In The Navy

Another card today for 3 challenges this time and this one is for the men. As it has a nautical theme, I couldn't resist the In the Navy title, the only trouble being what springs immediately to mind is the rather camp Village People song (are you all singing now lol).
The first challenge is the ABC Challenge with a theme this week of M is for Masking and I've used Tim Holtz's Compass Mini Mask to make the background paper.
The second is Fab 'n' Funky Challenges with a colour theme of Blue, Green and White.
The third is Quixotic Challenges with a theme this week of Ink Up An Old Stamp which is my Hampton Art Nautical collage which hasn't been out of the box for a couple of years.

To make the background I sponged acrylic paint in shades of blue and green on pale blue card using the Tim Holtz mask to make the compass pattern.
I stamped the Hampton Art Sail 4528 image in VersaFine Deep Lagoon ink on pale blue card.  I trimmed the edges and matted it on green card.
I photocopied an old naval recruitment poster from one of my hubby's many nautical books and tore the edges. The sentiment is computer generated and I added 2 sea themed charms to finish.

Quixotic Challenges Mystery Candy

Quixotic Challenges has a mystery prize blog candy on at the moment and wants to see your favourite project of 2009.

To see what it's all about click here and the instructions to enter are shown. But don't delay as it finishes on Tuesday 5th January.

I've already done something similar for the Stamp Man and it was so hard to pick one as there are several that I really enjoyed doing. I've picked one that is special to me as I loved using the bold colours and this one came second in the Trimcraft Glamour challenge in August.

This card has lots of different techniques on it, including my Twist on Resist technique (see sidebar for link on how to do it) for the background paper, cuttlebug embossing, a pressed flower frame and one of June's gorgeous Dezinaworld images (click here to see more of these).