Thursday, July 05, 2012

Ship Ahoy


Remember mentioning I was going to make some traditional mens cards for my BIL to choose for his friend, well here's one but not too sure its worked. It looked good inside my head!
There is a boat collection of stamps in the Stampin Up and I didn't want to get it since I had a plate of vintage shipping images from the The Stampman brought many years ago and I thought it would inspire to finally use them.
This was just one stamp but cut out the circle parts of the image as well as the boat, maybe if I had inked in blue colours it wouldn't be so bad but hindsight is a wonderful thing. The wave die is from Memory box and it may be used again.

29 comments:

Lorraine said...

This is brilliant Debby. Love the ship and the colours, and love that wave die!!
Lorraine x

rachel said...

love those waves Debby - and the ship is awesome! Hugs rachel xx

Sarah's Little Snippets said...

Super card Debby, the colours are great and I LOVE how you tied the knot in the string! Sarah x

Uschi said...

Die Gestaltung Deiner Karte ist perfekt. Ganz klasse finde ich die Wellenstanze!!

Liebe Grüße
Uschi

Whisper said...

I think it's great, am loving the colours and that cool wave die, Luv Sam x

Liz Miller said...

You've used that stamp very cleverly Debby. I too like that Stampin'up stamp set but like you have enough random bits and bobs to make do. The waves and the knotted string are ideal embellishments on your card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Liz xx

Sonia said...

Two new beautiful cards Debby:) MOre elegant the first and some lovely dies in this second:)
Hugs,
Sonia

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

I think it looks fab hun, great male card!
Hugs Shell xx

Aud said...

Very nice Debby and ideal mans card, love the papers. Audx

Sandra H said...

Oh Debby, Your card is totally beautiful such a fabulous image and theme ,xx

Craftdee said...

Nice card, Debby... I love that wave die too, and the knot on the string is a really inspired choice :-) Donna xx

Irene said...

Debby Oh Wow, your card is brilliant - just love it.
irene
xxxx

Suzi Mac said...

This is fabulous Debby, I love the papers and those stamps. Fantastic male card. I so struggle with these. lol.
Hugs
Suzi x

Sarah said...

Superb card Debby love the papers, the patterns, the colours, everthing is fabulous!

Sarah x

Ankie vd Polder said...

This is gorgeous! Hugs, Ankie

Denise said...

This is great - love those stamps and the waves.
Hugs
Denise xx

Stamps and Paper said...

This is brilliant Debby love the stamps

Anne

Julie said...

Another great sailing themed card Debby!! Love the design and the wave die border is perfect! Juliexx

Kathleen said...

Great male card, fab layout and great images.

Kath x

♥Gemma♥ said...

Oh this is fabulous hun...love it!
hugs and xxx
Gemma

MagsB said...

I really like these colours, the brown looks appropriately vintage! I love the waves! A great man's card!

love Mags B x

coldwaters2 said...

Another terrific card for a male Debby I really love these images you have used also the wonderful vintage look.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Kathlene said...

Great balanced design for this masculine birthday card. I've had my eye on that MB wave die and you've used it beautifully here! Hugs, Kathy

Dawn T said...

great card Debby. Superb colours and design.

Beryl said...

I think it's turned out brilliantly despite your misgivings. Fabulous card for a man. You've done wonders with that stamp and the layout is super.
Beryl xx

coops said...

so stunning debby.gorgeous design and i love the fab stamps :D

xx coops xx

Anonymous said...

so classy! fabulous designing!

Zora said...

Love this card for a man, you have done it perfecly :O)

Anonymous said...

Well it looks fab to me Debby, love the layout!
Helen x