Sunday 13 April 2008

Fathers Day

Ila is running a sketch challenge at the moment to win some blog candy, so I thought i would have a go and see what i could come up with for the sketch. I have very few male cards in my stock at the moment and i had this stamp image that i recieved from Nikki that i had already coloured with my watercolour pencils so I thought I would see what i could do with it.
the backing paper is some i had printed off ages ago from a sample scrap kit, the ribbon is from my stash, the buttons and sentiment are printed from the computer and then embossed with extra thick embossing powder to give them a bit of depth. I have used mulberry paper behind the stamped image to give it a bit of the look of turf on a golf course.
The whole card is a bit dark to me but that could be because i normally tend to use a lot of bright or pastel colours but it seems to have worked out quite well

2 comments:

Ila said...

This card is Totally Fabulous!!.I love that terrific image (the way you colored it) and the wonderful accents. No.. I don't think it is too dark at all...the colors just makes it more masculine...
Have to tell you ...as I was looking at it...DH walked by, stopped and said "Wow!!look at that great card!!..He took up golfing last year...it's his new Obsession!..lol..
Thanks for playing!!!

Nikki Fairbairn said...

What a fantastic Father's Day card. I just love the image, layout, papers and everything! Hugs, Nikki x