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Monday, October 23, 2023

Owl Birthday Greetings

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This card was made for a young man, not far off his university studies.


The image is another freebie from Gecko Girls, printed and trimmed to fit the card - I also added ink to the edges of the image to make it stand out, and distressed the edges.


I added some dimensional glue to the eyes, edge of the main clock face and the head of the key.
The sentiment was embossed using a mix of copper and gold ep that I mixed some time ago.


The background was copper metallic card with a wee bit of glimmer in it.
The die is an old Memory Box corner die, and some of the more central gears I trimmed off, to be able to add some to the corners that were a bit stark, to make it look as though the whole card base was covered with the gears. 


The insert was stamped with some saw blades masquerading as gears...


I used the same stamps on the envelope


17 comments:

Liz said...

Beautiful card Maxine, the owl is amazing. xx

Dawn T said...

Great steampunk card Maxine.

brenda said...

An ideal card for a young lad Maxine, perfect colours for Steampunk as well, a theme that terrifies me.

B x

Gerrina said...

What a beautiful coloured image! And great how the cogs fit with it! A good male card ( and we know that isn't simple for that male age groupe...) Hugs, Gerrina

Neet said...

I love your steampunk owl Maxine. He is very masculine - somehow he has that look. I do like the way you have centred him at a slight angle so that the gears can be seen underneath, peeking out with the Birthday greeting.
Lovely embossing.
As always you add those perfect finishing touches to the inner and the envelope. I am sure he was delighted with this card.
Blessings, Neet xx

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

Maxine, I love the wise old owl - looks great! And the dimension of the gears. WOW! Lovely card!

HilaryJane said...

What a fabulous image and I am loving all the shine and embossing xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

You are so good for masculine cards Faith, and this steampunk one looks awesome! Love the owl and your colours choice, light blue and copper work so well together!
Fabulous glossy dimensional details and well done with the added gears to make a full background! And you made also the insert and the envelope! A lot of work, but such fab result!

Carol W said...

Wow Maxine this card is a stunner. You have really made a wonderful card from this image. Hugs, Carol

Julie said...

That is another stunning card Maxine & I love how you have made it look just like copper! Wonderful!

Julie B said...

A great steampunk owl, the cog background works so well with the image too. Thanks for joining in at Cardz4Guyz. :)

dj said...

Fantastic!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our "spooky and/or birds" challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! This owl is perfect for our bird theme...You nailed the masculine portion of our challenge too!!
-Deb Horst, DT #C4G333

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

How creative and what a wonderful result Maxine.
Faith x

aussie aNNie said...

This is beautiful love the design, and the fabulous colours ♥

Terri Winske said...

A nice card - this image is beautiful and I like the background. Thank you for sharing this with us at PIP challenges this week!

Debbie Mageed said...

Absolutely gorgeous owl on your great card! Love the dimension you added. Thank you for playing with us at the HLS Die Challenge. I hope you can join us again soon.
Debbie, DT
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Join my Creative Creases Challenge for fun folds!

JD/ Jill said...

Very nicely done card!