Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Magical birthday

It's going to be another quiet week for me on the blogging front - DH and I are on holiday and should be going away on Friday for a long weekend but as I'm still  not feeling great we might be staying closer to home.  I do feel guilty blogging when he's off too though as we don't get much time together so I won't be around as much as normal.

I do have a card to share today though as it's best friend's son's birthday tomorrow and as he's just getting into the Harry Potter books I decided to go with this lovely LOTV image:


I've stamped it onto kraft cardstock and coloured entirely with my polychromos pencils - I love how they colour onto kraft and think they've added a rich texture to his purple robes.  I've layerd him up and added a magical birthday sentiment and some stars.  Fairly simple but 10 year old boys don't like frills!  As it's on a black card though I have decorated the inside to make it easier to write on:


For the first time ever, I am also showing the back as I've had a gorgeous personalised stamp made and it arrived this week so this is the first time I've ever used it.



I'm entering the following challenges with this card:

CES challenge - make it magical or spooky

The spotted chick's - that's krafty thursday 54

Make it crafty's make it purple challenge

Pile it on "layers" challenge


Thanks for visiting :-)


7 comments:

  1. Super gorgeous card Tara, the colouring looks amazing. Hope you manage to get away and enjoy some time together...we all need to re-charge our batteries occasionally :)
    Jenny x

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  2. What a fabulous card.xxx

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  3. Great card Tara...love that image...hope you feel better soon

    Anne

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  4. Ahhh! That card is just right for a Pottermaniac! Hope you feel better soon and have some lovely time with DH. Vx
    PS I love your personalised stamp - where did you get it?

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  5. This is fabulous, gorgeous image so beautifully coloured! His robes are very rich, and it looks wonderful on the kraft card.

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  6. This is so fab!...thanks for playing at CES Challenges this week! xx Jenny xx

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  7. Oh my, isn't he a cutie! OH, wait a minute, I'm supposed to be scared aren't I? Oh well, he's just too STINKIN CUTE!! LOL! I bet he'll love it! Thanks so much for playing along in my That's Krafty Thursday challenge! {{{hen hugs}}}

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