Thursday 20 January 2011

The Big One

I made this card for my husband to give to a friend who turned 60 this week - he's really into fishing so I hit upon the idea of having him catch a "60" on his hook as a different way of getting the number on the card.  I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

The character stamp is a Magnolia and I made the scene using the Alota stamps winter pond scene but I only inked up the pond part and then added grass using my faber castell pencils to cover the gaps under his little jetty.  The DP is from Papermania - their new Birdsong pack - this particular one has a basket weave look to it, so I thought it went with the theme of an old fashioned fishing tackle box.  I used my EKSuccess "swiss cheese" border punch to create a decorative strip of "bubbles" down the side.


As he is mostly green, very cute and the "gone fishing" sign is a brad, then he fits the theme over at Cooking It Up With Katie so I'm entering their challenge again this week.

I'm entering Let's Ink It Up - Anything Goes as well

The Creative Card Crew want mens card this week so it fits their theme also.

6 comments:

  1. Great idea, great scene, fab card. Thanks for sharing with us at LIIU, Suzanne x

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  2. A great male card and a fab image.Thanks for sharing with us at Cooking it up with Katie.xxx

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  3. Super guys card!
    Thanks for Cooking It Up With Katie this week :)

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  4. what a sweet little card. thanks for playing with us at Cooking It Up With Katie.

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  5. Fab card, what a clever idea!! Thanks for joining us at LIIU and Cooking it up with Katie
    Claire xx

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  6. Adoreable "male" card - we all struggle with them so it's nice to see a fresh idea x
    Thanks for joining in with us at Cooking it up with Katie this week x
    ((hugs)) Suzie xx

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