Silver surfing!

Hi peeps

The card I have to show you today is for the 80 year old gentleman that I made the ballroom dancing card for a few days ago.  His daughter tells me that he's into his dancing, and computers, not bad at 80, eh?  Anyway, I looked around but couldn't really find any stamps of an elderly chap with a computer, except this one from Jolly Nation, however, not thinking it's something I'll use very often, I decided against buying the stamp, and bought a sheet of decoupage instead.  Only problem with that, as I realised when it arrived, was that the guy's hair was blonde!!  How many guys of 80 do you know with blonde hair???  So, I set to work with my Copics, and I think I've made him passably silver now?

The papers are once again from Summer's FREE download - Happy Father's Day set, which I love.  They really are versatile for male cards.  Sentiment was computer generated, and then mounted on a couple of layers cut with nesties.  Corner card candy, made by yours truly.

Any comments would be much appreciated.

Judi xx

60th Birthday

Hi again,

Had a bit of a panic with this one, as it was requested ages ago, and I forgot about it, horror of horrors!!!   Luckily, I had a couple of days to knock something together, thank goodness.

I decided to use this image from Whiff of Joy, as the lady who the card is for, is a bit of a 'hippy', and I figured this image might appeal.  The papers are from Basic Grey's Porcelain pack, and are some of my favourites, (guess I must have been feeling guilty about forgetting, to use these lovelies, lol).  The photograph doesn't do the colour scheme justice, as the outer mat and edging are actually gold mirri, but as always, the light reflected off of it, and it does't look quite right. 

I printed off a sheet of plain paper in a sort of salmon colour to blend with the patterns, and then used it to make the flowers.  I felt that as it's for a 'special' birthday a bit of extra bling would be nice, so stamped the flowers randomly with a swirly stamp, and embossed them with gold embossing powder, before pinning them together with silver brads that I disguised by embossing with gold, too.  The number 60 was computer generated, and then embossed around the edge to match the rest of the flowers.  Hope you like it.

Hugs - Judi xx

Chaz - 8 Today

Evening all,

Sorry about this, but the men's cards are truly in demand at the moment.  This time it's a request for an 8 year old's birthday.  The lady was VERY specific about what she wanted, it had to be a boy playing football, and wearing a yellow shirt, with green collar and a green stripe on the sleeve, with a No. 3 on it.  The shorts were to be green, but she didn't mention the socks or hair colour, so I had to go back to her and check on those!!  Having stamped up the image, I realised there was no way I could put a No. 3 on the shirt, as his arm is in the way, and, oh, NO!!  Horror of horrors, there was a No. 5 on the shorts!!!  Having sat down and thought about it, I decided the only way I could get around it, was to scan the image, (which I'd already started to colour), then put a white patch on the shorts to cover up the No.5, and then hopefully type in a No. 3 over the top. Having done all this, I'm pleased to report, that it worked a treat, and with a bit of paper piecing, I didn't even have to re-colour the original image.  Hopefully you can just about see the No. 3 on the shorts????

I then went through my stash to find suitable papers, but the green and yellow combo, was WAY too bright, so I eventually settled for stamping my own football background, and then just adding a little yellow trim, here and there to bring it all together.  I hope it works for you guys, and most importantly for the lady who requested it!!!!!!

Hugs

Judi x

Fishin' you a 'Happy Father's Day'

Hi again

Todays effort is yet another man's card.  The stamped image is from a Papermania set, which considering they're so cheap, seem to stamp really well, and are far more effective once coloured than I thought they were going to be.  The papers, are again from the Happy Father's Day set that I used the other day.  I love these papers and the colours are so masculine.  The star and mat that the fisherman is mounted on, are both cut with nesties.  The corners are die cuts, but I can't remember whose, sorry!!  I wanted to add a little colour to the mat, so decided to do some stitching with a piece of string that I dyed with my copics to match the colour scheme.  I was a bit nervous about doing this, as the string was so thick I had to pre-punch the holes, and was worried in case I didn't get it straight, but it turned out OK, and I'm quite pleased with the effect.  Both sentiments were computer generated.  Hope you have time to leave me a comment.

Hugs

Judi x

Dance like no one's watching

Well, not quite sure about this one!!  I was asked to make a card for an 80 year old gentleman who likes ballroom dancing.  I knew I had absolutely NOTHING amongst my stash for this, so hunted the internet until I came up with this clipart image.  Because it's not the clearest, I decided to cut it out and emboss it with clear embossing powder to try and make it stand out a little more.  I then used some 1mm sticky pads to lift it from the mat, and made a frame using my oval nesties.  The background paper is Papermania.  I used an MS punch on silver mirri card to add a bit of interest.  The sentiment was computer generated, and then cut out with another Nestie, and then fixed with a bit of ribbon from my stash.   I think the thing I'm not too sure about is the 80, but it had to be there, as it's quite an achievement to get to that age, don't you think?

I hope you like it, and more importantly that the lady who requested it does, lol.

Hope you've enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend.

Thanks for looking

 Judi xx

Blog Candy

Wow, people, have you seen this fab blog candy?  I for one would really like to get my mitts on this little lot.  If you fancy a shot at it yourself, head on over to Crafty Goings On, and get your name on the list.

Judi x

Handy Man

Hi again, peeps

Continuing with my Father's Day projects, I would like to show this one to you today.  The image is a stamp from Papermania.  Background papers are FREEBIES from Summer Driggs called Father's Day!!!  (Thanks so much for your generosity Summer).  Mat cut with Nesties, as were the star shapes.  I highlighted the mat a little with antique linen, distress ink, added a few brads, and Bob's your mother's brother!

Please leave a comment if you have time.  Many thanks for looking, your interest is always SO much appreciated.

Hugs

Judi x