Thursday, April 16, 2009

Vintage Baseball


I received my new Whimsy Baseball Conner stamp early this week. It has been resized to be a little smaller than the original. I really love these stamps for the very sweet and detailed images and for the wonderful way they are packaged. They come already E-Z mounted and with a laminated, printed card to store them on. I love the convenience.

I have been really neglecting my Distress Inks these days and I don't want to lose the knack of coloring with them so that is what I have used. I decided to go for a vintage baseball look. I just used various shades of browns to color my image. I have kept the look of the card very plain and clean so that the image really pops out! The sentiment is from Stampin'Up and I love the fact that it fits perfectly in the scallopped circle.

I am entering this in the new Whimsy Stamps Challenge which is to create a card for a special occasion. I think this is the perfect birthday card for a guy! Hope you can join in as well. There are already some beautiful entries!

Thanks for stopping by! I have been busy stamping up a storm today so I have quite a few projects that I will be sharing with you in the coming days!

16 comments:

Beth R said...

I love your card and your coloring on all your cards , but what is distressed inks and how do you use them?

Crystal said...

That is adorable...you knocked it outta the park...{giggle}...

Nilla said...

Great card and colouring! thinks Nilla

Tracey said...

This is a fantastic card Jeanette!!

Angelique said...

this card is really georgous!! I love the colours and it's nice to see a card made for a man!! I just love it!!

nice weekend

hugs angelique

annemarie said...

great card and great colored

hugs Annemarie

Moni said...

Lovely card, love the vintage look! have a nice weekend! Hugs, Moni

Riet said...

what a beautiful card Jeanette.

hugs Riet.x

craft mad Jenny said...

wow, this is great colouring. I have some distress inks, but never knew how to use them, may have to have a go at this!

cats whiskers said...

Love the sepia look of this one.
Hugs Jacqui x

~Denise Lynn~ said...

Love this card Jeanette! Has a very vintage feel, those distressed inks are fabulous as is your coloring. Perfect colors and layout for this masculine card. :) Hope you have a great weekend! :)

Jana M. said...

Wowsers! What a darling card. I love the aged look. Beautiful coloring.

Thanks for playing along with the Whimsy Challenge blog.

Lisa F said...

Love the distressed look and your color choice! Great card!

Cheri said...

I love how you made this a vintage image with your coloring - beautiful card!

Boni Boutelle-Jones said...

Jeanette - I am truly digging the vintage appeal of your card. Reminds me of the old baseball uniforms from back in the day - well not my day LOL but THE DAY! You did a fabulous job!

Anonymous said...

How fabulous Jeanette!! I really love the colors on this!! Connor looks fabby!

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