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Sunday 21 March 2010

Jester Card

I've been racking my brains for a card for one of our friend's birthday next month. I really struggle with mens cards and wanted to do something funny for him so when I saw this quirky jester digistamp from Sassy Cheryl's I thought it would be perfect. I had lots of  fun making this card - lots of inking and masking and generally getting messy

 I coloured the image with inktense pencils and then masked it off to create the background using green and orange dye inks applied with a sponge. I then overstamped the green areas with a little crown stamp (freebie with craft stamper) and the orange area with an Elusive images background stamp. The Heidi Swann chipboard crowns started life pink so I coloured them to match the card using pigment inks and clear ep. The little jester seemed to disappear once the background was finished so I added a black glitter border around him to make him stand out more. I added an orange eyelet and a little green ribbon to the tag. I used a piece of black card and some orange corrugated card from my scrap box for the background. I wanted to stagger the sentiment  and my rubber stamp didn't work so I've hand written it and added some faux stitching.
This card is for the following challenges:
Sassy Cheryl's: Green Orange, Black and Glitter
Tuesday Taggers: Masquerade, Jesters and Clowns
Theme Thursday: Masculine

Thanks for looking
Claire xx

17 comments:

  1. WOW Claire stunning card any chap would be pleased with this great colours and your clown! brilliant. Thank you for joining us at TT this week.

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  2. Claire I love it, what a great man's card.

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  3. Terrific card! Love the zany image and the handwritten sentiment. Just the job!

    Janet xx

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  4. It's fantastic Claire! what a great guys card!
    The jester is fabulous and he looks great with the black glitter outline!
    I love how you recoloured the pink crowns to match your card! and your handwritten sentiment looks fab too!
    Hugs
    nicola

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  5. Fabulous card, Claire, I love your sentiment! Thank you for joining us at Sassy Cheryl's!
    Hugs, Alina

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  6. Hey Claire. Great job n the challenge. Very cute.

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  7. great card! love the jester!

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  8. Absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing with us at TT this week!

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  9. A brilliant card! Thanks for joining us at TT this week x Janet

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  10. Cute card, very cute
    Thanks for joining in at Sassy Cheryls.
    Hugs
    Tracy

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  11. Wow this is great.
    Stunning card.

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  12. A great card Claire,the hand written comical sentiments are perfect for a man's card.
    Janette

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  13. Great fun card and thanks for joining us at TT this week.
    Pat xx

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  14. So cute-isn't this guy fun! Thanks for playing with us at Sassy Cheryls!

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  15. A brilliant card Claire and the sentiment made me laugh! Thanks for joining in with a difficult project with such a great entry.
    x Michelle

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