Thursday, September 15, 2011

Are you Ready for some Football?


It is definitely football season in my house!  That means Sundays, Monday nights, Thursday nights when that starts and finally even on Saturdays!  And I am right there with Steve watching the games, cheering and jeering just as loudly (because every one knows that we can do it better than those guys!) LOL
What could be better than watching a bunch of buff men running around in tight pants, umm, I mean a bunch of professional athletes running around playing football!

In honor of my husband's favorite team 'THE PITTSBURG STEELERS" (that's how he says it!)
My card today is black, yellow, red and sports the appropriate Steeler necessities.


Yeah, a little on the bright side, isn't it! 
The image is from Fresh Brewed Designs and is called 'Marina, one of a kind".
She is one of the beautiful rubber stamps that Heather released last spring.  You can
find her and all the other water loving creatures at the Fresh Brewed Store.
All of the papers used are plain cardstock except the one with the image which is copic
x-press blend paper.  The image is stamped with Memento ink and colored with
copic markers and cut out with a nestibility.  There is glossy accents over the bubbles.
Both sentiments are computer generated and cut out with nesties.
The black and yellow background was run through my Grand Calibur (Yippee! I have been
wanting to say that since I bought it.  I LOVE IT) with a cuttlebug embossing folder.
The cute little pom-poms were made with yellow and black twine from
The Twinery.  I just wrapped around a scrap of paper, tied the bundle  in the middle, trimmed all the loops open and even and then tied them again after bending them in half where the first knot was.
A few liquid pearls to finish the card and TA-DA!
Swing by Fresh Brewed Challenges and join in our month long challenge, "Use something New"
or this weeks challenge "Football colors or theme"
Have a great weekend!    : )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:
Fresh Brewed Designs:  Football colors or theme (DT card)
4 Crafty Chicks:  Embossing
Belli Challenge:  String
Little Red Wagon:  Use twine
Riley & Co.:  Team Spirit

8 comments:

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

Gale! This is great! Who would have thought to use a mermaid as a fan! That took some creative thinking for sure!!! I LOVE this card. It is so unique and fun. Love the football and the tassels. (I agree! I want that cb folder too... but can't find it in the stores around here. one day :D)

Hope you have a lovely day and weekend Gale.
Sending hugs and smiles.

Heather

Lori Turner said...

What a super cool card! I love the mermaid, the pom pom's and that embossing behind is just perfect for this card! Thanks for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week :)

Shelly Schmidt said...

Such a fun idea for a card! Love the twine tassels. Great embossing too. Thanks so much for joining us at the Belli challenge!

Karen W said...

Very cute! Thanks for joining us at Creative Belli!

Sheryl said...

Awesome card, Gale! Marina makes a great football fan! I love the embossing folder that you used and those tassle pom poms rock! Here's to a great football season! Go Team!
Hugs, Sheryl

Tamie said...

Loving everything on your card. The embossing folder you used is so perfect with the layout and the theme of your card. Super fab image and details. Thanks for sharing it with us at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Cindy said...

Hi Gale! Really FUN card! love your football theme and those tassels...great ideas on this card! I am a new follower of your delightful blog and would love to have you pop over for a visit and perhaps follow too! Have a Great day!
Cindy Porter
http://cardcrazeeme53.blogspot.com/

Joan Ervin said...

What a darling card...the little mermaid is adorable and I love how you created the tassles!!! Thanks for playing in the Creative Belli Challenge!!!