Sunday 15 July 2012

Birthday fishes

Today's card is for a birthday boy who enjoys fishing and is very fond of cats, so this Meljen's Designs image is just perfect. Besides, the also features 'things with wings' in the form of ladybirds and butterflies, be they ever so tiny, which fits the bill of last week's sketch challenge over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.


Here's the sketch I used:


I coloured the image with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, the papers are from my large stash of DCWV papers, and the buttons ... well, that's a long story ... I spent a few days with a friend in the Netherlands recently (in addition to spending time with her and some other friends in Scotland) and she had this big box, filled to the brim with all kinds of (mostly) used buttons that came from her mother and grandmother. I spent an evening sorting them out, while she was looking at all the treasures I was uncovering (instead of working on her embroidery as she was planning to) LOL. At the end of the evening, most buttons had been sorted out and were neatly stored in plastic zipper bags. Some of these buttons (about 400 grams!) ended up in my suitcase to be used on my cards and some will be reused on newly knitted garments for my friend's granddaughter or on my friend's artwork LOL. The buttons I used on this card probably came from a military uniform that belonged to my friend's grandfather.

I'dl like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch #154 (+ things with wings)
Top Tip Tuesday - #80 One for the men
Ooh La La - #109 Whiskers
Charisma Cardz - #27 Recycle
Meljen's Designs - #118 Happy birthday
Secret Crafter Saturday - #194 Food and drink

17 comments:

  1. I just love this fishing kitty :) So neat to think of the history behind the buttons you've gained - I have some from my mother-in-law and I think about it whenever I sift through them. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

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  2. Great card!
    Love the image!

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  3. Hi Marianne this is fabulous what a cute, fun image love the colours and design this is such a super card, thank you for joining our challenge at OLLCB
    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  4. So cute Marianne. Love this image. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

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  5. This is so very cute! Great story about the buttons! How lucky you are to have those vintage treasures to embellish your cards with! I'm so glad you joined us at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week, and I hope we will see you again!

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  6. Your card is just too cute!! That naughty little kitty. Thanks for joining us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

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  7. This is very cute!!! I love the brown and blue color combo and that image is one of my favorites from Meljen's designs!!
    Thanks for playing along with us at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week!!!

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  8. what a gorgeous creation and just perfect for our challenge at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, thank you for joining us this week
    Hugs Kate xx
    ps I have candy if you are interested :)

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  9. Hi Marianne,
    Love your colored image and the sweet story behind the buttons. Terrific masculine card and thanks for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday for the 1 For the Men challenge.
    Hugs,
    Lisa xx

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  10. So darn cute! I love the image, what a happy cat. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

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  11. Fabulous hun, thanks for joining us at Charisma Cardz this week.
    Shell xx

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  12. Marianne, Thank you for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches last week..we have a new challenge up and would love to see you again!

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  13. A great card for a man who loves cats! Fun image, nice papers and fab design!

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  14. Great work!

    Thank you for joining us at Charisma this week! x

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  15. I love the way you colored this image. Thanks for sharing on the Belli Challenge for Happy Birthday.

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  16. such a sweet card perfect for our challenge at OLL this week
    hugs

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  17. Love the colors you chose for this card and the story about the buttons. Old ones are the best!

    Thank you for joining us this week at Meljen’s Designs for our Birthday challenge!

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