I'm placing this card in the Ways to Use it and the Limited Supplies challenges this week. Thanks very much to Julia and Jeanne S for wonderful examples! Again, it was one of those...ya just know what you're going to do, you just DON'T know how you'll get there!
I've wanted to play with this picture of my husband for many years...today I scanned it into the computer, printed it on copy paper...inked it with VersaMark and embossed it with two coats of clear EP I love that picture, the fish is half the size of my DH! Plus... can you see the 4 inch cuffs on his dungarees? I also love the white picket fence and the two tone car. I used Basic Grey papers from the Boxer collection to mount the photo on as well as the card front. I stamped a bracket from Above the Mark in dragonfly green and embossed in clear. The snaps are from MM as well as are the brads. I 'borrowed' some sort of big hook from my husbands' workbench and stapled it to the card front. I KNOTTED a green cord through the eye and also used it down the left side. My wonderfully insightful sentiment is by Artistic Outpost. I stamped on watercolor paper in ChalkBox lipstick red and inked the edges with charcoal. The base is unknown red and I scored the left side so it opens from the right side.
It's so neat having this window into my husbands' childhood...he still loves fishing as much today as I'm sure he did then. And tomorrow is a big tournament and he always shares his winnings with me...can we say let's go shopping?!!! Thanks so much for your comments
Date: Friday, June 13, 2008 GMT Views: 893
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Fri, Jun 13, 2008 @ 11:50 AM
Hey Susan - we're neighbors in the gallery today!! see what good company I keep!!! I love this 'vintage' image of your DH! so very fun - are we really that old??!! (do not answer that question - it is purely rhetorical!) VERY fun sentiment and a good reminder! Hope your DH wins it all so your half gets you some good stamping stuff when you shop!!!
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Fri, Jun 13, 2008 @ 12:22 PM
I betcha that fish was the talk of the town and probably brought some pride to mom and dad...what a wonderful card. I love it.....great job and I can see why you wanted to do something with this photo.....How special!