Saturday 17 July 2010

Been AWOL for a while, but am now back doing what I love

Can't believe it has been almost 3 months since I last blogged. Had a bit of a tough time lately what with one thing and another, and had completely lost my cardmaking mojo. Yesterday I was asked to make a card for a friend based on a bottle of ketchup! The criteria was for there to be a ketchup bottle on it somewhere, the name of the person it was for, and the school name somewhere. It turns out that it is a thank you card of a teacher at her daughters school, and he absolutely loves tomato ketchup, and has it with everything. Well this is what I came up with, another 3d part decoupage card:




The teacher's name is Mr Coleman, and I decided to put a photo of him on the neck of the bottle, and add Est 2010, so he knew when he got it. CPFJ is the name of the school. It isn't a really clear photo but was the only one I could find on the school website.

I have decoupaged the label, bottle top, and label on the neck of the bottle and printed them all out on photo paper, so they are really glossy, although you can't tell from the photo. The picture was then matted onto some silver and red card. I have made the white card background paper, and for the first time tried out 'watermarks' in Word, and have just copied and resized the main bottle lots of times to give the effect on the white card. Really please with the result and my friend loved it.

I'd like to enter it into:

Wanna-b-riches current challenge on MSE which was to use a new technique
Donna's Den of Crafts - Its a Mans World Challenge
Fairy Fun Fridays - For the Boys

20 comments:

  1. That's fantastic, really clever. Thanks for entering my challenge. x

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  2. Nice to see you blogging again Caroline, hope things start to look up for you now. Looks like you got your mojo back, such a clever card and Mr Coleman should be thrilled with it.

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  3. Fab card Caroline - you really are good at these 3D card aren't you!!!

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  4. Glad to see you back.. :) What a fab card.. I bet Mr Coleman is made u0p with it.. very very clever.. :) x

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  5. That's brilliant Caroline! I'm so glad you are crafting again & hope all your woes are behind you. xx

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  6. what a brilliant idea and it ticks all the boxes for a mans card too.

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  7. Wow this is great! xx nice to see you back! xx

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  8. what a great idea :)
    Thanks so much for joining us at Donnas Den of Crafts challenge this time and hope to see you again :)
    Sylvia xx

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  9. Oh wow this is so original and personal he will absolutley love it.
    Thanks for playing FFF this week.
    Sue xx

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  10. fantastic personal card, thanks for joining us at Donna's Den & good luck.
    Jenny x

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  11. I do hope your tough time is over now Caroline!
    It seems as if your mojo has come back with a vengeance! This card is amazing!! Mr Coleman will be blown away by this very individual and wonderfully made card! I am!!
    Thanks for playing along with us at Fairy Fun Fridays. Good luck? Viv xx

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  12. Wow, wow, wow this is fantastic! So sorry to hear you have been having a tough time xxx

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  13. What a clever card! He will really appreciate the thoughfulness! Thanks for joining us at Fairy Fun Fridays!

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  14. What a neat idea...didn't take you long to "ketchup" with your mojo (SORRY!!!! couldn't resist!!!)Good luck at Donna's Den XX

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  15. This is hilarious! Love it, right down to his pic on the neck of the bottle!

    Thanks for joining Fairy Fun Fridays this week!

    xoxoxox

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  16. Oh my goodness, this is positively brilliant! I love all the personal touches you incorporated into it. I would love to see this teacher's face when he opens the card! I think your mojo is back in force! So happy you could have some fun with us this week at Fair Fun Friday!

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  17. This is great!!!!
    Thanks for joining FFF
    xxx Margreet

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  18. Wow Your 3D cards are fantastic! Love it! Jaqui x

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