A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about Mr. Paul having a grand-daughter….he loved is card so much and the baby is doing great! Every morning when I get to work I say…"How's Maci?" – next is this huge smile and always ends with a "thank you for asking"…he truly is the sweetest!

Well today – he is having a big surgery on his ankle and foot. I truly hope that this will give him the relief is deserves! There really are not many people left in this world that have such a kind and warm heart that honestly never complains about pain, discomfort etc….

Remember I was on a roll with B-day cards…well I am going to have to come up with some great cards for Mr. Paul as he is going to be out for 8-10 weeks (I think longer) Today's card is a CASE from a card I received at Leadership in January from Demonstrator Michele Robins-Keifer!

I instantly loved the colors and I knew that I would find a way to tweak it a bit so here you go! Here is my version…at the end of the post you will see the difference!

On Tuesday, I did a baby card post using the Hexagon Hive Thinlits and shared with you that I was going to share with you another way to use it! Well….here you go…a way to think out of the box a bit but still keep things clean and tidy! 

• The base of this card is Island Indigo…love the bold and crisp color against the white, real read and Smokey Slate! I made this a vertical card…scoring at the 5 ½” mark!

TIP ALERT: – In my opinion – this is a perfect card to make many of….why? Well once you see the technique – you might as well keep stamping and using the big shot…you can change up the color scheme and also it is a great way to use up odd sizes of paper…you’ll see why!

• Cutting a piece of whisper white just ¼” smaller = 4 ¼” X 5 ¼” I ran it through the Big Shot with the Honey Comb Embossing Folder! (Embossing folders are the best – not only are the super inexpensive…they truly give you a WOW that is always fun!)

• Now to the Hexagon Hive Thinlit…this is the magic for this card! As you can see in the below picture, I took a template from the thinlit and then placed it over a piece of whisper white and then drew a faint line around the hexagons that would be popped out when you run it through the big shot!

• Now to the white piece…take the Six Sided Sampler Stamp Set and stamp the hexagon in the areas that were penciled ! Now to the big shot….PRESTO – your shapes are cut out and now they will fit perfectly on the embossed hexagon piece!

• To adhere these…I used the "green glue" to have perfect placment!

• Stampin' Dimensionals to the back but before I placed a piece of 1/8" real red taffeta ribbon and made a simple "susan knot"!

• The adorable sentiment is from the Tag It Stamp Set and I used 2 of the brush ends of the markers to stamp! I love doing this….just use the brush tip and then give it a "good huff of stampin love" to keep the ink mpist and stamp away!

TIP ALERT: When you do this technique…I like to keep Q-Tips handy just in case I smear when coloring…works like a charm every time!

• The Chalk Talk Framelits were my life saver to make this quick and easy! I popped this up and I also place a mini glue dot under the red ribbon to stabilze it a bit more….I just adore these little tricks that make you look good!!!!

• Peel off and adhere to the Island Indigo Base….to the envelope – the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack was the pick of the day  -  Real Red…..love the POP!!!!

Now look at this picture below…this is the card that I received at Leadership and true it looks very similar but if you look at it closely, you will see that Lori used the Hexagon Punch for the Stamped Hexagon and you can see that they are much bigger.

When you see it in person, side by side…you notice the difference but the great news is…they both look great! I just liked showing you a technique that fits these hexagons great! As the saying goes….there are always 2 ways to do things!

Please keep Mr. Paul in your thoughts…he truly is a gem of a guy and I will miss him while he is gone! He has suffered for so many years, I am just thankful that he is getting relief! We take many things for granted and I have been encouraging him togo to the doctors to get help….I am just glad he is having this surgery!

I am off to see Hannah and I cannot wait! I have made a BIG basket of Stampin' Up! goodies for her sororitys silent auction that is for early detection for Breast Cancer! Remember Ted, my other friend I am making cards for….I am going to stop and spend the night with him and his wife tomorrow…please keep him in your thoughts he is just starting his 2nd round of chemo….

I hope you liked today's card….I adore the colors and different textures it brings! You can see…there are always many ways to do things…and I hope that I have inspired you to look at your tools you have!

Until tomorrow!!!!!

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