Crafty Dragons: Nephews Birthday Card

Hi everyone, it's my nephew Joe's 13th birthday on Valentines day and this is the card I did for him.

I don't think I do male cards very well and I am not entirely happy with this one - not enough Pink!!!!

Anyway I followed the sketch at Paper Sundaes shown below.

See told you there isn't enough Pink!!! The background paper is from a Creat and Craft Cd Triple Treasures. The blue papers are are from Funky Fairies and Core'dinations. The tag is from a Summer Driggs kit called Happiness and the sentiment was a freebie from Funky Hand. I have distressed most of the papers with my Tim Holtz distresser and ink. The image is from Dustin Pike and is coloured with my watercolour pencils. Oh and the name was made with some freebie letters.

I will also enter this card in the following challenges

Papercutz Challenge - Teen Birthday,

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Digi colouring,

Paperplay Challenge - Birthday card for someone special,

Charisma Cardz - Think Male,

Quixotic Challenge - Tag It,

Crafty Cardmakers - Digital elements,

Kaboodle Challenge - Spots and stripes, and

Magical Crafts Challenge - Something for the kids.

Hope you like the card more than me!!! Also hope Joe likes it.

30 comments:

Spyder said...: Another fabilishous card ( i can't spell!)

Do you noticed my Russian blog comments...some of them go on for pages!!! none of the links work! and I can't read it.
(Lyn)
I'm really tempted to turn the word thingy back on!; 12 February 2010 at 22:23
Helen Dooley said...: Cute card. Thanks for playing with Paper Cutz this week.; 13 February 2010 at 02:07
Crystal said...: Adorable and the perfect boys card! Thanks for joining us over at Paper Sundaes this week :); 13 February 2010 at 06:30
Mrs Bs Blog said...: Such a great card, perfect for your nephew, is he a bit of a cheeky monkey? Hugs Val xxx; 13 February 2010 at 08:44
Deirdre said...: Great card.

Thanks so much for playing along with Paperplay this week. Enjoy your weekend.; 13 February 2010 at 11:19
Alica said...: very nice! your nephew will like it for sure. Like how you flipped the sketch.
Thanks for playing with Paper Sundaes!; 13 February 2010 at 13:28
Bananastamper said...: A fun bday card - love how you included his name!
Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes!
Shanna :); 13 February 2010 at 15:19
Suzi Mac said...: Great card hun, I'm sure your nephew will love it. Thank you for joining us at C.R.A.F.T. this week. hugs Suzi xx; 13 February 2010 at 17:28
Marianne's Craftroom said...: I think this is a fun card and pink wouldn't be appreciated! Thanks for playing along again at Kaboodle Doodles. Hope to see you back for the next challenge. Marianne x; 13 February 2010 at 18:16
Lisa Jane said...: Great card, super image - your nephew will love it; 13 February 2010 at 18:40
jackiescrafts said...: What a great card, I'm sure your nephew will love it. Thanks for joining in at MCFC

Jackie x; 13 February 2010 at 19:57
Donna said...: Lovely card, I sure like the image!
Thanks for joining us at MCFC this time,
Hugs, Donna x; 13 February 2010 at 21:24
the crafty duck said...: Lovely card Dragonlady, I'm sure your nephew will lov eit, thanks for playing at MCFC, love Steph; 13 February 2010 at 21:29
Terry@ a quilting blog said...: Great card and image..your nephew will love it!! Thanks for joining us this week at PCC!!

Terry; 14 February 2010 at 03:51
HappyCrafter said...: Great boy card! I really like that image, so cute. I'm glad you joined us with this weeks sketch challenge at Paper Sundaes.; 14 February 2010 at 05:35
Julie Riley said...: A fun and cutie card, sure your nephew will love it. Well Done. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers x; 14 February 2010 at 08:38
Carol Ann said...: Lovely boys birthday card like you I always find male cards particularly difficult! Thanks for playing at MCFC.
Carol Ann xx; 14 February 2010 at 11:31
Kate said...: I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds cards for boys difficult but I think you've cracked it with this one! love it! Thanks for joining in with this weeks Paperplay Challenges!; 14 February 2010 at 13:00
Anonymous said...: That's a great boys card - made me smile and I'm sure your nephew will love it.

Thanks for joining us at MCFC x; 14 February 2010 at 15:28
Liz said...: Brilliant card thanks for joining MCFC Wonderful work

Liz xx; 14 February 2010 at 19:12
Eiglas said...: Cute card!
Thank you for coming over to play at C.R.A.F.T!
Hugs,
Eiglas
x; 14 February 2010 at 23:52
Vixykins said...: Hehe I run screaming from mens/boys card too! I like ribbons on mine and I just get a complete block!

Youve done a great job with this one and fab dustin image!

Thanks for joining us at crafty cardmakers x; 15 February 2010 at 02:27
Trimgym said...: Sooo cute, thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge and good luck!

Jo.; 15 February 2010 at 05:48
Unknown said...: This is a wonderful card.

Thanks for joining us at Magical Crafts.

Hugs

Joanne xx; 15 February 2010 at 06:07
andrea said...: beautiful card,thankyou for joining us at c.r.a.f.t. this week
andrea; 16 February 2010 at 01:09
Rose said...: Lovely card, cute monkey and great colouring!

Thanks for joining us at C.R.A.F.T.

Rose x; 16 February 2010 at 18:41
MarkerGeek said...: Fab!!

Thank you for playing along with us at Quixotic Challenges!; 17 February 2010 at 10:42
Claire Phillips said...: Digi colouring is so fun! Thanks for playing along in our Digi colouring challenge at C.R.A.F.T.Such a fun monkey card! Cheers Claire x; 17 February 2010 at 18:02
Beth aka BR-T said...: What a fun card I also have problems making male cards weird huh? Perhaps it's because we aren't male! Thanks for playing along with Paper Cutz this week I enjoyed your blog! Beth; 18 February 2010 at 20:37
Lilacanglia said...: Beautiful,
thank you for joining us at kaboodle doodles this week,

Hugs
Angie; 19 February 2010 at 10:10