Friday 23 March 2012

An Old Rocker


It's my brother-in-law's birthday tomorrow and this is the card I've made for him.  Andy loves rock music and as a young lad was involved in a group and in recent years he and and a few friends have got together to form a group again.  Andy plays guitar, sings and writes his own pieces.  Although he has a few favourite rock bands his number one must be ACDC and only last month he travelled with friends to see them perform in Inverness.


The main image is called Rock Dude from KennyKdownloads and is coloured using Promarkers.  As soon as I saw this image I immediately thought of Andy and had to get it for his birthday card.  He doesn't quite have the long hair but I have seen pictures of him wearing a long blonde wig when dressed to go to a sixties themed party.  Because this image is so bold I didn't feel the card needed many embellishments so just Quickutz die cut corners and tabs along with some brads were added.  The backing papers were taken from the DCWV The Rockstar Stack and the sentiment is from the Stampin' up Sincere Salutations stamp set and stamped using their Chocolate Chip ink.  The sentiment was cut and layered using oval nestabilities dies

On the reverse of the fold back I've attached the lyrics from a Byrds song.

  
Here's a picture of the old rocker himself. 


Happy Birthday Andy.  Hope you have a good day and keep rocking.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges

Thanks for reading
Liz xx

29 comments:

  1. What a great looking card. It reminds me of my son palying his guitar. Thanks for sharing at Die Cuttin' Divas this week for our music challenge.

    Georgiana
    Carson's Creations

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  2. Fabulous card! Thank you for playing along at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz! Good Luck xx

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  3. Okay my first reaction was laughing because the image is just a hoot! But then I was stunned at the beauty of the coloring. You did an outstanding job not only on that but putting the whole thing together. Thanks for sharing this with us over at the Sisterhood of Crafters. Good luck :)

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  4. This is an awesome card!! I love this rocker image - thanks for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week for my "Inspired by Music" challenge!!

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  5. Thanks for being Inspired by Music with us this week. Fabulous image and you've done a great job with it.

    Cheers,
    Kasey ~ in Oz
    Guest Designer @ 4CCC

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  6. This is a great card, I love the guy with his guitar. Thanks for sharing at DCD this week.

    Gerda
    http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

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  7. Fabulous card for a rocker. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Purple Frog and CWWC this time. Carol DT x

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  8. Thanks for playing our Music Challenge at 4 CC great job!

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  9. Seriously love that image. So awesome. Thanks for joining us at DCD.

    Hugs,
    Patty
    creativediva98.blogspot.com

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  10. Absolutely stunning card, love all the details and the layout, thanks for joining our challenge boys/men + buttons at CYDA, hope to see you again soon, Gaynor DT xx

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  11. This is a beautiful card. Lovely image which is beautifully colored.
    Thanks for joining Craft Your Day's Away !

    Hugs Berit

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  12. This is awesome hun. Thank you for joining us at Craft Your Day's Away this time and good luck.

    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  13. Fabulous card! Reminds me of the big haired bands of the 80's. Love it!
    Thanks for playing along with the Die Cuttin' Divas this week.
    Candy
    candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com

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  14. Glad we could "showcase" your card this week at Die Cuttin' Divas. Hope you will join us again.

    Georgiana
    Carson's Creations

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  15. Am very jealous of your coloring ! Love the little flags you added! Thanks for sharing with our Crafting When We Can Challenge :)

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  16. Awesome card. Thanks for joining us at Cards For Men. I love with you have created. Good luck on the challenge.
    Hugs, Patricia

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  17. Fab card, I should think it was much appreciated.

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  18. Fantastic card, absolutely great! hugs Karen

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  19. super-cool card Liz - awesome colouring and brilliant card! :)

    This rocks hun!

    hugs

    xxalisonxx

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  20. Fantastic card and image Liz and what a great idea to attach the lyrics of a song. Saw this on MIM..Loz

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  21. Wow, great male card you posted on MIM! Love the image and colors you used and the shape of the card looks great! Hugs, Hanneke

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  22. I saw your card Liz and Mick Jagger came instantly to mind, I think it's the larger than life face, just like the rock man himself.

    Great card and looking forward to see what you do with those Aquamarkers. I find the benefit over distress inks is the colour stays much stronger after spritzing with water.

    B x

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  23. Fabulous card.... your colouring is brilliant! Thank you for joining us at MMCS. Hugs, Trudie xx

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  24. Awesome card Liz!
    Kenny K has some pretty outstanding images hey!!
    You have done a fab job of color and just the right amount of embellishments!!
    Very Cool!!
    Thanks for sharing on MIM!!
    Debi

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  25. Fabulous card,love the rocker image...Great design...Thanks for sharing with us at Hooked on Craft,hope to see you next time....
    Mandy x

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  26. The Rocker is super. I love the idea and the creation is wonderful. I Saw your project on MIM.
    Hugs

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  27. What a fabulous card,I saw this on MIM and came for a closer look.xxx

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  28. ROCK ON! Such a perfect male card. Saw your project on Make it Monday and had to come over and take a closer look.
    TFS
    Paul
    Crafty Blogocks
    DT Member for Catch The Bug

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  29. What a gorgeous card you have made. It’s perfect for our challenge. Thank you for taking part in the Crafty Purple Frog Challenge this fortnight and I wish you the best of luck in the draw. Best wishes, Kym (The Crafty Purple Frog Design Team Member) xxx

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