Fly Away!

Ooh the sun is shining here in Manchester today! Hope it is shining for you too! Next Sunday is Father's Day and as I wanted to make an extra special card for my dad, I chose this gorgeous Penny Black stamp which is called 'Fly Away.' I love the way the little boy is looking off into the distance wistfully and the faithful dog by his side. Lovely image! and I think my dad will like it.

The papers are Serif 'Spring in Your Step' - and they were freebie in Scrapbook magazine. They were a very nice set of papers and they were perfect for male cards!! The border, corners and mount edgings were done with scissors. Buttons, ric rac and gems are from stash. Gorgeous green card is from Papermania Capsule 'Fresh Verde' pack. I have just bought some more Papermania Card as I love it! The sentiment is again one from the gorgeous 'Dreamy Sentiments' set from Lili of the Valley and mounted on Nestablities. The DAD letters I printed from computer. Then coloured them Cornflower Blue to match and added Glossy Accents to make them look funky!

Colouring: Promarker unless numbered

Hat and Suit: Meadow Green, Soft Green

Skin: Almond and Blush

Hair: Copic E33 and E35

Dog: Copic E31, E33 and E35

Dog's Hat: Copic E35 and Cinnamon

Plane, Shoes, Trimmings: Pastel Blue and Cornflower

Insert

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges:-

Creative Inspirations - Challenge 115 - 'Card for Dad/ Man in Your Life!' (ends 14th June 2011) 

C.R.A.F.T - Challenge 106 - 'Father's Day' (ends 15th June 2011) 

PaperPlay - Challenge 23 - 'Father's Day/Man's Card' (ends 15th June 2011) 

One Stop - Challenge 135 - 'Father's Day' (ends 17th June 2011) 

Penny Black - Challenge 155 - 'One for The Guys' (ends 17th June 2011) 

Secret Crafter - Challenge 138 - 'A Male Card' (ends 17th June 2011) 

Creative Inspirations - Challenge 61 - 'Father's Day, Card for Dad' (ends 17th June 2011) 

Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge 98 - 'Father's Day/Masculine' (ends 19th June 2011)

Top Tip Tuesday - Challenge 38 - 'Open Challenge' (ends 20th June 2011)

Poodles Parlour - Challenge 1 - 'Anything Goes' (ends 23rd June 2011) 

Dream Valley - Challenge 9 - 'Father's Day' (ends 25th June 2011) 

Ooh La La Creations  - Challenge 82 - 'Father's Day/Special Man' (ends 26th June 2011) 

Tip (Top Tip Tuesday)

I used to get my Promarker Blender Pen mixed up with my Cool Greys as it looks very similar. So I put a red elastic band on my Blender Pen! Now it is easy to find quickly and just the feel of the rubber band as you pick it up let's it know it's your Blender! 

I have done quite a few 'male cards' of late and they are really growing on me! There are so many wonderful images that are suitable for men at the moment! It's great! I hope we still get some male challenges every once in a while after Father's Day!!!

Hope you are all keeping well
Thanks for visiting and for your lovely comments!
Love Sue xx