper called Toy Box.  I've been saving this as it reminds me of '70s-'80s ish kid stuff.  My husband and I were both born in the late '70s with older siblings, so we had lots of books and toys handed down.  Thats why I thought this paper would be perfect for his birthday. :)  Once I chose coordinating card stock, I stamped the images, added eyelets and ribbon, and assembled everything.

BTW, my husband's name is not Jimmy.  The background paper looks like a stack of books, and I didn't notice until I photographed the card that the way the pattern was cut makes it seems like the card says "No. 1 Dad Jimmy", lol.  Oh well, I explained to my husband when he opened it and we had a bit of a laugh about it. 

Even though the card was for my husband who is not as into glitter as I am, I couldn't resist adding some Clear Stardust Sakura pen to the images.  I love these Sakura pens!

I used my smallest Nestabilities circle to cut circles from some of the leftover patterned paper and used them to decorate the inside of the card.  I really liked how it turned out.  All set for our son to add a bit of scribble before giving to daddy!  :)

I've decided to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Catered Crop - Ravenous for Ribbon Quickfire
2. Daring Cardmakers - Tessellation
3. Color Throwdown - Ridinghood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze
4. Creative Craft Challenges - Boys will be boys
5. Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
6. Craft Your Passion - 100th Challenge Celebration - Anything Goes
7. The Pink Elephant - Lets See Those Layers

These are the supplies I used:

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up!  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze.  Crate Paper Toybox Collection 6x6 pad.

Ink:  Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Chestnut Roan, Creamy Brown.

Markers and Pens:  Stampin' Up! Stampin' Write Markers Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise.  Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Stardust pen.

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! Eight Great Greetings, On Your Birthday.  My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose Acrylic Stamps.

Dies:  Spellbinders Nestabilities Large Standard Circles.

Embellishments:  Recollections Eyelets, hemp twine from stash, red ribbon from stash.

Tools:  Paper trimmer, scissors, We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, Crop-a-dile,  Cuttlebug.

Adhesive:  Tombow Mono Adhesive Runner permanent, foam squares.