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Thursday, August 8, 2019

An August Valentine

Hi Everyone! I challenged myself today by creating a card for a guy. I don't do a lot of manly cards and this was definitely outside of my comfort zone. The metal accents were my way of making it more "rustic" and I attempted distressing the gold mesh behind the image.


The navy paper is textured with a wood pattern embossing folder, then scored randomly with a bone folder, then crumpled (and uncrumpled), and finally distressed. Needless to say, I was enjoying myself trying to come up with a background that looked like denim.


This image is Saxophone Luka from La La Land Stamps and is colored with Copics. 


This week I am playing along at Cardz 4 Guyz in their "Music" challenge. Also I'm joining in the fun at Retro Rubber Stamps (RRCB116). This Luka stamp I've had for seven or eight years and I've only used it a couple of times, but it is so cute! Their challenge was tic-tac-toe so I chose Texture, Ribbon, and Romance. Hope you enjoy!

xxCARLYxx

4 comments:

LeAnne said...

Cute image, and he is colored so nicely! Fun creation ! Thanks for sharing this with us at RetroRubber this week!

Angelnorth said...

Love the denim feel background you created for this sweet image, great card!

Dawn Phillips said...

What a lovely job. I don't know why you struggle with Guy cards. This is lovely. You should do more. I love the textured background. Thanks for joining us at Cardz4guyz. Love Dawn x

Cazro said...

a lovely sweet card, love the image. Thanks for sharing with us at Cardz 4 Guyz. Caz. DT.