...only when the clock stops does time come to life

I have a CAS card to share today made for a male colleague whose birthday is coming up this week.

Wanting something simple to suit a male I went hunting for ideas on challenge blogs and the sketch that went up today at Jo’s Scrap Shack sparked my mojo.  I’ve been wanting to do up a pocket watch like Tim Holtz did on a tag last year (check out the deets here) and that fitted well with the design of the sketch and gave me my focal point.

I love cupcakes and when I saw the lovely brown colour palette over at Cupcake Inspirations I had my colour scheme sorted and I immediately thought of my Riddersholm Design papers, I knew I’d find something among their collections to suit.  Oh, and now I really want a cupcake, sigh…

My final inspiration was from Left of Center where their theme is texture.  What better way to add in the stripe elements than with a Tim Holtz stencil and some modelling paste?

Although a CAS card and without a coloured image, so not my usual style at all, I think this turned out looking great.  Goes to show too that just because you’re doing a card for a male and have to lay off the pretties doesn’t mean you’re going to end up with something plain and boring!

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Movers & Shapers Die ~ Mini Pocket Watch
Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades ~ Gears

Spellbinders Nestabilities Die ~ Classic Circles

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stencil ~ Stripes

Embellishments

Prima Ingvild Bohme Junkyard Findings Vintage Trinkets ~ Clock Hands

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs ~ Life Quotes

Inks & Paints etc

Teresa Collins Basically Essential ~ Modelling Paste

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Gathered Twigs & Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Antique Bronze & Black Soot

White Acrylic Paint

Papers

Bazzill Fourz Cardstock ~ Cinnamon Stick

Ranger ~ Foil Tape Sheet

Riddersholm Design Fleamarket ~ Notes

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Grungepaper

Challenges

Cupcake Inspirations #319 ~ Coffee and cupcakes

Jo’s Scrap Shack FFC #98 ~ “It’s Sketch Time”

Left of Center #88 ~ Use Texture

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