Commissioned Birthday Card

I was asked to make a birthday card for a male who likes the great outdoors.  Over at the Digi Doodle Stamp Challenge this week the topic is "use your favourite stamp" - well I used my favourite image last week so didn't want to use it two weeks in a row so I have gone for my second favourite, the little log cabin, out in the wilderness away from the mayhem of living in a town or city.  I have coloured the image with Promarkers and distressed the edges with Tim Holtz's Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress Ink Pads.  The blue card and blue/green torn backing paper (from Crafty Ann's Digi Store) are all scraps leftover from other commissioned or challenge cards so they found a home on this card.  I decided to do a wacky edging - I punched some random holes and then sewed through thin raffia to give it a rustic but not uniform edge.  The card is finished off with a sentiment off the computer and a little pottery vase with some male orientated coloured flowers.  The customer was "over the moon" with the card!!!

This card also fits the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - Stitching
Cupcake Craft - Distressing
Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes
Cards for Men - Off an adventure - I'd certainly like to go off on a adventure to a lovely log cabin in the country away from civilisation!!
Your Next Step - Birthdays - Happy 1st Birthday to Your Next Step
Penny's Paper Crafting - Anything goes
Craft Your Days Away - Favourite things (I have used three favourites - digi/rubber stamps, flowers and the use of inks) - Good luck with the new challenge blog by the way
2 Sisters Challenge - Stitching.