Sunday, May 22, 2016

... and Now It's One For The Boys

It's that time again... time for a new challenge over at Di's Digis Challenge Blog.  Last time it was flowers everywhere, now it's time for "One For The Boys".  I made a card for my Dad's (87th) Birthday.  We are very water conscious here in Western Australia, nobody more so than my Dad; he has about ten watering cans on the go at any one time (we tease him about it, but gently, lol) so as soon as I saw this image I knew it would be perfect for his card

The image is called Seedling Ted, how cute is he?!  He's available here. I coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils... after I took these pics I added some gloss to the water drops and Ted's nose.
I used papers from Kaisercraft's Chapter One and another pad I can't remember the name of.  I thought the floral paper was not too floral for a "guy" card - the green is foiled, adding a nice something "extra".  The black card used for matting is from the Chapter One pad too, it has a gloss pattern embossed on it, again just adding a little something.   
I cut the scroll with a Memory Box die (Corner Bow) from the same gloss patterned paper, the cloud is also Memory Box (Puffy Clouds) and the sentiment is from Craftworks.  The black and orange strip across the middle of the card is glittery tape, I bought a pack of ten different colour rolls for a couple of bucks, didn't know how they'd go but I LOVE them - might go back to my LSS and see if they have packs of different colours
I used the same layout for the inside of my card, nothing unusual in that, lol, the black background paper is yet another pie form the Chapter One pad.
I'll be entering my Dad's card in the following challenges: 
Cutie Pie Challenge Escape to the Country  (Farmyard or garden animals)
Bunny Zoes Crafts Lovely Layers
As You Like It Wants to know if we like Big or Little Bows... I like big bows, but just can't seem to nail them...so tend to use little bows, like this die cut one!

18 comments:

Diane Louise J said...

Thanks for entering your fun card into the 'Male/Boy' Challenge over at Moving Along With The Times. Love the layout and the little Bear image is so cute... Good Luck and hope you will join us next time. hugs Diane Louise (DT)

brenda said...

Lovely design and colours and a great card for our challenge, many thanks for joining in with our 7th Birthday celebrations at Allsorts.

There are more Tattered Lace goodies to be won here

Have a good Sunday.

B x

Claudia's kaartjes said...

Lovely card. Great colours. Thanks for joining us at CWF.

Hugs
Claudia
DT Crafting With Friends
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Lorraine said...

He looks fabulous Donna, beautifully coloured.
Lorraine x

Desire Fourie said...

Donna this is just precious. Love the pretty mix of design papers.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Wendy L said...

Super cute, thanks for joining us at MAWTT, and at Allsorts Birthday celebrations xxx

Deloris said...

What a sweet card! Made me smile! Thanks for joining the challenge at Paper Creator!

Pat K said...

Fabulous card Donna...sure to put a smile on your Dad's face. Beautiful colouring and design as always. Thanks for playing along with us at The Cutie Pie Challenge. hugs, Pat K x

MIE(Mieko) said...

Gorgeous card! Love the cute image!.
Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious Challenges.
Mieko xx

ScrappyHorses said...

This is so adorable! This little guy in the garden is perfectly set off with your great choice of papers and scroll frame! I especially like that foiled paper! Thanks for sharing with us over at TTCRD.
Katrina
ScrappyHorses.blogspot.com

MaxiBelle Studio said...

Sweet image & great card composition. Thanks for joining us for our 'Anything Goes' challenge #58.
Alicia (Art by Miran DT)
MaxiBelle Studio

Lisa xx said...

this is gorgeous, such a sweet image! Perfect for our theme

thanks you for joining in with the Cutie Pies xx

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous card and I agree I struggle to make Big bows look good... Love your die cut bow great outside of the box thinking for our challenge too! Thanks for joining in with our challenge at As You Like It,
hugs Samantha :0)

Tracy said...

Gorgeous creation, thanks for joining Allsorts challenge, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

susiestacey said...

Beautiful card. Thank you for sharing with Allsorts 'Birthday' challenge and good luck x Susan x

Annette said...

Oooh lovely card and I love that bow die. I have it too!
Hugs
Annette - Netty's Cards
xx
Proud to design for :
Lili of the Valley,
My Mum's Craft Shop,
In The Pink Challenge
As You Like It Challenge.

Crafty Moone Cards said...

Beautiful card, thanks for sharing with us @ Cutie Pie's. Sue x

Sue Nicholson said...

Beautiful card, great image thanks for joining us at Cutie Pie Challenge cheers Sue N x