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Feb 19, 2013

Let's Hear it for the Boys at The Elphine House!

Good evening my friends!!!
I am over the moon thrilled to say that I'm still 
Yay!  I never really left anyway, but just in case you thought I did..I'm back! :)
Today brings up a brand new challenge over at the

Elphine House Challenge Blog!

This time we would like to see your "Let's Hear it for the Boys!" (card for a boy) creations.
I never seem to have enough of these on hand, so I enjoyed this challenge!  Here's my take:
I took out some papers from my stash that I thought would make for some nice masculine style colors/design and worked around that theme.  I've used this darling Tommy Splashing Puddles from The Elphine House for my card.  (He can be found on page 3 of the store.)
I've kept him simple and sweet with little embellishment.  I've used a ribbon slider for my double-stitched ribbon and then I've added a button for the center of it.  I thought that the distressing details make a good masculine feel to it as well.  I found this really cute sketch to make a regular A-2 sized design.
I just knew that Tommy needed some nice bright yellow boots to splash in! LOL!

Here are some challenges that I found for my card:
Tuesday Morning Sketches - CUTE sketch!
Crafty Catz - BINGO! (Buttons, Dies or Punches, Glitter)
The ABC Challenge - 'H' for Happy Birthday
Card Makin' Mamas - Birthday
My Time to Craft - Men Only!
Craft Your Passion - All That Glitters (check out his puddle!)
Love to Create - All That Glitters
Creative Card Crew - Birthday
Inky Chicks - Mother's Day or Birthday
Papertake Weekly - Buttons & Bling

So I hope that you will be stopping by the Elphine House challenge blog to join in with us! :)
**Don't forget that you MUST use an Elisabeth Bell stamp to enter!** - there are SO MANY of them and they are just DARLING...so the question is WHY wouldn't you use one?!!

Hope you all have a wonderful evening.  I'm going to be making a chicken casserole for dinner and hopefully stay as warm as I can tonight because it's so cold out!  Stay in and stamp my friends! :)
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HUGS & SMILES
*Vicki*

50 comments :

andree said...

Vicki this is just gorgeous, love the way you've designed it and image is so sweet too xx

Sue - bearhouse said...

Gorgeous card Vicki. I love the image and the papers and details are wonderful.
hugs Sue

Amy Johnson said...

Such a cute boy's card. Love that image!

CraftinGranny said...

Yahoooooooooooo!!! So glad you are still on the team. How in the world did you work this out??? I'm sure glad you did though! Love the image and your adorable card. "Hug"

Patti J said...

Brrr...cold here too, my friend! Your card is uber-adorable! Love that little guy! Well done, Vicki! Thanks for sharing :)

Deb said...

oh, this is so cute Vicki, I love this, so gorgeous!
Debxx

heidy said...

Such a fun boys card Vicki!!
XXX Heidy

Jennifer said...

Vicki, this has to be one of my all time favourite boy images! Love your colouring and the shimmery puddle! Great paper choice to!

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

OMGosh I love this super cute image and the fabulous dp and design.

Jenn Bedient said...

What an adorable image you've used and I love the stripes with it!

Thanks so much for joining in Creative Card Crew this week! Hope you have a fabulous day!

- Jenn

Donna Mosley said...

Gorgeous card Vicki, love the super cute image and fab design.

Donna x

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Really cute card, great layout & embellishments!

Thank you for sharing with us at My Time To Craft this week, good luck!
Hugs Shell xx

carol said...

super card, thanks for sharing with us at CRAFTY CATZ x carol

Louise said...

Beautiful card, thanks for joining us at ABC for our challenge
Louise

sue morris said...

Glad your staying with your team! This card is adorable!!

Sparkly Engineer said...

This card is definitely all boy and brings back lots of memories of my own guys when they were little

NanaConnie said...

What a fantastic "boy" card, Vicki! Loving the stripes and the coloring on your image. He's just all 'boy', isn't he? :-D

KraftyKoolKat said...

Love this typically boy card, they see a puddle and must jump in it. Lol!!! Great colouring sweetie. Thank you for sharing your creation with us at Creative Card Crew
Hugs
Cathy DT
xxxxxx

Rhonda Miller said...

What a fun card. I love that image.

Wendy L said...

Beautiful card, thanks for playing at Love to create. xxx

Sandy said...

Cute Vicki - girls like to do this too!
Sandy

Donna said...

Smashing card Vicki and perfect for a puddle lover lol! Gotta love his red and yellow wellies and I'm loving the stripe papers :) Donna x

PS: I found your comment button today...YAY, thank you :)

Christine Real said...

Vicki! My friend, my friend! I have not been able to comment on your blog for weeks! My comment thingy was broken, I finally got it fixed. Lets see some of the words that I would have to use for your cards for all the post I missed are..stunning, lovely, cool, amazing and Wow! lol!

Hugs,
Chriss

Nancy said...

Love this boy card!!!!!! You are uber talented Vicki!!!!

Tammy said...

Sweet card! Love the boots, although puddles are more fun without them!

Beth M said...

Oh what a gorgeous card! Such a cute image :) thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week x

Cindy Haffner said...

Super SWEET!~

MommyScraps said...

I agree with you... I don't usually keep enough boy cards on hand either! :) Thanks for participating at Card Makin' Mamas this week!
-Adina

Zenita Smith said...

As the mom of 4 boys I love this card and can so see my boys doing this!! Love the card and it made me smile!! Thanks for sharing with us at Love to Create Challenge!!
Z

Sonia said...

Fabulous card my friend,love the cute image^_^
Big hug,
Sonia

Regina said...

boys and men cards are always so difficult. Your card has a adorable look! The image made me smile!

hugs Regina

sassy said...

love this card thanks for sharing it with us at CRAFTY CATZ hugs sassyxxxx

Debbie said...

This is a really fun and cute card!! Love that image!! I used to think my kids had puddle magnets in their feet!!
Thanks for joining us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!!

NGCARDS said...

A great creation! Thanks for playing along at PTW! xxx

sandra carey said...

Thanks for Sharing at Ltc this week Hugs Sandra xx http://careyscards.blogspot.co.uk/

Tammy said...

Adorable card Vicki! I love that super fun image!! Awesome design and distressing!
Hugs, Tammy

May said...

Gorgeous card, Love that cute image, Great colours & wonderful design!! Hugs May x x x

Dawn said...

So adorable Vicki! Great image and beautiful colors. Thanks for playing with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

craftybunny said...

He's such a cutie and just love that he's jumping in a glittered puddle.The stripy paper is a great background and super use of your embellishments.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week :D
Lisa x

crafty-stamper said...

great boys card love the image and your shiny puddle, love the striped paper too
carol x

Bonnie Irvine said...

Tommy's bright yellow boots are awesome! He's so cute. i really like the ribbon treatment you created and the reverse scallops at the bottom are so fun. Great idea to add glitter to the puddle. Thanks for joining our All That Glitters challenge at Craft Your Passion. I hope we see you again soon.

bumblebee creations said...

Love love love this!!!

julieprice3 said...

He's so cute, I can just see my children when they were small jumping in those puddles and having so much fun, delightful card my friend , so happy to have you back with us
Hugs julie P

Ellie said...

Fabulous card Vicki, I know what you mean about never having enough masculine/boy cards on hand. It's the same with me too! I love the papers you used here, and such a sweet image!
Thanks so much for playing along with us at ABC!

Jess said...

Masculine cards can be super tricky, but I think you have nailed it! Any boy would be lucky to have this gorgeous card :) Thanks so much for joining us over at Creative Card Crew!

Crafty and Green said...

Beautiful! Thank you so much for playing with us at Love to Create Challenge!! Please Come back and play with us again soon!

Many Blessings,
Tina LTC Team

Melissa Craig said...

Oh I love this! The paper choices are perfect and the image is absolutely adorable. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

Betty J Schaub said...

So sweet. Your coloring is spot on! Reminds me of an illustration from an early reader we had in elementary school way back in the day.

Cheryl said...

What an adorable card - such a sweet image! Thanks for playing along with us at Creative Card Crew!

Patricia St Martin said...

Vicki, Your image is so cute and just love the beautiful colors and the extra sparkle. Your paper choice is right on a super awesome card.
Hugs