Thursday 9 August 2012

Age before Beauty !!

Hi everyone................hope you are all enjoying the Olympics x
 How I wish I had an athletes determination and stamina. 

Just a quick post as life continues to be quite hectic at the moment............but I must not complain x

This is a card I made for my brother-in-law's birthday. As you can see I  stamped a time piece on the background and then sprayed with  some Dylusions inks. I also attempted some journalling doodles but they are hard to see on the dark card. The brick coloured card is from Tim's Co'ordinations cardstock and after embossing with one of his Sizzix dies I sanded it down and inked with stormy sky DI, to make it pop.

A few embellishments and some printed words finished it off. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:




As always thank you for taking the time to visit....it is truly appreciated.

Crafty Hugs

Annie xx


25 comments:

  1. Fab work Annie , stunning embossing too well done Hugs Elaine

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  2. oh wow love that cogs embossing folder.. looks fabulous
    Lisa x

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  3. Love the layered clock backgrounds - great stuff!
    Alison x

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  4. Beautiful card Annie, love the colours you have chosen and that embossing folder is fabulous. A totally brilliant man card. My dearly beloved is 70 so we are having a big family get together this weekend. Hope you have a sunny and warm one. Crafty hugs, Anne x

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  5. I love the background! This card is fabulous! :)

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  6. oh just love this card adore the colours and embossing,it will be well recieved certain of that hugs Cherylxxxxxxxx

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  7. Really wonderful card Annie. I love the colours and the embossing and your sentiment makes it so personal.
    Juliaxx
    So enjoying the Olympics and yes, I'm in awe of them too!! Have a great weekend.

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  8. Wow, so very cool. Love these colors and that background is amazing.

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  9. Amazing rich colors Annie and the textures are perfect. Love the way you've done the sentiment too. A superb masculine b-day card for the BIL. :)

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  10. Anonymous8/10/2012

    Hi Annie
    You positively excel at masculine projects. This has incredible texture and interest for the eye and those colours are amazing.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  11. What a gorgeous card, thanks for joining us in our first challenge at NMWC. Good luck, hugs, Marion

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  12. What a fab card Annie! You could enter this into Linda Ledbetter's challenge today! Hope life settles soon. Hugs, Buttons x

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  13. Anonymous8/10/2012

    Cool card. I have always wondered how to use that embossing folder and now i know. Well done. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us on Come and Get It this week.

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  14. This looks just fantastic Annie and love the background and the colours. hope you have a good weekend
    x catherine

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  15. Very creative project. Thanks for playing along with our first challenge at NMW Challenges, I do hope you come back for a next challenge, good luck. Hugz Suzanne

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  16. Beautiful card Annie with very nice colors.

    Greetings Janny

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  17. Great card Annie. Love the embossing and the vintage look. Thanks for sharing with us this week at Come and Get it. Regards Meighan

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  18. Great texture on your card. Happy B-Day to your BIL. I'm sure he loves it!
    Hugs lynn

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  19. Lovely card, love the colours and textures! Valerie

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  20. Great card. Love the colours used. Thanks for sharing with us at Corrosive Challenges and good luck.
    Mags
    x

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  21. Hi Annie,

    Your card is great!!! I really love how you combined the colors on the background layer!!! :)

    Nicie

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  22. Wow, What a Fabulous card. Your blog looks super too, I bet your thrilled with it so far. Lots of hugs Mum xxx

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  23. Fabulous texture here and what a great design!

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  24. Bet he loved it! That's one of my favorite embossing folders. Love the 'time' theme.

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  25. Great layout and theme. The colours are vibrant--lovely card!

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Annie x