Saturday, 7 January 2012

Happy Birthday Geezer

Evening Folks.
Just a quick post tonight as getting ready to go out to a friends house for a catch up and a few drinks.
Today's card is for my brother-in-law's birthday in February.  I have done this card for my daughters to give him.
The image is a digi image from Stitchy Bear.  Thought it suited as BIL can be a bit of a grump at times.  Coloured in promarkers and matted and layered using one of my die cuts.  Can't tell you where the papers are from as they were in a freebie pack in a craft magazine.  The brown square in the corner is actually the inner tube of a kitchen roll.  I flattened it out, put some distress ink round the edges and then punched it with my new Martha Stewart punch.  The ribbon is also recycled and it came off a christmas present.  By the way, Geezer is a sort of nickname for him.  Hence the sentiment.
A top tip is to keep the inners of kitchen roll holders.  They come in handy for little embellishments such as this particularly if you don't have any kraft card handy. I have also punched flowers out of them before and used them on my cards.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Cards for Men - recycling (ribbon and inner from kitchen roll)
Dude Time Doodles - anything goes
Simply Create Too - #4 use layers
Pollycraft Monday - #121 use a punch (martha stewart and sentiment)
Top Tip Tuesday - #67 anything goes (top tip listed above)

Thanks for looking.
Check back tomorrow for an exciting news post from me (well, exciting to me anyway lol).
Mags
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21 comments:

  1. downrightcrafty7 January 2012 at 19:40

    that made me smile :) love the sentiment and a perfect image, so beautifully created. I am sure he will love it
    Hugs Kate xx

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  2. catherine7 January 2012 at 19:57

    really good male card
    x catherine

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  3. Tammy7 January 2012 at 20:05

    Funny card and great background! Thanks for joining this week's challenge at Dude Time Doodles!

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  4. Dawn7 January 2012 at 20:29

    LOL! I love your card Mags!
    Thanks for playing at Dude Time Doodles this time!
    I hope you can find time to play again!
    Good Luck
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  5. Daniele7 January 2012 at 20:58

    great guy card so funny
    hugs

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  6. Mynn xx7 January 2012 at 21:55

    LOL--so very funny! I think it'll go over really well--it's so very well made! :)

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  7. Aunty Sue7 January 2012 at 23:28

    brillint fun card love the image

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  8. Joey8 January 2012 at 00:29

    Fantastic card Mags, and such a great image, love the colours on this, thanks for joining us at pollycraft. Joey x

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  9. McCrafty's Cards8 January 2012 at 03:06

    Brilliant card, I love the image,Thanks for playing along with us at Dudetime Doodles.
    Kevin xx

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  10. Leanne8 January 2012 at 04:00

    Fabulous card - that image is just so funny!!! Got to say, that is one of the best tips I have ever heard - thanks so much for sharing!!

    Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday! Hope to see you again!

    Hugs
    Leanne xx

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  11. Marianne's Craftroom8 January 2012 at 08:29

    He he what afun card. Great layout.

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  12. Mel8 January 2012 at 13:20

    Oh Mags
    What a fab fun card!
    I adore it, do fun and funky! Reminds me of my old Granpa hee
    Hugs M xxx

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  13. Anne Temple8 January 2012 at 13:45

    Fantastic card! Love all the recycling and your image is too funny. So glad you joined us for the anything goes-masculine challenge at Dude Time Doodles this week.

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  14. NGCARDS8 January 2012 at 14:36

    You have a wonderful blog hun! Good luck with our DT Call at Creative Inspirations! xxx

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  15. Cleota8 January 2012 at 20:39

    This is fantastic. Love the chippies, the image is great and your coloring - fabulous! Thanks for joining us for our anything goes challenge at Dude Time Doodles. Hope to see you again soon.

    Cleota
    DTD Dudette & Sponsor Coordinator

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  16. Anonymous8 January 2012 at 23:29

    Oh great card, such a fun card and awesome image! LOVE your TIP, fabulous idea! Thanks for joining in with us at Top Tip Tuesday Challenge this time, Hope you can come play again soon, hugs Samantha :0)
    Happy New Year

    Don't forget the challenges are Now fortnightly and you can enter 3 times each Challenge too! :0)

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  17. CG9 January 2012 at 03:53

    Wow, that frame is awesome! Love your coloring. Thank you for joining us at Dude Time Doodles, hope you'll join us for future challenges!

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  18. Michelle B.9 January 2012 at 16:10

    Haaa!! I love the image and sentiment! Great use of papers and embellies! Thanks for playing with us at Dude Time Doodles!

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  19. Fuzzy Slippers10 January 2012 at 00:26

    Cool "green" tip!!! Hysterical card. ;) Thanks for sharing with us at Top Tip Tuesday!

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  20. Flutterby Trina11 January 2012 at 21:07

    Fab card, and love your tip! Thank you for playing along with us this week at TTT, good luck and hope to see you again soon x

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  21. sandra's crafty corner15 January 2012 at 12:44

    what a great recycling elements you have used are perfect for our theme at cards for men, thanks for popping by and joining in.
    good luck, hugs sandra dt

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Thanks for popping by. Your comments are much appreciated.
Mags
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