Ooooh this one was a pain!

Hello there blogworld,

Well here I am again - bored of me yet??  I can promise you that I won't be seen tomorrow but then I'll be back again on Wednesday with my Divas card.

Today it's a card made with a purpose and it was a pain!  It was my Father-in-Laws' birthday last week and I was really struggling to know what to make him.  I had some brilliant suggestions from bloggyfriends and I was going to go with one of those when I was digging through my stamp boxes on one last desperate attempt to think of something - and I came across the stamp I've used.

So in the end I made a card that was relevant.  His 'hobby' is to dig and dig and dig!  He is a massive gardening fan, but not flowers - oh no he's a fruit and veg fanatic.  Probably the reason why he's made it to 87 this year, even with only one kidney that massively failed a couple of years back, is because he is the original 'organic' gardener!  If it's veg or fruit and it doesn't come off his allotment - he doesn't eat it!

Anyhows you are all dying to see the card - I can tell, it's pouring through the screen at me!!  So here we go:


Front shot of card:

Detail of image:

I used:

Stamp:

Wild Rose Studio: For Men - Grandad Gardening (see even it's name is appropriate!) coloured with my Promarkers

Sentiment - freebie off the web

Dies / Punches

Nesties - image and circle

Martha Stewart - zig-zag border

Everything else:

Papers: First Edition Paper - new leaf

Ribbon and pearls - from my stuff

Craftwork cards - card blank

Not much else to say really, as I've been here three days running!  Ooh apart from Emily really enjoyed the party - but then got sent to bed early when she got home for being extremely rude to her daddy!  I wouldn't say that I enjoyed it particularly, but it certainly took me back to my disco days!  Shouting at your friends in the semi-dark because the music is so loud!  Oh, happy days!!!

See you Wednesday,

Sarah

A challenge, or two:

Sketch N Stash: Challenge 86 - Doreen's sketch (the image is bigger than on the sketch - hope it's OK).  My stash, well everything - nothing less than a year old used on this card!!

Cards for men: Challenge 9 - Texture, the leaf paper at the very back is embossed, could the ribbon also be texture?

Crafty Cardmakers: Challenge 67 - for the boys

Here Come the Boys: Challenge #26 - hobbies (is digging a hobby? ;-) Seriously it would be gardening)

and just for fun:

Lisa's Waste Not Wednesday - Hi Lisa, I have actually used this stamp once a year ago!  And I've had it for a good couple of years - do you think that's a good ratio of length had to times used???!!