Saturday 23 April 2011

Motorcycle Throwdown...

Hiya!

Two of my sisters are visiting me at the moment and we had a fun evening last night watching the TV series 'The Good Wife' on DVD until very late - lots of fun! Gave me a chance to play along with a few challenges while I watched... {grin!} I finally managed to ink up the fabulous motorcycle stamp from the mini catalogue today - it is so detailed and just perfect for guys' cards! I used the Colour Throwdown colours - white + navy + one other colour - I chose Pumpkin Pie. I used one one the Viva la Verve sketch challenges from this month for the layout.


The DSP is from the Sweet & Sour DSP - it has a glossy print on it so I sponged around the edges with Pumpkin Pie ink so the glossy flourishes would pop a little more. The white background was embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder. I added some Pumpkin Pie brads as well as Pumpkin Pie ribbon - to achieve the frayed look, just trim the long edges with ribbon scissors then pull some threads out either side. I tied a bit of linen thread around the bottom to gather it. The sentiment is from Party this Way and punched out with the Word Window punch.

That's all for now - I'll be back in a bit with another card from last night's marathon tv/crafting session!

x Amy x

6 comments:

Marisa said...

Fabulous take on the sketch and a great masculine card! Love that big old Hog :)

Velta said...

Great job girl!!! So happy to hear that you and your family have had a chance to share a fun time...TFS :)

Christine Blain said...

Great card, Amy. I love that Motorcycle stamp, and you've used it fabulously!!

Tammy Hershberger said...

Yay, someone used something other than red, green or yellow! I LOVE orange! Great card! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown!

Janine said...

Really nice card - love your version of color throwdown and VLV challenges.

Luanne said...

This is a fantastic card! Love the colors (and I'm not a big fan of orange!) Great guy card...!