Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Birthday card for my future son-in-law...

After he receives this, I could be the cause of an engagement gone wrong!  Andy and I have an ongoing, fun, sarcastic relationship and use any excuse to whip one another.  My daughter threw him a 40th birthday party a few weeks ago and I must have said something cutting about his age (who me?  I'd NEVER say anything like that about my Andy boy!).  So the other day I had called to see how my daughter was feeling and Andy answered the phone.  Caller ID is so unfair -- he answered the phone with "I'm not talking to you!".

Okay, wise guy!  Here's a birthday card for my favorite maybe-NOT-future, son-in-law...




I created the door out of chocolate card stock and used a Cheery Lynn door die and aged it with gold and white chalk inks.  I then computerized the sign on the door and hung it with a brad.  The background wooden planks are made using a gold card stock, then rubbed with 3 different shades of brown then white.  The planks and nails are drawn in with a black Copic marker.


When you open the door, there's a Zombie staring at you. (heh! heh! - see where I'm going here?)


And here's my birthday greeting for my MAYBE-one-of-these-days son-in-law.  The font is a little wonky, but it says Birthdays are like Zombies... they just keep coming and coming until you're dead".  I used a crackle stencil and dabbed it with brown ink and edged it to age it a bit.  "Age" being the operative word here.

I think this is going to be one of those "I got the last word in" episodes.  What fun -- I can hardly wait to see what Andy's next volley will be!

Ciao for now!

Ciao Bella! 






4 comments:

Shona Erlenborn said...

What a riot! Let us know how he responds! This is fabulous.

Donna Ellis said...

Dearest OO, I SO enjoy your sense of humor, and your family is probably SO LIKE YOU! How wonderful. This card is amazing, and I love everything about it! What a fab artist rendition of zombies! I LOVE this card, and think you should make some kits to sell - too funny. LOL Wonderful card, and I liked the story line, too! xo

Donna Ellis said...

so how did your maybe one of these days SIL like his card? LOL it really does make me smile! xoxo

Gail said...

HA! And you thought I had a sense of humor. This card is awesome and really jabbed him. Perfect! Hugs, Gail