Catch a Wave card

Hi Everyone! Sorry I've been MIA so much this year. Health issues, etc. have prevented me from crafting much but I just HAD to make my oldest son Brett a birthday card. He loves to surf & is coming back to California from New York with his wife at the end of this month. YAY! He's going to be working as an ER doctor about 2 hours away from us. I'm so thrilled to have him back home.

Anywho.........back to the card. I always struggle with masculine cards cuz I don't want to drown them in glitter & make them too girlie so I restrained myself & went with a more minimalistic card. Shock! (well it's 'minimalistic' for me anyway....lol)

The digital images I used came from artists at PcCrafter which unfortunately is no longer in business. Most of the images are from "Endless Summer" by Andrea Tachiera. I also used Debbie Mumm's 'Celebrations' birthday banner and the surfboard came from "Fun in the Sun" by Sapna. I really had something else in mind when I envisioned this card but I'm pretty happy with how it came together. The "birthday greetings" is hanging from the palm trees with scrapper's floss & swaying in the breeze. I 'stuck' the surfboard in the 'sand' & added an abalone shell button to the surfer image tied up with more scrapper's floss. That's my son surfing! LOL He's 6'4" so I can just imagine him riding that big wave.

Thanks for looking & leaving comments. They always brighten my day.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Craft a Scene:  Sand & Water scene

Simon Says Stamp:  Anything Goes

Stamp n doodle:  Get outside (won Top 3 ~ YAY)

Divas by design:  #37 Anything Goes

Inky Impressions:  Summer Fun!

Penny's Paper: #80 Anything Goes (Won $10 voucher ~ YAY)

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog:  #55 Any Sentiment

DYSU:  #74 Under the Sea

Pixie Dust Studio:  #129 Summer

SJ Crafts:  #5 "All about the Boy" & something old -- I used the abalone button that has been in my stash a very long time.

For Your Inspiration:  #30 Photo Inspiration

Wags 'n Whiskers:  #80 Summer Fun

Raise the Bar:  #107 Hello Summer

The Poodles Parlour:  Male card

Allsorts challenge blog:  By the seaside

Bugaboo:  June ~ Anything Goes

Digi Design challenge blog:  Male inspired creations

My Sheri Crafts:  #86 Summer Lovin'

Here come the boys:  #28 Anything Goes(must be for a man or boy)

Platypus Creek Digitals:  #8 For the Boys

Bunny Zoe's Crafts:  #24 Anything Goes

Fashionista Challenge:  #3 Simply Summer

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge blog:  All Manly Men.....& we know how manly surfers can be...:)

Lexi's Creations:  #66 For the man/boy in our lives (my son)

Love to Create Challenge Blog:  #18 Father's Day or Special Guy in your life (my son)

The Pink Elephant:  TPE151 Use Vibrant colors

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge:  Summer colors

Huggies & Sweet Blessings ~♥♥♥~