Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Noble Deer Thanks Card

Oh boy! Cardz 4 Guyz has a NO Patterned Paper challenge this week and for me, it was a challenge. We all have our favorite things to use and mine is patterned paper. So, when I sat down to create a card without it, I decided to do a little water-coloring. Searching through my stash I noticed there were zero masculine thanks cards. So I decided that's what I would make. Using the retired Noble Deer for the focal image it was stamped using StazOn Timber Brown ink and then I used my Aqua Painters and classic stampin' pads to add color. Ink colors used include: Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake and Baked Brown Sugar all by Stampin' Up!. The card base is made from kraft cardstock. Then I trimmed a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock the same size as the front of the card. To make it smaller and to give it a decorative edge, I used a pair of Fiskars Deckle scissors. To darken the edges I used Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Tim Holtz. The next step was adhering the focal image and twine and adhering the panel to the card. Instead of stamping a sentiment I decided to use my Cricut machine to create the layered Thanks and that completed this Noble Deer Thanks Card.  We would love for you to play along at Cardz 4 Guyz! For more inspiration click here to see what the design team is sharing. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Noble Deer Thanks Card is entered into the following challenges:

13 comments:

  1. Your water coloring looks great! Perfect guy card!

    ReplyDelete
  2. A great way to get around the no pattered paper. love the w/c image and the large cut sentiment. :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Beautiful masculine card! Great watercolouring too!

    ReplyDelete
  4. You just watch, no patterned paper will grow on you! I never bought packs of plain coloured card stock before this year, and now I'm addicted :) This is utterly fabulous - I love that stamp!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Love this card, Andrea! I don't even miss the patterned paper! Lovely design and image! Thanks for sharing with us at Cards in Envy for our EnTWINEd challenge!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Love your masculine card. Thanks for playing along with us at Cards in Envy.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Very masculine Thanks card -- the design and graphic are great and will be a nice card to send to someone. Again you were up to the challenge!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Awesome water colored, masculine card! Beautiful image - Thanks for joining in with JUGS!

    ReplyDelete
  9. This is such a great old image! I have it and still use it for my masculine card! I love your watercoloring on it!
    Great card and
    Thanks for joining us this week at Just us Girls!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Oh I love your water colored guy card! The image is beautiful and the use of the twine is perfect! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Cards in Envy!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Beautiful watercoloring and I really like the layered thanks. Terrific guy card! Thanks for linking up to the Cards in Envy enTWINEd Challenge!

    ReplyDelete
  12. great card and coloring!!! Thanks for playing along with us at Cards in Envy.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Love this Masculine card. Thanks for playing at Cards in Envy.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. Wishing you a crafty day! 😊