Honey! Do you have.....???

So, my husband says to me at 11:00 p.m. last night as I'm getting ready to crawl into bed, "I need to get a birthday card out to James' tomorrow. Can you pull one out of your stash for me?" What? Like I have tons of masculine cards laying around? I don't think so! James is my husband's eldest son from his first marriage, and I must admit that I screwed up by forgetting to make one in advance for him, but there was no way I was taking the rap for my oversight! I scolded dear hubby for asking me at the last minute! LOL!

Awwww, don't worry about him. He knows I'm a softie and knew that I would come through for him. I got up early to do the sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers this morning and set to making a birthday card for his first born.

I hadn't used Baroque Motifs in a long time and thought it to be a good set for a masculine card. I gold embossed the scalloped circle shape and silver embossed the starburst center shape. The gold flourishes in the corner are from SU's brushed gold cardstock (I can't believe they aren't carrying that anymore and I'm almost OUT!!! Egads!). I used a Sizzix die for the flourishes. See the cool silver divine swirls embossed cardstock behind the Baroque images and underneath the vellum sentiment? That is really cool currency paper that Stamp Muse sent to me a short time ago. Reaaaaaallly cool paper! Thanks, again M!! The striped bg paper is from SU's Rockabilly designer set; I absolutely LOVE the Rockabilly papers. Note to self: buy more!

Stamps: Baroque Motifs

Cardstock: Black, Silver currency paper, Rockabilly dp, white, Brushed gold

Ink: Versamark and Gold

Accessories: vellum sentiment, gold and silver embossing powders, gold and silver brads, Sizzix flourish die, divine swirls embossing folder, decorative scissors, dimensionals