60TH BIRTHDAY

Hi everyone,

I have been looking out for this stamp for a while  now, it is a Penny Black stamp called Toot The Flute, isn't it gorgeous!  Well I saw one on EBay and put some bids in but I was outbid.  So I went on a mega search and I could only find one place with it in stock in the UK and I snapped it up, and it cost me not very much more than if I had bought the used one on Ebay had I continued bidding.  So when I received a second Chance Offer a week later on EBay I was not at all upset because I realised although I had got it full price it actually was quite a bargain!  Sometimes there is such a thing as false economy!  And at least I did not have to pay overseas shipping.

Anyhow, this card is for a friend of ours whose 60th birthday is tomorrow.  I hope he likes it!  He is very musical and they have two cats so I am on the right track.

I have used a mixture of papers from two packs, Prima Botanical and Marianne Songbook.  In addition there is cheesecoth, ribbon from stash and Magnolia die-cut flourish.  This was worked to a Sketch at Quixotic Paperie and it was just perfect for a male card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Quixotic Inspirations Challenge - Sketch  

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge - Masculine birthday 

Everybody Art challenge - Swirls 

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes 

ABC Challenge - Happy Birthday 

Penny Black Challenge - Crafty Bargains 

Thanks for looking tonight, 

Judy x