Saturday 1 February 2014

Fruit of the Vine Men's Card

My Dad spent a lot of his working life in the wine trade, so what could be more apt than this card for his birthday.  Cheers! 
Card Recipe:
Stamp: Stamps Happen Wine Collage
Colouring Mediums: Memento Black Ink, Promarker Pens, Flexmarkers,
Paper and Card: Creative Imaginations, Textured, Joanna Sheen's Elegance Satin
Tools: Tonic Studios Gothic Square Die Set, Tonic Studios Gothic Border Punch, Tonic Studios Verdant Vines Die, Corner Rounder, Grand Calibur
Embellishments: Raffia, Buttons, Twine, Glossy Accents
The main image is stamped with a Wine Collage stamp by Stamp Happens - it's actually an oblong, but I just chopped off one end to make it square shape as that's really what I needed for my card.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and washed the background with Flexmarkers (you just can't see that in the photo though). Finally, I used glossy accents over the glass bottles and wine glasses (again, really difficult to pick up in the photograph).

This stamped image has a very peculiar graphic in the bottom left corner, I have no idea what the artist meant if to be, so I just stuck my sentiment over it!
My corners are (appropriately) cut using Tonic Studios Verdant Vines corner dies to echo the wine feel of the card, and topped one off with this grapes on the vine button that I've had in my stash for years.

The wine papers are also old stash, from Creative Imaginations, I think that they work really well on this card.  

Some raffia and buttons tied through with twine add so additional accenting to the card.



I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:
Moving Along with the Times - Birthday Boy











So here's one final look
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21 comments:

  1. Ah this is super, what a great card, Thanks for playing on MAWTT this week, Love Hazelxo

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  2. Great card. Thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week. Claire MAWTT DT

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  3. Great male card Dips, well laid out.

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  4. Brililant card for your dad...love the colours...Joolsx

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  5. Fabulous male card, great images and colours
    Lorna x

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  6. A great male card :-) Happy Leapblogging! Elaine-xxx-

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  7. Hiya Dips, a lovely card for your dad, some lovely design work going on there. I had a look at the stamp on Amazon... that is a very strange image in the corner, I couldn't tell what it is either.

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  8. great card,bet your dad loved it. sue xxx

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  9. Fabulous male card, your dad will love it. Just hopping by. Lizzie

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  10. Great card, do like the colours the lovely dies used

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  11. hi Dips, so many fab elements used to create this superb card! love the buttons and twine, Fi x

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  12. what a super card dips ... just right for your Dad ... I am sure he loved it and I hope he had a super birthday ... just hopping about ... hope you have a great weekend ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  13. Great card, I love all the layers x
    On the hop from dc x

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  14. Hey we've both been making wine cards - but yours is soo much more detailed!

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  15. Beautiufl card, love all the texture and layers. Sharon x

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  16. Fabulous card, I know of a few wine lovers that would love this card xx

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  17. Love this card. There is so much to look at!

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  18. great card brilliant papers and vine button and love the gorgeous die
    carol x

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  19. great card - very apt for your Dads birthday
    Linda x

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  20. What a brilliant card, it all works so well together especially the colours. Loving the little grape button as well - lovely finishing touch.

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  21. A fab card. It is so detailed. And the image and theme can just be described as very popular ;) - and it is right up my street.
    Heike xx

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