Little gardener

Hello lovely people,

I am enjoying my week off immensely even though I haven't actually done any crafting!

So, my card today is not a brand new one, but one I made a few weeks ago for a work colleague to give to her husband for a special birthday.

Fortunately the image is so large and detailed that I didn't have to worry about filling the gaps on the card other than adding the name and age, but I think the fence detail works really well.

I was making this card in a bit of a rush so I didn't write down my Copic colours but I can tell you I had a lot of fun with the colouring as it's such a sweet image.

I've used the digi image for my card but you can also find it in rubber if you prefer.

I hope you are all having a good week whatever you are doing.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Copic colours;
Nope, didn't write them down :-(

Lovely things I've used;
The Gardener - LOTV
Various - Maja Design
Lovely fence - Magnolia Doohickeys

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl
Numbers / letters from stash

NEW LOTV vintage boys and cute animals

Hello lovely people,

We have a wonderful treat for you at the end of this week because there are two fantastic sets of new images being released from LOTV on Friday 28th, and I hope you are ready for a whole lot of cuteness!

This time there are 3 cute animal scenes and 4 fab vintage boys and I absolutely adore all of them.

To me, the vintage boys are a real LOTV classic and they are just so good for making masculine cards, so that's what I used for my first project.

One thing I love about these images is the wonderful detail in them and yet they are really easy and fun to colour...just look at this adorable little chap...

I made the little typewriter text strips on my computer and added a sweet little hammer charm, but my favourite detail on this card is the corrugated card because I really like the texture and interest it adds.

This particular bit of card was recycled from some packaging and has a lovely soft colour and texture, so I am sad that I only have a very little of it.

If anyone knows where I can get some corrugated card that looks anything like this (I definitely don't want very rigid corrugation) then do let me know!

I hope everyone's week is going well so far :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image: The Workbench - LOTV (coming soon!)

DP: Vintage Autumn Basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Hammer charm - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: generated on computer

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04
Hair: E41/42/44
Workbench / hammer handle: E43/44/47
Box of tools / wood shavings: E41/42/43

Dungarees: B91/93/95/97

Shirt: W00/0/2

Hat / ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

Boots: W4/5/7

Tool handles: B93/95/97

Tools: W0/2/3