Thursday, May 28, 2009

High Hopes on Friday

There's a brilliant sketch on Tracy's DietoDiefor blog and there's a great prize of the Rain and Shine Miss Anya girls, the sketch is from Dawn who sketches for Papertake Weekly but I made it more difficult by deciding to use very busy paper and on a man's card too. It looks a bit plain without loads of flowers etc but my Dad will be happy with it. The tractor is High Hopes and I've 3d some of it, I was asked how I 3d whether I used sticky pads or glue, I first emboss the back of all the 3d elements, so they don't look flat and I use silcone glue so that I can alter the height. Papers are BG cupcake and yes I know that sentiment is Simon Says Stamps but I love how it fits inside the punches.
I love the sketch on CPS 117 but I couldn't get anything to work, so used the sentiment I wanted to use and worked backwards till I was happy. I made the flat bow so it would fit in the small slot for normal post. The papers are scraps of Daisy Bucket so I can enter it into the Papertake Weekly challenge.
There's some fabulous blog candy arounded at the moment, here's a couple, one from Sue


Another from Nikki

33 comments:

tracy said...

two fab cards deb I really love the tractor one its lots of fun and my hubby loves tractors definetly a man thing i think! Have a great day
tracy x

Anonymous said...

I love your Dads card it is so colourful and the image is fab!Both cards are good xx jo xx

Daisy Chain said...

Fab card Debby.

Love that image and the bright colours.

hugs Debbie xx

cats whiskers said...

Love that Tractor hun, my Owen would just go mad for this card he is so into tractors, the coloirs are so bright and happy I am sure your Dad will be over the moon with this one
Hugs Jacqui x

Karen said...

Gorjus card Debby. Love the bright colours and that image is great.

Love Karen xxx

Poppy said...

lovely cards, love the tractor.
poppy

Nannieflash said...

Morning Debby, what a lovely masculine card, especially if hes like my hubby whos dotty on tractors, absolutely gorgeous card. love and hugs Shirleyxxx

Rach said...

another two fantastic cards debby, wonderful.xx

Michele Roos said...

Gorgeous cards Debby. Love the images and the beautiful colouring. Love the papers also. Hugs Michele x

Riet said...

What a beautiful cards Debby,l love the images and colours.

Hugs Riet.x

Tracey said...

Fantastic cards Debby! I love them both!

Silli said...

Hello Debby, both cards are sooo very pretty. I love the dad card, the image is so sweet, coole colors! Hugs and happy day!

Terry said...

Ohhhhhhh wow Debby wonderfull cards you made hun...especially the one for DAD...super that littel adorabel tractor. Very nice coloured and colours of paper. thanks for sharing. Hugs terry

Anonymous said...

WOW!! more gorgeous creations!! Beautiful details and papers and coloring as usual!! :) TFS!

Unknown said...

oh really fantastic and so wonderful,
hugs, bea

Kelly Schelske said...

Fabulous cards, love the HH tractor!!

Hugs, Kelly

Shannon said...

Debby,
When you say "emboss" the back of the pieces, you mean with embossing powder? I just love this card! Is that tractor stamp still available at HH?

Blessings,
Shannon

Danielle said...

Fantastic cards Debby! I adore the tractor one - so beautifully coloured! The flower is plain and simple yet very effective and quite stunning!
Hugs, Danielle

Victoria said...

Fab cards Debby. Love the vibrant colours mixed with the tractor on the first one! Have a great weekend! Hugs, Vicky -x-

CraftyC said...

What gorgeous cards Debby. Your little red tractor is fantastic and I love the text. A fabulous card
Clairex

Donna said...

Fantastic cards Debby, I love the tractor card, what a brill image :) Donna x

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Gorgeous cards Debby,love all the baeautiful papers and wonderful lo's. Hugs Nikki x

Tab said...

Fantastic card hun, love this image and I love how you have 3D it, your colouring is awesome too!
Hugs Tab xxx

Linda Beeson said...

I so love those cards and love what you did with that CPS sketch.

Anonymous said...

Hi Debbyour cards are always soo gorgeous!!!
I Love them both :)always great to catch up!!!
please forgive me for being scew whiff but with the immenent birth of our gd things have been a bit hectic!!!!
False Alarms yesterday!!!!!
Hope the sun is shinng for you!!!
Have a lovely weekend`:) x

Sandra said...

Morning Debby.....two brilliant cards,love them both,i've just been looking at this Simon Says stamp sentiments set,
Have a lovely weekend
Take care
San x

Jill said...

gorgeous cards Debby I love the tractor image and as alawys your colouring is amazing hugs Jill xx

Debbie said...

Great cards love the one for your Dad. Masculine cards are the hardest to do, and this one if fabulous

Sarah K said...

I adore the tractor card it is fab and the colours are so funky x

mueppi said...

Two wonderful card, deb!!!
I really love the tractor and your colours!
Have a nice weekend!
Hugs Gisela

Kort og Søm said...

Just love the card with the tractor from High Hopes !!
Fredrikke :o)

Shelly said...

Oh I just love the tractor card, my dad loves tractors too! The bight colours look fab, and the colouring on your tractor is great!

Mrs Mayne said...

These are great! Thanks for joining us for the PTW challenge!