Who's the Man???

Today is the 15th, time to get our Duel On.

The Dueling Darlings are friendly group who once a month duel it out with a theme and some awesome kits put together by the hostess of each group. This month LJ (the Divas' hostess) and Terry (the Dazzlers' hostess) came up with a wonderful theme. THANK YOU, LJ and TERRY!

Who's the Man?

Terry's words to the Dazzlers: We all have that one special man in our lives, don't we? It can be your father, your son, your husband, brother, or just a friend. Whoever he is, make a card for him! I'm sure none of us make enough masculine cards, so let's see what we can do...

Here's what I did:

As you can see, I didn't color the image. What I did instead was use one of those little dauber thingies and some ink and I ever-so-lightly added some color to the stream and the trees. I thought this gave the image a more dramatic effect.

The fish is actually a seperate image, but I wanted it to look like the fisherman was struggling to catch a great big fish. Therefore, I cut out the fish and carefully glued the fish line onto the fisherman image. I purposely didn't glue/attach the fish itself, so it looks like the fisherman is trying to reel him in. It doesn't show up real well in the picture, but it really did turn out pretty good doing it that way.

Of course I had to add a little something inside, too:

Terry gave us some additional instructions: In your blog post we would like to hear about "your man". Tell us a story about him and why he is important to you.

Well...... I have a wonderful husband and two fantastic sons, none of which fish. LOL! So I'm going to tell you about my Daddy. When I was a child, he would take me fishing with him. He'd put the bait/worm on the hook, and if I happened to catch anything, he'd take it off the line for me. We had great fun together. Then the day came when he decided it was time for me to bait my own hook and retrieve my own fish. My fishing days were over at that point. Eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwww! I've not been fishing since. But my Daddy is still one of the great men in my life. I love him dearly!

Now, let's go see what the other Dueling Darlings have for us...

DAZZLERS

April

Darlene

Deb

Melina

Michelle

Paola

Terry

DIVAS

Barb

Carol

Jamie

Joan

Judy

Kelly

LJ

Tami

Images: Stampin' UP! On the Fly (stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black)

Ink: Stampin' UP! Always Artichoke and Bashful Blue (sponged on with dauber for a minimal look)

Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Always Artichoke and Bashful Blue and The Paper Company Black

Designer Paper: Vendor Unknown

Embellishments: Colorbok Silver Metal Dots, Michael's White Grosgrain Ribbon, and Paper Studio D-Ring