Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Dad watching TV - OWH Midweek Throwdown - My Favorite Things digi

Our Midweek Throwdown challenge at OWH is to make Father's Day cards:
I didn't know My Favorite Things had digis for sale! I found out when I visited their online shop today. I just love this digi of a Dad watching TV! I colored him with a combination of Marvy LePlume MaMarkers and Prismacolor pencils. In his late elderly years, my dear Dad had a comfy recliner in what we will call a "colorful" shade of turquoise, so of course I had to color this recliner turquoise. I made a brown paper button with my Marvy UcUchida button punch and wrapped some twine around the card. I applied Glossy Accents to try to make the paper button shiny like a real one. I found the sentiment rubber stamp at The Paper Source online and luckily their shop near where I live had ONE left. So I zipped down to Old Town Alexandria to pick it up (plus a few other things, hehe).
Thanks for stopping by!

8 comments:

Jen M said...

LOVE the image! That's my Dad, for sure. :) Great card!

Dixie Cochran said...

My dad had a gray chair very similar to this one. Thanks for the memories! Beautiful card!

Jan Hunnicutt said...

What a great card! How fun to be able to zip down the street and pick up just the right stamp, I'm envious :) Thanks for playing in our challenge at Operation Write Home!

Linda said...

Wonderful card! Love the colors.

Nancy F. said...

OMG, I love that image!!! Perfect Father's Day card, nice job!

Paula S. said...

Fantastic coloring work Sherry! Love the glow of the tv. This card turned out super.

andyjay said...

Love that image! I'm going to have to visit that digi store and maybe pick that one up! It would be perfect for my hubby's Father's Day card!! TFS!

Nancy Keller said...

HAHA! Now that is a dad card for sure. Thanks for sharing! I love your card!