Old As You Feel

My brother-in-law has a birthday this month, and I usually like to make him a humorous card, so it was the perfect occasion to pull out a stamp set that I won in a blog giveaway last year. It's by Tim Holtz for Sizzix, (Hipster Ostrich). When I first saw it, I wasn't sure how I would use it, but my brother-in-law is going to laugh when he sees this. I also used a stencil by Stamplorations for the card base, and a sentiment by Cardz TV (Good Times). I stamped a sentiment inside the card that says, "Let the good times roll" (also by Cardz TV). One thing I like about this crazy stamp set is that the dies cut out all the various elements, including the glasses. It's the perfect paper-piecing opportunity. I stamped and paper pieced the hat, glasses and scarf and used itty bitty scraps.

 Allsorts challenge, make it masculine
Word Art Wednesday
Stay Crafty with Hero Arts challenge 13. I used the CreativeBug lesson on using stencils with ink.

Creative Fingers challenge 191, AG
The Artistic Stamper August challenge, AG with stamping
Color Dare challenge 496, I used peach, toffee and glacier