19 April 2011

Fishy thank you



I've been wanting to play along with The Play Date Cafe's challenges recently, but sometimes things just get in the way! However, this week I was determined to make time. The children are back in school (if only briefly) so I decided to make a thank you card for a lovely gentleman who took my daughter for her first fishing lesson. We'd not met the teacher before, but he turned out to be a lovely gentleman with a passion for the sport. He taught her for a couple of hours and then at the end presented her with her own rod and an invitation to come back as his guest in a week or so time! What a star, she didn't stop smiling for the rest of the day. Added to which we had a lovely fish supper and stocked the freezer for another day too! Anyway, I guess you want to see some pictures!



I stuck to the colours to the very last element of the card and then for the life of me I couldn't find any fish stamps or embellishments that fit the bill. Everything I had seemed too cutesy for a guy. Then I remember these little fun foamy fish which I felt were perfect. My apologies for the deviation from the colours though!



Debby

Supplies:

Stamps - PTI mat stack 4, SU clearly for you, Lavinia stamps reeds
Inks - PTI new leaf, Versafine vintage sepia, SU early espresso
Card - SU soft suede
Dies - PTI cloud die, Spellbinders squares
Fish - American Crafts

11 comments:

  1. This is brilliant! I love everything about it. Those fibres and the fishies are the perfect touch. :)

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  2. Fab card! Just love all those layers.

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  3. this is so cute...i love it!

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  4. Ahhhhhhh, literally 'Fishy'! I wondered what I was gonna find with a title of a 'Fishy' thank you LOL!
    Super card, Debby! I think you can be forgiven for the li'l fishies - they're the perfect finishing touch!
    Hugs,
    Aimes
    x

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  5. I love all the different textures you've incorporated into this card, Debby! :)

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  6. This is so cool! I really like that textured material in back.

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  7. What an awesome idea, love all that texture :)

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  8. Fabulous card full of texture....LOVE that!!! Thanks for joining us at The Play Date Cafe :)

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  9. Love your design and the super dimension, Debby! Those little fish are way cute and the jute produces such a lovely effect! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

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  10. LOVE the white on white with that raised cloud and gorgeous texture you've weaved into a CAS design, Debby! Yummy! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at The Play Date Cafe!

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  11. I just LOVE how you've used that netting for your fish - so creative. I really enjoy your blog and all of your work too. Thanks for playing along at The Play Date cafe.

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