I grew-up in a family that was filled with jokes and laughter. If you weren't coming up with something funny to say, odds are you were going to risk being the focus of someone else's jokes. You had to be quick on your feet & have thick skin to survive.
So, needless to say, this River City Rubber sentiment seemed perfect when you come from a "pull my finger" type-of-humor family. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure my Grandpa had me pull his finger more than once when I was young.
Melvin just looked like he would wear plaid pants (and given that our IC Shop is Plaid Pony Vintage), so I paper pieced his pants & shirt from DP scraps. I used grey and silver pencils to color his shoes and hair. The background was embossed with the Tim Holtz Dot Matrix embossing folder & the sketch is this week's 2 Sketches 4 You using Basic Grey Origins papers.
I hope you enjoy tripping down memory lane at Plaid Pony Vintage and find some inspiration.
***ETA - someone asked what I was going to stamp on the inside. This will be a birthday card for one of the men in my family, so on the inside I will stamp the Inkadinkado Kid Quotes Stamp that says "Happy Birthday! How Many Fingers are you?"
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 8:18 PM
He He He! I so remember that one. Your card is a hoot and a half for sure. Love the eb green bg. That image is so funny. Love your humor and thanks for the memories too. TFS :0)
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Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Fri, Nov 19, 2010 @ 10:50 PM
How sweet that this card evoked childhood memories. I love Melvin and you've got him all decked out in some pretty fancy threads.
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