Sunday 19 June 2011

Happy Father's Day


I was well aware that Father's Day fell today, so why do I always leave things until the very last minute?  Today's card is the one I made (this morning) for my Dad.   I think my problem at the moment is that I get very easily distracted and, as soon as there is a glimmer of sunshine, I am out in the garden tidying and planting.  We have to make the most of every bit of sunshine here in the UK especially after days of rain like this past week.

The image is one of my favourite "man" images and is Jim with Beer from Digi Stamp Boutique.  I've coloured it with pro markers and used some favourite "man" paper too.  It is from the Persimmon collection from PaperMania.  I've just realised that, yet again, I have used my scallop circle dies - they are my favourites though.  Having just purchased 3 new packs of Nestabilities this week, I must make more of an effort to use some of my other dies too!


I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Little Claire's - Cards for Men
Paper Creator's - For the Men
Sketch Saturday - I used their sketch
Glitter Geeks - Father's Day
Wags 'n Whiskers - Masculine
Digi Stamp boutique - June competition

Thanks for looking today - I'll try not to leave it a whole week again until I make my next post!

Amanda



15 comments:

Helen Anderson said...

Great card Amanda - he looks like a cheeky chappy!!

Lovely blog too and I'm following now :).

Thanks for joining in the Glitter Geeks challenge #2 and good luck!

Helen xx

Lucy said...

Hi Amanda!
Lovely card! Such a cute image! Lovely layout and colours!
Thank you for joining us at Glitter Geeks this week!
~Josie xx

Steph L said...

I love this card. The colouring is fab, I love the colour combo and its great to have a boozey type one that looks cute rather than cheesy. Its great!
Thanks for joining in with Glitter Geeks and Good Luck!
Steph xx

Debbie said...

A lovely card, love all the different papers you have used.
Thank you for joining us over at Paper Creator's Crafts and good luck.
Debbie x

lady Anne Howard said...

Fabulous card, great man's card. Thank you so much for joining us in our first challenge at Paper Creator Crafts this week! http://papercreatorscrafts.blogspot.com/
Love ~ Lady Anne xx

cheryl said...

oh this is one great card love that image,hugs cheryl xxxxx

julie_woolston said...

Lovely card thank you for joining us for our 1st Paper Creator Crafts Challenge.

Julie xx

Unknown said...

cute image, great card,
Thanks for joining in our first challenge at paper creator crafts
Wendy

fatmonica said...

It's a great man's card!

Jo said...

*claps* love it!
Thank you for joining in with us at sketch saturday
Jo xx

Unknown said...

So nice card! Thanks for sharing :)

Cazza said...

Fab 'Man' Papers and a great digi too, perfect for Fathers Day and I'm sure your Dad loved it!
Thanks for joining in the fun with us this week over at Sketch Saturday :o)
Hugs,
Cazza
xxx

Louise said...

Great card!
Thank you so much for joining us at Little Claire's this week x

The Crafty Den said...

Hi Amanda, what a fantastic card. You've coloured the image perfectly and the layout is fab. Thanks for joining in with our monthly competition over at DSB. Hugs, Denise

Digi Stamp Boutique said...

Fabulous Amanda....Thank you for joining in the DigiStamp Boutique Competition....Sally-Ann :o)