8.10.2011

Wednesday is golf day

Hey there!  Are you excited it's already Wednesday?  I sure am!  We are heading out of town for a short get away to Williamsburg which will be so nice.  I didn't want to go at first but now, I am ready to get there.  I love walking through the cobblestone streets and admiring  all the colonials.  I hope the heat will let up  but what will happen is not in my hands.  :-) What about you?  Any plans for the weekend?

I have a golf birthday card for today. My FIL plays golf every Wednesday.  This card is for his upcoming birthday.  I won't give away the age but I can say it's only a number to him.  Gotta love that!    Our theme at Crafty Creations is male birthday along with this sketch.  Our sponsor is Delicious Doodles. 
I think it's widely know my ability to create masculine cards is not the greatest.  In fact, it's down right pathetic.  I try and stick with muted earth tones, basic embellishments like brads, buttons, twine, and eyelets and little layering.  For this card, I knew I needed to keep it flat for mailing purposes. I added stitching which I think is fine for a masculine card.


I used more scraps :-) and then the golf ball & tee image which I cut out and added to the card.  I wanted to show you what I did to give the golf ball some dimension.


First I added white dots with my white Unibal pen.  Then I applied grey ink with an eyeshadow brush to give slight definition.  The last step was to add glossy accents for the dimples you would see on a golf ball.  I thought this turned out rather well  Better than I projected when I started.   That's a SRM sticker for the sentiment. 
****Don't forget about my giveaway! You can read about it and enter here! ****




Challenges I would like to enter my card into:
A Spoonful of Sugar: #162 Happy Birthday
Anything Goes: #47 Birthday
Birthday Sundaes: #21 Birthday
Card Makin' Mama's: #26 Birthday
Craft Your Days Away: #26 Birthday Celebrations
One Stitch at a Time: #64 Use digi
Tuesday Throwdown: #61 Birthday

Thank you for stopping by!

23 comments:

Anonymous

I love your card Amy..That golf ball and tee are perfect..
Have a fab time in Williamsburg:) x

Tenia Nelson

What a wonderful card!!! tfs!!

Ros

This is great Amy ... my hubbie is a golfer ... this would be marvellous for him or his buddies! TFS

marilynprestonn

Love that you made the image pop up like this by printing it real big! WOW, what an original creation Amy. :)Peggy

Nana Donna

I really like your card Amy and love what you did with th4 golf ball great idea.

yyam

Have a great getaway! Love the texture on golf ball...how fun! :)

Claire Phillips

Great masculine card Amy - I know lots of golfers that would love this! We are supposed to start building my studio this weekend and its pouring - could we do a weather swap perhaps? Cheers Claire x

Gaynor Greaves

What a great male card, that golf ball is fab, thanks for sharing with us at CYDA and good luck, hope to see you again, Gaynor DT :)

Ciska

Great card for a golf freak! Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at Card Makin' Mamas!

Hazel

Your male card is brilliant, love the ball. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT this week. Hazel x

My 3 E Scrapbooking

Have a lovely trip to Williamsburg. It is so beautiful there! I love this great technique on the golf ball, I must remember that! Thanks for playing along with us at Birthday Sundaes! I hope you'll join us again next week!
Amber

Anonymous

Fab Amy!! Perfect card for the golf addict! Love the golf ball!
smiles,Deena

Kristie W.

Fun birthday card! I like what you did with the golf ball. Thank you for playing along with Birthday Sundaes!

Anonymous

Hi Amy.I'm GDT Coordinator at Craft Your Passion and was wondering if you'd like to join us for September.Please reply ASAP here.
Great card BTW.
Lisa x

Made by Mandy

Fab texture on the golfball, works really well.

Many thanks for joining in with our Use A Digi challenge over at OSAAT

Mandy (DT member for OSAAT)

Deb

Awesome Guy creation, perfect with the golf ball, Thanks so much for joining One Stitch at a Time this week
Debs
xxx

Unknown

Hi. I just love your card! Great design and I love the use of color.

We have an amazing new giveaway that you should take a look at:
http://jessicalynnoriginal.blogspot.com

Have a great weekend,
Jessica Lynn

Maria Matter

this is a fabulous masculine card Amy!!!
love your golf ball, you did an awesome job with it!
Hope you had a wonderful time at Williamsburg!
hugs & blessings

Janice

Perfect male card!

Amanda

I love the boldness of the image and the texture on the golf ball.

Thank you for joining us at Craft Your Days Away.

Amanda

Steph

What a great card, love the giant golf club! Thanks for joining us at Anything Goes, hope to see you again next time! x

Hank Hendricks

This is so nice. Beautiful design. I want to try to design like this for the Plastic cards, if you don't mind. I like it.

Plastic business cards

Card when resembles it title makes it more adorable and so this is...

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