"He" is my lovely Father-In-Law who really is a treasure and I love him loads. He is a retired Policeman and I happened across the perfect stamp to use to make his Fathers' Day card.
The stamp is by Lost Coast Designs and I bought it from Scrapz. If you haven't visited Scrapz yet, you really must because Karen has soooo many heavenly Lost Coast stamps to buy and they are really very good!
I started this card by stamping the Policemen in Blue Archival ink and then masking them individually. This was fiddly to do but so worth it! I then stamped the Barbed Wire - also from Lost Coast Designs - over the top of the masks using black VersaFine ink.
Next, I used Cut & Dry to colour the card piece using Faded Jeans Distress Ink. I then matted the card onto blue Bazzill and then another piece of card which I had also "distressed" with the Faded Jeans.
I used a bubble stamp from PaperBag Studios and randomly stamped this with Faded Jeans onto the main cardstock. I used a piece of Cut & Dry to smudge the images and make them more blended. I again stamped the Barbed Wire a few times across the middle of the cardstock and then stuck the main image over it.
Finally, I added a little sentiment which I made using StudioG Alpha's....I thought that the words were rather perfect for him 'cos he is a Bobby Dazzler! :O))
I spoke to FiL this morning and he is chuffed with his card - he said it is one of the nicest cards he has ever received, bless him.
Thanks for looking!
Hels x
Sunday, 15 June 2008
He's A Right Bobby Dazzler
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11 comments:
Love it, especially the wording, very clever xxx
I am not surprised your FIL loved it :) you have put alot of work into it and it shows :) Beautiful in everyway.
Heather x
Hels I saw you make this and I said then its divine and its still divine, might have to copy this design for myself xx
It's brilliant Hels & so appropriate for your FIL - BET HE WAS THRILLED!!
It's lovely Hels, and how great you found such an appropriate stamp - bet he was thrilled to little mintballs :-D
Little Lion xx
(hope you sleep well tonight x)
Actually that should have been 'chuffed to little mintballs' haha
Anne xx
Lovely card xxx
Hels - I did n't see you make this but if I had I would have said then that it was divine because it is divine! LOL In fact I love this more than I love a man in uniform!!!!
Love this card. Super cute.
Fabby card Hels
its fabulous not surprised your bobby dazzler luved it...
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