Mintay Garage Birthday Card No. 1

 

Hi everyone 😀

Today I am sharing a Birthday Card that I made for my brother-in-law's birthday using the awesome Mintay Garage Collection.  Our family has 4 masculine birthdays in August so I have been busy, busy, busy!

This is also my card for the following Challenges:

The Male Room - Challenge #177 - Dots and/or Stripes - my dots are the holes in the punched border, the Candi dots and the stripes are the tartan designer paper

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - August - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers - Free for All Friday - F4A155 - Blues and Browns 

The main image was trimmed from one of the Mintay 12" x 12" papers which has 12 images on it so it makes life easy when you don't need to stamp and colour an image.  My brother-in-law spends alot of his time working in his tool shed and is always fixing things and very talented with his woodwork - so I thought this image was absolutely perfect for him.  

I added another toolbox image on top with dimensionals which is from the accompanying Mintay Paper Diecuts collection.  You can see a closeup of the dimension here:

The tartan and grid plate designer papers are from the Mintay Garage 12" x 12" paper pack.  All the layers were trimmed to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools.  The cardstock is by Kaisercraft.  

The sentiment is by Uniquely Creative from their Essential Birthday Sentiments Mini Cut-a-part Sheet and was popped up on dimensionals.

The beige cardstock border on the LHS was punched using my Fiskars Threading Water border punch which I use alot for masculine cards.  I added a score line next to it using my Martha Stewart Score Board.   The ribbon is from my stash and was added in 2 separate elements which I find easier and neater.

I added some Candi Dots on the top RHS with dimensionals.  I thought the colour matched the cover on the tape measure so perfectly.   I have had these Candi Dots in my stash for years.  They are like faux brads and so easy to pop on your card. 

Once I had finished the card front, I glued it to an Anko Kraft card base using my Tombow Mono Multi glue.

Finished size is 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" or 140mm x 140mm.

Thanks for visiting my Blog today!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer Papers:  Mintay Garage 12" x 12" paper pack + Paper Diecuts MT-GAG-LSC

Accessories:  Candi Dots - Craftwork Cards (retired), dimensionals, Perfect Layers Tools, Ribbon - stash, Uniquely Creative Essential Birthday Sentiments Mini Cut-a-part Sheet, Martha Stewart Score Board, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Anko Kraft Card Base (K-Mart Australia), Other Cardstock - Kaisercraft

Punches:  Fiskars Threading Water border