Thursday 16 September 2010

Perfect from Pollycraft

My son asked me to make cards for 2 friends birthdays...yikes!
My son and his friends have just gone up to secondary school so they are quite grown up now (although to us moms they are far too young for 'big' school)
I find that little boys cards are much easier to make/find images for than older boys cards, so I was in a dilemma, to find images that are not too childlike but not too grown up either.
So I asked the lovely Sketch Saturday DT girlies to help me find the perfect image.
His one friend is learning to play the guitar, and with lots of thanks to Paula from Pollycraft this Ethan Rockstar image is spot on! :)



I used my SU markers to colour Ethan, SU paper: star design is from 'ski slope' DSP, the striped is 'Old Olive' and the checked is 'Always Artichoke'
I embossed some blue cardstock with a cuttlebug folder and punched out 2 large stars, adding some dazzling diamonds glitter to the edges.
The sentiment is computer generated.

I'm entering this card into this weeks Fairy Fun Friday challenge, the theme is embossing (my stars)

So, now I need to make a card for his other friend, that's a job for today.

8 comments:

  1. Oh this is such a gorgeous card Jo ! Love the two round corners of the card, the colours you have chosen and the image (so cool !) Hugs and love from Catherine

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  2. You managed very well in making a 'big boys' card, Jo....great colours and nice colouring...maybe you will enter our Fairy Fun Fridays Challenge, which is embossing????
    xxx Margreet

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  3. thanks Catherine & Margreet :)
    I'll add links now and enter, thanks margreet! xx

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  4. Yay! You pulled off an older little boy card perfectly! Love the LO, image and colours you've put together - fabbylicious! xxx

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  5. Quite agree teenage boys are sooooo difficult, but you have done it!! Fab colour scheme & image x

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  6. Hi Jo.....here I am again....you're on my rotanumber...so good you entered with this gorgeous card ......thanks for playing in FFF's embossing challenge!
    xxx Margreet

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  7. Jo you sooooooo nailed it - perfect older boys card hon, I absolutely LOVE IT!! xxx

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  8. Brilliant card - perfect for a boy! The colours are fab!

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