It's Your Day!

Today is my middle brother’s birthday and for the background, I used this wonderful stamp of an old Almanac page.  It shows the actual month and year of his birth.  What a serendipitous find that was!  The dates below the heading may be too small to see, but the listing for the 4^th shows that he was born on a Wednesday . . .

I used one of Tim’s stencils to get the aged/splotchy look for the page.  It was the maiden voyage for my new mini ink pads and applicators and I am ever so glad I invested in these wonderful, smaller-sized tools.  They are so much easier to use in small spaces . . .

Cardstock:               Bazzill Bon Bon, Paper Cut White Matte, Marcos

                                      White Linen

Stamps:                    Above the Mark Almanac Page, Creative Catalyst

                                      Herringbone Border,  Stampin’ Up It’s Your Day

Inks:                           Hero Black, Distress Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs

Emb Powder:            Judikins Detail Black

Dies:                          Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics A, Ribbon

                                       Buckles, Shoot!, Die-Versions “TH” from Hint

                                       of Lime die

Stencil:                      Tim Holtz Speckles

Doo Dads:                 Black Jute, Gelly Roll Clear Star pen