I’ve got a
birthday card to share today featuring Gnome Fishing from Some Odd Girl.
This is going out
to a friend who is a keen angler, although generally he fishes in larger
waterways than a barrel! He isn’t really
the gnome type so I cut off the gnome’s pointy hat while fussy cutting him and
then added a hat from QKR Stampede I printed on some fabric. I couldn’t find any other fisherman’s hats as
digis so the angle is a bit wrong of the hat but I love how it turned out with
a bit of shading with my Copics and the slightly frayed edges.
Over at Some Odd Girl they have their first anything ODD goes with a twist challenge on their
blog. The twist is to use sequins,
glitter, or love. Thought I’d mix it up
a bit and not do a Valentine’s card but a very masculine project instead with
no pink or red or hearts at all. I have
used the sequins and glitter in my shaker element. You could suggest I’ve also
used ‘love’ as well in making this card especially as I had to hand cut the
fish confetti (my Silhouette software has decided to just stop working) and I
chose to make this card in my unairconditioned craft room despite the 47 degree
heat we’re enjoying (that’s nearly 117 for those of you who follow the
Fahrenheit scale)!
I took
inspiration for my design elements from the current recipe at CAS Mix Up, which
called for corrugated cardboard, stamping and your choice. I’ve got a few of the ‘choice’ elements such
as fussy cutting, alcohol inks and acetate.
Over at Sweet Stampin’ they are looking for masculine projects, which my card is so I am also
linking it up there.
Ingredients:
Copics
Skin E000, E00,
E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)
Eyes B0000, B02,
C00, 0
Mouth E11
Hair E23, E25,
E27, E29
Outfit B91, B93,
B95, B97, B99, C00, E81, E84, E87, E89
Basket & Fish
C0, C2, C4, E71, E74, E77, E79
Fishing Rod G03,
G05, G07, YG11, YG13, YG17
Chalks &
Powders etc
Embellishments
Inks & Paints
etc
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Alcohol Blending Solution, Mermaid, Stream & Silver
Mixative
Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Gathered Twigs & Walnut Stain
Papers
Bazzill Prismatic
Cardstock ~ Baby Blue Medium
Stamps
Challenges
Thanks for
stopping by!
Great use of the corrugated cardboard to make a barrel! Like the way it's cut away to reveal the water. Your angler friend will love it. Thanks for joining us at CAS Mix Up.
ReplyDeleteHi Emily. Great card!! Your angler friend is going to love it. So cool that you used material to make his hat ... I love the frayed edges too. And great use of the corrugated card to make your barrel. Thanks so much for joining us at CAS Mix Up!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant card, Fab design with the shaker element in the barrel. Love how you've been inventive and adapted the image, his hat looks great! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week.
ReplyDeleteChris
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Wonderful coloring, Emily, and I love the corrugated barrel! Your mixing of stamps and fussy cutting made for a very unique and special card! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Mix Up!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a fab card! Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week. Sammy-x
ReplyDeleteThis is just adorable! Love how you have him fishing in a little pond! Thanks for joining us at Some Odd Girl's February challenge!!
ReplyDeleteso lovely!!!
ReplyDeletethanks for playing along at SOG challenge
Sadia
awesome card! I loved how you turned the digi into something that wasn't a gnome since it didn't fit your theme! Thanks for sharing in the challenge ~Patti
ReplyDeleteGreat way of follow the twist in the challenge at Some Odd Girl.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and I hope the receiver enjoyed it :)
/GDT Therese
This is so cool - love the hat!
ReplyDeletevey lovely creation!
ReplyDeletethank you so much for joining us at SOG challenge!
xx
Nicoletta
So much brilliant creativity going on here. I absolutely LOVE this card. Pity you are experiencing such high temps though. Hope you are able to keep cool somewhere. :) So happy you joined us at Some Odd Girl this month!
ReplyDeletexoxo
Leah