Get Shirty!

I have been having fun making some Father's Day cards, which I'll show you as I get time, but on Friday I put this together:

I had great fun making the shirt.  I had to practise on some blank paper first.  There is an excellent tutorial here (I use this website a lot.)  Once I felt ready, I picked some paper from my stash (it must be rectangular, but size doesn't matter) and hey presto, one shirt.  Obviously it's spotty, so I stuck on some card candy as buttons and cut out a bow tie shape, completely freehand, a first for me.  At first I left them white, but then decided to colour them a pale yellow with my Promarkers.  I was rummaging in my desk and found this paper, which was a magazine freebie last year, but it worked perfectly with the spots.  I cut out the sentiment and backed it onto contrasting paper, added the little photo corners, which you can't see very well, and there you have it. 
I have found a lovely new challenge blog called Here Come The Boys and their challenge this time is Father's Day, so I'm going to enter this card. 
It's so lovely to be able to keep crafting even though I'm not well.  I'd be bored stiff otherwise!
Hope you're all well, and thanks for popping in today.
Mrs O.

Comments

  1. Donna Mosley31 May 2011 at 19:40

    Hi Jane, love this fab card. A very cute little shirt and perfect papers. Thank You so much for the lovely comment you left me, it really does mean a lot.

    Donna x

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  2. Anonymous31 May 2011 at 20:26

    Love the Shirt fold, the papers and the colours brilliant card! Thank you for joining in at HCTB's Woo x

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  3. coops31 May 2011 at 22:32

    brilliant male card.the shirt is fab and great colours :D

    xx coops xx

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  4. Lynne1 June 2011 at 20:30

    Awh that is so cool!! love it :)
    Thanks for joining us at HCTB
    Hugs
    Lynne xx

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  5. Jean3 June 2011 at 00:10

    Once again, clever and creative. Nice job!

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  6. Teresa6 June 2011 at 19:08

    This is a smasher! Love it, thanks for joining us at HCTB's this time. Teresa xx

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