Tuesday 2 November 2010

PTW GDT card - Penny For The Guy


It's Tuesday again already, which means it's time for another Papertake Weekly Challenge, and it's also time for my third GDT card :-)

Thanks to everyone who entered last week's sparkly & bright challenge - sparkles were certainly blinging out all over - and don't forget to check out on the main challenge blog whether you have won last week's prize.

This week of course we have Bonfire Night here in the UK on 5th November, so our theme this week is

Penny For The Guy

(ie a male card)

Now I don't really have any male occasions coming up amongst my family and friends in the near future, but Christmas is coming ready or not ... so I figured that guys need Christmas cards too, right? So my interpretation of this theme is my best attempt at a masculine Christmas card.

I decided to use another new LotV stamp which I won recently on their challenge, and my main reason for using this particular image is that I think it is cute but not TOO cute and actually quite suitable for a man. I also hunted out an old pad of black & silver Christmas papers which I thought would provide a suitable masculine colour combo, and used silver holographic card to give the whole thing a bit of zing.


Recipe:
Main image: LotV "Mr. Snowman", coloured with Promarkers, and decorated with Stardust Stickles for the snow;
Sentiment: Stampendous;
Papers: Anita's "Classic Black Christmas" pack;
Supplies: black, grey & silver pearls from The Hobby House; silver ribbon from my stash;
Tools: large classic scallop rectangles nestabilities; Martha Stewart "Arctic snowflake" edge punch; Cuttlebug small snowflake dies;

Of course I had to tie my card up to a few challenges ...

LotV #71 - SketchThe Stamp Man #8 - Cards For MenPaper Sundaes #42 - For the Boys
Top Tip Tuesday #8 - Christmas Inspired
Everybody-Art-Challenge #115 - Untraditional Christmas
Pollycraft #68 - It's Chill TimeBah! Humbug! #42 - Presents Simon Says - Punch 'Em (2nd entry)Wee Memories #29 - Free For All

Hope you will check out the other fabulous efforts by the rest of the DT, and look forward to seeing your creations this week.

25 comments:

Maggie's Crafts said...

LOVE IT!! :) Thank you for joining us at TTT at toptiptuesday.blospot.com

Maggie

x

martina's kaartjes said...

Very pretty card ! love all the little details, specially the white stripes !!! realy great !
greetings, martina
x

Ankie vd Polder said...

What a lovely card! Greetings, Ankie (from Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

Vee said...

A really beautiful Christmas card
Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday.
xx Vee

Riet said...

So beautiful card Pauline,I love the image and your papers.

Hugs Riet.x

Sharon Caudle said...

Beautiful card, Pauline! I love the papers and that snowman is adorable!
hugs, Sharon

Leanne said...

This is so beautiful!

Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday - You can enter as many times as you like into our Christmas Inspired Challenge!

Good luck!
Leanne xx

Anonymous said...

Hi Pauline,
Gorgeous papers you've used and I love the snowman - perfect for a male card. xx

Fiona said...

ooh I love snowmen...fab card. Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week.

Fi

Sue B said...

I really love your card - it's unusual colours that you wouldn't think of but it really works! Perfect ....

Sue xxx

Dawnll said...

Spectacular coloring sweetie, love this design for your card...fabulous.
Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday. this week. Hope to have you join us again for our next challenge.

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Pauline :-) I love this image ,, lucky you winning it !! and the papers and embellies are all fabulous ,, perfect everything :-)

luv
Lols x x x

Emma said...

A gorgeous card Pauline, love the image and colours.
Thanks for joining us at Pollycraft & good luck.
Hugs Emma x

debby4000 said...

Oh this is adorable Pauline, wonderful card.
luv
Debby

Squirrel x said...

Wowza hun, what a beaut! Absolutely stunning, that LOTV snowman is so gorgeous and I just adore all your beautiful details. Sorry not been to visit for ages, life's been a "bit" mental lately. Hugs, Sxx

Alica said...

so pretty! The snowman image is adorable and you colored him wonderfully!
Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week!

Joey said...

Hiya Hunny

this is gorgeous! I love this little guy, thanks so much for joining us at pollycraft.

Joey.xxx

Thankyou so much for my gorgeous card hun I love love it :O) xx

Caroljenks said...

Gorgeous male Christmas card Pauline - he is soo cute!

Thanks for joining us over at Top Tip Tuesday this week :)

Carol x

Wendy Ramlakhan said...

Perfect color choices and image for making it masculine. I love your coloring. Thanks so much for joining us at Paper Sundaes!!

Hugs,
Wendy

Tania said...

Wonderful card. Love the snowflake border and the masculine theme-Hugs Tania

Kay Carley said...

This is great! Love that snowman (which I own too)! Such a great Christmas card for a man. Thanks for entering your super card into The Stamp Man's Challenge :)

Kaz said...

Congrats on your LOTV win......he's fab! As is your gorgeous card.
Kaz xx

Unknown said...

Loving the colours x Thanks for joining us at TOP TIP TUESDAY this week!

leigh x

jem (jane elizabeth middleton) said...

gorgeous christmas card, great image and yummy papers. janex

Tina46 Kreativblog said...

beautiful christmas card !! thanks for joining in our challenge.
hugs tina46
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