a surprise birthday

My sister came to visit for Easter and I took the opportunity to surprise my brother-in-law with an early birthday celebration.  Masculine cards can be difficult to create as  you don't want to pretty them up with flowers and bling but you still want them to be showstoppers.  I scraplifted the design from Tara Orr who is on the design team for Graphic 45.  The papers are from my scrap stash (one of my resolutions this year was to go to my scraps first) and the stamp is from Close to My Heart.  The glitter ribbon is also from my stash and the butterfly is an acrylic die cut from K & Company.    happy scrapping