MENS BIRTHDAY CARD WITH SPONGED BACKGROUND

My ex boss collects watches so this card is so perfect for him. I saw a similar card and just loved the colors and textures.  The inks are from Tim Holtz ,  the embossing folder is a cuttlebug, and the clocks are images I took off the net.  

CRAYONS FOR GROWNUPS

I found an awesome tutorial on coloring your card images with crayons.  You use baby oil and artist stumps to even out the crayon marks.   What a fun inexpensive method of card making.    I couldn't wait to try it. The following two cards are done using this method .

FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES CARD

A friend of mine needed a birthday card for his sister.  He had seen a similar card  and asked me to make it for him.   It is  a stampin up image done in  colored pencils. The flowers and butterflies are 3d.

WATERCOLOR WOMENS CARD

One of my most talented friends is having a birthday soon.  Besides water color painting, she plays the sax, is a female dog whisperer and is just an all around amazing person.  I made her this card with a little inside touch to hold the card verse and gift card I plan to give her.   The image is from Mo Manning and I painted it  using watercolor pencils.   

MENS CARD COLORED WITH BIC MARKERS

I wanted to color with alcohol markers but didn't want  the expense of the copic ones so  after watching Gina K's tutorial and the purchase of an inexpensive set of bic markers I made this card.  It is really remarkable how they blend together just like the better ones. Unfortunately they don't have a  large color    range.

NEWBORN PAGE

All books have to have a beginning.  In each of my childrens scrapbooks I made a newborn page. Being a packrat I still had their original hospital certificates and the new born picture the photographers took in the the hospital when they were days old.   Remember these were the days before digital.