Thursday 18 August 2011

A Card for a Special Uncle

Good Morning Everyone, Im so sorry Ive not been around for a few days but have been rather busy, and yesterday I had a fabulous day with my middle daughter Sarah and her four children, it was so nice to see her in fact we hadnt seen them for over a year so we had lots of things to catch up on. Shes a very busy person and doesnt get a lot of time to spare so it was so nice of her to take a day to spend it with us.
Anyway todays card has been created for my husbands Uncle, hes in fact my dear father in laws brother and now that hes gone, Uncle Alec is very special and reminds me so much of dear FIL, and hes just gone into a home and I felt it would be nice to let him know just how much we are thinking of him.
Uncle Alec loves yachts and has in fact made several in the past (not the full size ones) and has sailed them on a local pond in Edinburgh and I gather has won several cups for it, no motors are used by the way its just plain sailing.
The images are Stampin Up stamps and I thought they would be just ideal for him, Ive stamped it onto white card then coloured the image with my copic pens, afterwards I cut it out with my rotatrim and  mounted it onto a piece of blue pearlescent card. The sentiment is also part of the same stamp set and have done the same with that.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card with just one paper from the Kay Miller Downloads "Do you see what I sea" and this is a wavy pattern on a white background. I then stuck my image towards the left handside with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. The last think is the anchor charm thats been stuck on the left hand.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://stlukescharitycardschallenge.blogspot.com
http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/
http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/

8 comments:

Stamps and Paper said...

Lovely card Shirely and I am sure Uncle Alec will love it. Why dont you enter your card in our challenge over at http://stlukescharitycardschallenge.blogspot.com
YOu could win our monthly prize...

Anne

Tara Cardwell said...

This is a fabby male card - I'm sure Uncle Alec will be thrilled with it.
Thanks so much for joining our challenge :-)
Tara (aka Craftilicious) x
St Luke's Charity Cards Challenge Founder

Pop's Cards said...

This is stunning sweetie x x x

Patty Sue 2 said...

What a wonderful card for your Uncle and I know he will appreciate it. (I have a package to mail to you....will send it off Monday!) hugs!

Deborah Frings said...

A really super card - I do like the backing paper with the feel of waves at sea, and the image is just perfect. I'm sure your Uncle Alec will love it. Thanks for playing along with St Luke's Charity Card Challenge! Hope to see you again next month!

Doreen said...

This is such a gorgeous card Shirley,the colours are fabulous.xxx

happyglitzygirl said...

Great guy card, wonderful image and colouring, thanks for playing with us at the Papercrafting Journey, good luck, blessings Hilde

Lynne said...

This is a beautifully serene card and I`m sure Uncle Alec will love it. Thank you so much for joining us at St Lukes Charity Card Challenge.
Lynne xxx