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Thursday 6 June 2013

Father's Day card!

Good afternoon Lovelies! I'd like to start by saying a huge "THANK YOU" to you all for the kind and lovely comments you leave me, it really does make my day! And makes my head bigger lol x

Before I show my card I wanted to let you know that this week on the SpodgeAway blog they are doing a "back where it all began" week, focussing on the amazing SplodgeAway mat, I have done a mini picture tutorial on very basic blending, some people struggle with blending, I must say it took a while for me to master it but with the help of the SplodgeAway mat it has made blending seemlessly, much easier!

Now onto my card!

I've made this for my wonderful step Dad, he's not particularly into boats, but I was itching to use my new stamp lol! The stamps are by Inkylicious and the Embossing folder is a numbers one side and letters the other by Spellbinders, I first stamped the background with Almanac stamp which is like a ledger, in sepia versafine ink then blended DI Shabby shutters and tumbled glass over it then ran through E-Bosser to emboss I edged lightly with forest moss then rubbed over the raised pattern with gold gilding wax by cosmic shimmer, the topper I used the same inks to blend then stamped the gorgeous image with a dark green versafine ink, matted onto dark green card from Papermill direct onto a Kraft card base bit of twine and voila! Hope you like it? Thank you for visiting, have a great day xx

 

 

23 comments:

Wendy said...

Fab father's day card! Love the gold and green tones and the textured background. Hugs! xxx

ShersL84bed said...

Fabulous Father's Day card Zoe. Love the twine you added to it, sets it off perfectly.

Smiles Sher

Barbara said...

Very nice!....I really like the stamp and that little charm....it's charming, boom boom! xx LOL

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Very elegant, the embossing looks great as the background. Have a wonderful day, Shirleyx

KarinsArtScrap said...

it's a very beautiful card Zoe.

greetings karin

Linda Simpson said...

This is fabulous Zoe! I love your new stamp and the embossing is stunning. I am sure he will love it.

Hugs
Linda xxx

Sylvia Anderson said...

The embossing really stands out, I love the image & the little lighthouse x

Barbara (C) said...

Thought i recognised the embossing folder.Lovely card - colouring especially.

Sheila said...

Fab card x

Pauline Butcher said...

A perfect card for Fathers day, very masculine and it looks great in the vintage colours, love it. Hugs P xxx

Sylvia said...

Great Father's Day card, love the embossing and fab stamp.

Sylv xx

Kate M said...

Love that image and the gilded embossing is fabulous - love your little lighthouse charm!
xx

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Fabulous, love the embossing and the colours and the twine and charm are fab
Lindsay xx

Anonymous said...

Great fathers day card, love the design and great colors xx

Chris said...

Fabulous, love it all. Chris xx

Unknown said...

What an inspiring card, great stamp, great background and beautifully toned colours
P x

Gwyneth said...

Great vintage style card for a man. It's interesting to read how you created your background.

Hello said...

Fabulous fathers day card Zoe...I love it hun.
Hugz, Lorraine xx

chrissie said...

A wonderful card for a man.

Love Chrissie xx

Karin said...

a beautiful fathersday card!
Have a great weekend!
Groetjes Karin

Unknown said...

Fantastic card Zoe love the colour tones & the stamp is fab xxx

Andree said...

A great male card Zoe, I love how you've created the background x

Clare said...

Another fab card. Like I have said should have looked on here this morning for inspiration. I really struggle with male cards. X x x