I received this adorable little image for Christmas from a special friend and I love him. I saw him Christmas morning and knew he was going to be so much fun to color, and he definitely was! So many choices for his plaid shirt!
This card has no designer paper. I made my background paper by taking shiny white paper, wetting a cotton ball with Studio Dye Blender and then adding Adirondack Aqua ink on the cotton ball and dabbing it all over the paper. This is called the Polished Stone technique. After I did that, I took a silver leafing pen and dabbed it over the aqua. Not too much, but enough for some contrast. I used a Spellbinders die around the image in silver paper and then painted it with black Rub 'n Buff. The blue dots in the corners are actually buttons with their backs cut off and glued to the Spellbinders frame. I used a La-La-Land corner die and cut that out of silver paper and applied black Rub 'n Buff to it, too. The sentiment is by Whimsy and I added Glossy Accents to the hearts. I used blue silk ribbon and have a button threaded with baker's twine in the center and I attached my metal gardening tool charms to the baker's twine with a silver ring. Here's a close up of Tommy with his peaches.
Tommy is colored with Copics and I added some smudges to his jeans since there are no little boys wearing perfectly clean jeans where I come from.
Hugs,
Gail
This card is entered in the following challenges:
Inky Impressions, Paper Pretties, Crafty Ribbons, Sister Act, The Squirrel and the Fox, Elphine House, A Creative Romance (bingo: ribbon, charm, bow), Alphabet Challenge, Card Makin' Mamas, Delicious Doodles, Get Inky!, That Craft Place, Just For Fun, Catch the Bug, Cards Galore, Treasured Times, Craft-dee Bowz, Crafting From The Heart, Digi Sketch Challenge, Eureka Stamps, Make it Monday, Love to Scrap, Through The Craftroom Door, Papertake Weekly
Awwww...this is so adorable and I love those cute charms. Lovely works. Big Hugs, Antoinette
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Gail, I love your handmade background paper and the cute little charms, such a pretty picture, Beautifully coloured too, I really like the peaches, nice work my friend
ReplyDeleteHugs Julie P
Gorgeous card fab image love those charms just lovely Love and Happy Crafting Carole x
ReplyDeleteLove this! The handmade paper is wonderful. I love all the little touches you did. Obviously, a lot of time was spent on this one and it's well worth the effort. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card, so sweet..Hugs Lozzy xx
ReplyDeleteSuper cute card, live those little charms
ReplyDeleteHugs Kelly
Such a sweet image and I love the colours and layout! Saw you on MIM!
ReplyDeleteMmm, yummy - I really don't think MOM is going to mind having peaches instead of apples, m'dear -- as long as she got the cream of the crop, it doesn't matter - it's the thoughtfulness of her little boy that clinches it !! Great coloring, good job on making your own colored backgrounds and embellishments and love the pearls you used -- so symmetrical - just perfect!! And, a charming touch to add charms to the ribbon . . . super cute card, Gail !!
ReplyDeleteWhat a super sweet card and so creative! Beautiful bow! Thanks for playing along with the Craft-Dee BowZ March Challenge.
ReplyDeleteLovely colouring and image. Thank you for joining us at Get inky! this week. Hope to see you back here soon. Judy DT
ReplyDeleteHi hun super cute card love his checked shirt - thanks so much for playing along at CFTH and hope to see u again real soon x
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, Gail! I love the colors and layout and darling image! Wonderful coloring and details! Thanks for joining us for the Elphine House Australia challenge!
ReplyDeletegreat card! love the bow! thank you for joining us this week at Catch The Bug!
ReplyDeleteThis is perfectly cute and you have really pulled out all the stops on the details - the backing paper and die cut pieces look absolutely wonderful :-)
ReplyDeleteBig hugs, Kat x
Beautiful card! Love the stamp and sweet layout. Hugs, Wends x
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! This image is simply adorable and stunningly colored. I love how you created your shadow around the image with the two colors is simple awesome. I love your layout, color combo and the details of your creations. Thank-you for joining us at the CardsGaloreEncore Challenge #3 Stamp or Digi.
ReplyDeleteI love the peaches!! I think they are just perfect!! Darling card, Gail. :) Thank you so much for joining us for The Creative Romance Challenge!♥
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning Elisabeth Bell card you have made. It fits our challenge this week well of “One for the boys”. Thanks for taking part and good luck. Best wishes, Kym (Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog Design Team Member)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great project, very cute!! Thanks so much for joining us for our March Anything Goes Challenge at Catch the Bug, I hope you join us again very soon.
ReplyDeletefantastic card (as usual, Gail) ! oh i looooooooove those gardening tools!!!
ReplyDelete♥Thank you so much for entering Love to Scrap's "Back it Up!" Challenge♥
Shuly dt
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Awww, this is so sweet, Gail! What an adorable image! I love the gorgeous blue of your background, too, and the fab pearls! thanks for joining in at The Squirrel and the Fox!
ReplyDeletelove Mags B x
Darling image and great colors. I love the little garden tool charms! Thanks for playing along with Eureka.
ReplyDeleteAdorable cards love the colors. Thanks for playing at CFTH. Hope to see you next time. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteAn adorable card, super colouring. Thanks for joining us at Alphabet Challenges. Caz
ReplyDeleteLove this! Saw it on MIM and had to come get a closer look. :)
ReplyDeleteBeen having a quick bit of blog hopping, checked out MIM where I saw your card, Oh Gail, this is gorgeous, I just love how you've used the DP to cut the lacey frame and corners, it gives a classy look and then you've added the most perfect charms to complete the look, perfection!.x
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card Gail, I love all the little details, right down to the smudges on his britches! Thanks for sharing this with us at Through The Craft Room Door, hope to see you again in our next challenge! - XX Cara
ReplyDeleteWonderful image work. Thanks for playing at Love To Scrap.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous!!! The image is adorable, the colors are amazing and the background you created is gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog
ReplyDeleteTina dt
Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing with us at A Creative Romance. Jen xx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for joining in with our current challenge 'Anything Goes' over on the Just For Fun Challenge Blog.
ReplyDeleteOh this is really wonderful. Gorgeously coloured image, and the colours used on this card are really lovely. The diecut corners etc finish this off perfectly and have a real look of metal.
I hope you will join us for more of our future monthly challenges. We have mid month inspirational posts on the 16th of each month as well.
<3 & hugs
Lisa xxxx JFF DT Member