Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Engineer

I've got a pile of coloured images waiting to be made into cards and this was one of them. The image is the brilliant Engineer from Mo Manning and ideal for those pesky mens cards. The sketch I've used from this weeks Stamp with Fun and the papers are freebies from magazine.
I tried to used the picket fence for rail track and pop some strips to break up the corner and some faux brads too to try and stop it looking plain. Had a job finding a sentiment stamp small enough to fit in the smoke but found a random clear one.
Well I'm off to Scrapbuddies crop today at Mychett Community centre, have another mini book to make for a present so that should keep me out of trouble.

54 comments:

Von said...

I love it Debby. You amaze me. Thanks for sharing!

Sinikka said...

This is really a good card for a man. Love it that you put the text in the steam.
Have a great sunday
Hugs Sinikka

Cornelie said...

O, I think it's great! Very nice image, and nice with the black accents! I also like his red scarf and the red ribbon!

Janneke said...

What a great Mens card is this Debby ;o)

Kathleen said...

Oh Debby this is a superb male card. Love the rail track.
Kathleen x

Anonymous said...

What a great image Debby, fabulous!
Helen x

Dawn T said...

Great card Debby. Such a cute image.

Daniele said...

what a great guy card,
hugs

Catherine said...

Gorgeous card, love the way you have fitted the sentiment onto the clouds.....

Berni said...

Great mens card Debby, The fence works really well as a rail track. Have fun at crop

Berni xx

Melodie said...

So beautiful, the image is fantastic.
Hugs
Melodie

Stamps and Paper said...

Lovely card Debby fabulous image

Anne

Marianne said...

What a lovely card, and the stamp is great.
Great colouring too!
hugs, Marianne

Irene said...

WOW, weel done Debby it does look like a rail track!!!!
I am surprised that you colour your images first. Isn't it extra hard to find matching paper etc.?? I think about my card and cardstock, try to find paper (takes me foreever!!!) and embellies and then I start colouring which is hard enough because my Promarkers often just don't have the right shade......life of a crafter is hard LOL!!!!
Have a lovely day, Irene

Stempelhexe said...

Hallo Debby,
nein, was ist die wieder wunderschön anzusehen, einfach klasse.

LG
Ulla

Marianne's Craftroom said...

This is such a great male image and love the rails.

Christine L said...

Fabbie male card hon.... always so difficult to do!
Hugs
Christine x

cheryl said...

stunning card love that image my hubbie would love this,gorgeous layout too perfect for the image,happy mothers day Hun,hugs Cherylxxxx

Doreen said...

Love this gorgeous card Debby,a fabulous image.xxx

Anita said...

Beautiful and funny card Debby!
xoxo Anita

cotnob said...

Love this one Debby, the track looks fab - what a great idea and that image is great.
Pauline
x

Diane's Card Designs said...

Oh wow Debby this is absolutely fabulous. You always present a wow factor card everytime. Love the image and what a beautiful layout. I have those backing papers must dig them out now I've seen this.
Diane xx

Trudy said...

Oh my what a beautiful card! Love the colors and the image!!
Hugs Trudy

Lorraine said...

This is a fantastic card Debby - My Dad would love this! Gorgeous image and colours.
Lorraine x

heidy said...

Oh Debby,what a fab card,love the rails you made and this is the first image I bought from Mo,love it!!
Hugs Heidy

The Little Stamper said...

Great card Debby, and your idea with the picket fence workedreally well.

Sharon x

May said...

Beautiful card Debby, I bought this digi also not used it yet, your color choice is fab, Love it! Hugs May x x x

The Crafty Blonde said...

Great card, fab image and love the papers. Really love how you have done the rail track and the black card for the matting really sets it all off. I have left a little something for you on my blog
Lyndsey xx

McCrafty's Cards said...

Brilliant card Debby, I love it !!!
Kevin xx

Jayne A said...

Wow fabulous card.

Hugs
Jayne
x

Marian said...

Wauw wat een gave stempel
Prachtig bewerkt weer
Groetjes

Donna said...

Fabulous card Debby, love how you've made the track, great idea, one of my favorite Mo images too.
hugs
Donna xx

Unknown said...

Great guy card Debby, love the image! HUgs, Frea

coops said...

fantastic male care debby.stunning image and design ;D

xx coops xx

Tracy said...

Hi Debby
All your details work beautifully together on this gorgeous creation. You do this image so well.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Colinda said...

Your card reminds me of my father in law. He always took my boys to the park to take a ride in a little train like this when they were small!! Still miss him. Enjoy your sunday, Colinda

Anonymous said...

Debby,

AWwwww... LOVE how you painted this MO image. Especially love the MS "fence" punch in the background!

Pretty much LOVE every card you create!

Grenouille Greetings said...

Ingenious railway line, Debby! Fabulous! Brilliant popping too! Wow I love this card! Hugs, Lesley

Tracey said...

Fantastic card Debby, I love the colours :)
Hugs
Tracey
xx

Claire said...

This is a great card Debby. Hugs, Claire x

Debbie said...

Fabulous card Debby. Love this super image.
Debbie x

Shelby said...

You're better than me...I have a stack of half colored images waiting for my attention span to kick in again:)!! As always just beautiful coloring and love your grounding work. He looks fantastic.

Shelby

Kathleen said...

Stunning card Debby, love the image and so well layered as always.

Kath x

Lisa Jane said...

oh this is brilliant - i love how you used the punch as the train track
Lisa x

Tina46 Kreativblog said...

wow Debby your card is wonderful !! I love it !
thank you for joining stamp with fun challenge.
big hugs
tina46

MaudMartha said...

I love this card Debby, brilliant use of the picket fence punch.Great colours too. Teresa xx

CraftyC said...

Fabulous card Debby, lovin the image!!
Clairex

scrappymo! said...

Another card I just love!

My history is interwoven with trains.
My grandfather was a railroad contractor across the United States and Canada. Most of his sons (my Dad included) became Engineers or Conductors with the CPR. Female cousins (and me at one point in my life) were operators, train machine clerks, car knockers. etc. Male cousins were dispatchers and chief dispatchers.
I am gong to track down this image...it would be so perfect for my family cards!

Jenny said...

Love this Debby, the picket fence makes a great railway track :0)
Jenny x

Kathlene said...

Clever girl. The picket fence/railroad ties definitely works well. Grandpa looks to be having a lot of fun here and super cute steamy sentiment. Hugs, Kathy

Annette said...

Great manly card with such a great details!
xoxo Annette

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Oh wow! The fencing looks so good, anyone would think it was tracks! Fab idea!
Hugs Shell xx

Jocelyn aka JoBear2 said...

What an AWESOME card Debby! So perfect for a man! Brilliant idea of using the picket fence for train tracks.

{{hugs}}
Jocelyn
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