Monday 28 March 2011

Cards for Men Challenge 7 - Embossing

It's time for a brand new challenge at Cards for Men and we have a fab theme for you chosen by my lovely teamie Alison - 'Embossing' (n.b. card must be for a male).

Our sponsor this time is the fab online store Paper Pretties and they are giving one lucky winner this gorgeous clear stamp set...

Paper Pretties has this to say: "Paper Pretties is a full service online crafting store. We have many exclusive stamp lines, from elegant to whimsical, sweet to clever, there is something for every stamper on our Prettie Boutique! In case you haven't heard yet, Paper Pretties has a BRAND NEW owner, Heather Lee-Reppen. Now located in Madison, WI, we are pleased to offer you amazing customer service, faster and cheaper shipping and a wide variety of stamping 'must have' products to go along with all of our fun new stamps!!! All orders are shipped within 24 hours."

Please pop over to the CFM challenge blog to check out the details of our new challenge. As always the DT have made some wonderful cards, please do pop across and have a peek and have a go at the challenge while you're there. So onto my DT card, I used a gorgeously cute digi image from Paper Pretties called Bathtime Cooper, he was a dream to colour and I love the expression on his little face. I've used a Tim Holtz embossing folder called Burlap for the embossing on my card. Think it works quite well with the wood of the bathtub in the image. Do you like my sentiment - can you tell I came up with that myself ;-)



Supplies:
Image - Bathtime Cooper digi from Paper Pretties coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - generated on pc
Papers - 6x6 Paperkit: Fruhlingserwachen from Whiff of Joy
Ticket - Tim Holtz from Crafty Emma's Store
Cardstock - Bazzill kraft
Buttons - stash
Twine - Whiff of Joy
Tools - Burlap embossing folder by Tim Holtz for Sizzix, Pennant die from Whiff of Joy, Martha Stewart zig zag border punch, Martha Stewart photo corner punch

29 comments:

  1. Absolutely gorgeous Sarah - colours are beautiful xx

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  2. That is a gorgeous card Sarah! Love the colours!
    Hugs Kristel

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  3. I love the design of this! It's got a real nautical feel about it. (Note to self: must hunt out that gorgeous MS photo corner punch!) Lovely colour scheme too. x

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  4. Adorable and cute card and I love the soft natural colours
    Thanks for joining us Digi Divas @ Do it with Digis challenge
    Hugs Susie Sugar xx

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  5. Fabulous card Sarah! I too love the expression on his face - I sometimes find images are spoilt by a harsh face this one is delightful xx

    P S the sentiment is very clever - love it.

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  6. Hi Sarah, wow fabulous colouring love that image its so cute. Stunning results. with hugs Shirleyxx

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  7. Love the natural colour scheme and the embossing goes so well. You have done a beautiful job of colouring that cute image.
    Hugs, Alison x

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  8. What a fabulous card Sarah,love the bunting.xxx

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  9. Hi Sarah,
    Wonderful card....Love the embossing your right it does go well with the image and the banner is lovely....Great sentiment....
    Mandy x

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  10. Lovely card, love the image and the bunting

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  11. So gorgeous card Sarah,I love the image and your papers.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  12. Gorgeous card Sarah. Love the papers and such a cute image. Thanks for taking part in this weeks CES Challenge and congrats on your win last week!
    Clairexx

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  13. Gorgeous card love the embossing

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  14. adorable card sarah.i love the image and gorgeous colours and details.
    thanks for joining us this week at PFP :D

    xx coops xx

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  15. Hi sweetie, this is fab love the image really sweet, big hugs pops x x x

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  16. Gorgeous card Sarah, the image is so cute and I love the little flags
    hugs Mandy xx

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  17. How cute! Love the image, and layout! Thanks for playing the DTC this week!

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  18. Hi Sarah, sorry I'm so late with my comment! Gorgeous card and such a pretty image. Thanks for joining us at PFP. Hugs, Denise x

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  19. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! The colours are perfect for the image which is dead cute.

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  20. I love this card, Sarah and I may just have to treat myself to that embossing folder, lol. The image is a dream.

    Donna x

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  21. beautiful colours and the image is sooo cute :)

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  22. wow Sarah hes fabulous and I love the little flags...thanks for joining in with our Crafts and Me challenge
    Mina xxx

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  23. Fabulous card Sarah - love the cute image and the bunting!

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  24. Incredibly sweet card and such a beautiful layout! Thanks for sharing with us at CES this week...good luck :) Donna x

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  25. Fantastic card, love all the bits of neutral, this is so good, thanks for joining the Diva's at Do it with Digi's!

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  26. This is a very cute card - love it! :D

    hugs

    xxalisonxx

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  27. This is adorable! Love the image and the bunting! Thanks for joining us for the CES Challenge!
    Jane
    x

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  28. WOW!! This is fabulous! I can't believe I missed it, sorry x I love how it all goes together and your sentiment is fabaroony! xxx

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  29. Wow this is brill, I love the image and the gorgeous soft colours, hugs Liz xx

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