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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

When I Grow Up...

Thank you so much for all the fabulous suggestions for sentiments for my previous card! I love all of them and have saved them for future use. I always have a Word document with all the quotes and sentiments I love found in my internet travels, and have added them to my collection. I should've thought about asking all of you for suggestions, with so many clever thinkers out there!

I love the image of this little boy fishing, such a sweet, peaceful scene. The little boy's clothes immediately made me think of tweed, hounds tooth, herringbone, etc. So I used a lot of textures and patterns for this card. I used the textural background patterns from several Waltzingmouse Stamps sets, Faux Fun for the little guy's sweater and Offbeat Backgrounds for the zig-zag striped hat and BG paper. The hat and sweater were paper pieced.
Then of course I had to use my Herringbone embossing folder to tie in with the theme, some stitching around the layers and stitched ribbon. I love the different 'fabric' textures! I was browsing for an appropriate sentiment and came across this quote, which I thought was absolutely darling, so I printed it out and used it on the card. Even though it's a little boy card, I can think of a few grown 'little boys' that this card would be perfect for!

Thanks again for your input, and have a great day!

Stamps: Lili of the Valley, Waltzingmouse Stamps
Ink: Memento, Distress, SU
Paper: PTI, Coredinations, SU, Bristol vellum
Accessories: Cuttlebug EF, PTI ribbon/button/twine, colored pencils, OMS, Copics

5 comments:

  1. Absolutely gorgeous! Love your colouring on this one, perfection!

    And I love that quote too, perfect!

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  2. WOW! This is stunning! Love love the colouring. The sky and the sea/lake looks amazing. Wonderful!
    xMarie

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  3. OMG what a cutie
    I can see my little boy in it lol
    I am going to follow you
    hugs sylvia

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  4. Love this card...it made me smile! It's so sweet...love your coloring!

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  5. What a beautiful summery card. I really love your colours and pretty details. Thanks for joining us on LOTV
    Stunning work sweetie
    -x-

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