Saturday 5 January 2013

Happy Birthday Tim

It's T!ms birthday on the 7th so the final CC2C challenge over at Linda's is to create a card for T!m - here is mine for him:


The technique used is on page 42 of Book 1 - Spritz and Flick distress as I know T!m likes to use this technique a lot so I figure it's one of his favourites!

I used Black Soot, Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain and Frayed Burlap inks and a Black Soot Marker.  There are lots of T!ms mini cogs on here as I know he loves metal, and I finished the name TIM off with a key, pen nib and spinners.  A Cuttlebug cog embossing folder was used for the background.  The Umbrella Man is inked with black soot and then highlighted on his hat, boots and umbrella with glossy accents.  The stamp on the background is Watch Gears by Hero Arts and then I also used T!ms ticket and die stamp along with the Going Somewhere "Enjoy the Journey" stamp where I used a stamp repositioner to change the first word to "enjoyin".  I finished the card off with some brown twine with a metal disc saying "Made for You" on it.

There we go - my inky card for the man of inks!

I would also just like to say hello to my newest follower Peg - thanks for joining me!

There was great excitement in our household again yesterday when my phone cover on the previous post was tweeted by Nokia_UK! how cool is that.

Thanks for looking - Inky Fingers from Solihull

16 comments:

Patricia said...

I am so enjoying all the cards...can you imagine how thrilled Tim is going to be with them!!! I LOVE your ticket with the date and how absolutely cool are those letters for his name!

ria gall said...

Hi
I think Tim will be very pleased with this card, it is fantastic and so very him.
Wow
Ria

Missus Wookie said...

Gorgeous textures, colours - and lots of T!M products. Of course he's going to like it.

Yeah for being tweeted too :)

Alison said...

Such a cool use of Ideaology! Tim will love it!
Alison x

Jenny Marples said...

You are becoming a bit of a 'legde' in computing circles Nicola! Mind you deserve to be as well. Love this card for Tim. Great use for the Ideology parts. Hugs, Jenny x

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

LOVE this! He will too I bet! Awesome use of those gears!

Julia Dunnit said...

This is great, love the colours that youve achieved on the old spritz and flick!

Marjie Kemper said...

What a gorgeous background, and I love how you spelled out his name!

Linda Ledbetter said...

This is SO COOL!!! I love everything about it, especially the letters!

Thanks so much for being part of the CC2C finale!

xo,
Linda

Hettie said...

Great card Nicola x

Kim said...

The creation of his name with all that metal is absolutely inspired! Well done.

Rea' said...

OMG,OMG ...love this, especially the "Tim" ... fantastic idea !

Winnie said...

So cool! Love his name done in gears and sprockets. He will love it!

MadeByKarla said...

This is awesome!

Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...

Oh wow Tim would love this just right up his street Nicola! What a brilliant idea doing his name in gears! Susan x

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Such a wonderful card, great elements.