Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Happy Fathers Day with Some Odd Girl

Yup I know Father's Day is over, I am late with a couple of cards. I always have good intentions!!  I started early, even ordered 2 stamps.  One from LOTV and one from Some Odd Girl.  You know what always cracks me up is that people that do not craft actually think you save money by making cards instead of buying.  Yup, you are laughing with me aren't you?  Anyways, the challenge over at Some Odd Girl this week is to use Kraft or white and only 2 pops of color.  I hope my card qualifies.  I used Tobie and his Puppy. I really tried to color the puppy Kraft like, but needed to not get it too close to the color of his hair/face/other browns!!!  So my pops of color are denim blue and lime green.
Ok, do you see it?  If you saw my Monday post then you know I just got Copic Certified,  Yup, do you see that new little blinkie up on the right there?  Anyways, Maryanne Walker was my instructor and she shared about depth in the shading and shadowing.  What do you think about his face?  Shaded or playing in a mud puddle? LOL!!! 
I used a cuttlebug embossing folder, some ribbon stash that I stapled on.  Yup, if you are gonna add ribbon to a Man Card, staple it!!  The sentiment is from LOTV.  The paper is both Kraft and My Mind's Eye and some denim stash.  I did some sloppy stitching on the card.  Cuz again, it is a Man Card!!
And of course the inside.
Super simple, denim blue CTMH ink on denim blue cardstock!

And some Challenges:
Crafts and Me has Stitches.
My mums Craft shop is for the boys.
Tuesday throwdown is to create a masculine card.

Thanks as always for stopping by.  Would love to share a cup of coffee with you some time!!


14 comments:

Jacilynn said...

SUPER cute love this image and love that ribbon.
x

Dana said...

That's the first thing that jumped off the page at me.. omg, omg.. she used Mariannes colors!! I think it looks great! I also love the entire layout. The staples in the ribbon loops is so stinkin' cute!!
xx
Dana

Jeni said...

Too stinkin' cute Bren!! Love the ribbon loops on the side and your coloring is gorgeous! Great boy card ~jeni :)

Crystal said...

Oh my goodness he is sooooooo super CUTE Bren, this is totally ADORABLE!!!!!! LOVE LOVE your coloring too girly!!!

Sara I. said...

Gorgeous!!! Love Some Odd Girl and you've colored him amazingly - in fact before I read your post, I thought, wow, she colored it like how Maryanne did!! Fabulous job girl-love the ribbon stapled and the embossing folder. Perfection!

Charlene said...

This card is too adorable Brenda! I too always have great intentions...I just finished my fil's father's day card today. Good thing we're not seeing him till tomorrow lol. I adore the color scheme that you went with...with the craft paper that lime green and denim blue really do pop. As to his face...I think it's a combination of both...shading and mud lol

Unknown said...

Brenda you rocked this one big time! The adorable image just popped right of the page! Gorgeous coloring and love the ribbon! Hugz, Colleen

Carlie M. said...

This is great! Love the colors and your coloring is great! Love the ribbon too! I love this stamp from Some Odd Girl! Thanks for joining us on Some Odd Girl!

gina g said...

Fabulous card Brenda i love the cute image. Thanks for joining us at Crafts and Me for our challenge this week. luv gina xx

Views From My Scraproom... said...

Brenda, I think your coloring is great and the green and blue just pop. Found you on the Outlawz and am now a follower

Jane H said...

Ok I want you to teach me about the new coloring! I love love the face!!!!!!

Anne Fenton said...

Brenda so cute...I love it.
hugz

Sally said...

Gorgeous card, love the image, thanks for joining us at MMCS.
Sally. x

Åsa aká Scraphorse said...

Such a manly card! I often found that so hard to do, but you´ve done it great. Love the inside of the card too...

Thanks for joining us on Some Odd Girl.