Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Spirit and heart

Hiya sweeties!

I'm gonna be super quick today as I've got a lot to do but I just had to share with you all the return of Soldier Ian!
Yep, I missed out on this little guy back when he was part of a larger set that has been retired so I was thrilled to see Marie bring him back as a single... yeah! Soldier Ian will be available at The Greeting Farm along with the rest of the February release on Monday, which isn't too far off now. :)

In the meantime you can also check out the Club Anya blog to see more fantastic examples of Soldier Ian in all his honor and glory as he is representing my Wild Card Wednesday challenge today which is to use metal on a card. I had these 'old-as-the-hills' poetry dog tags in my stash and I just had to pair them up with Ian, though your cards can use any number of metal embellies that are out there... brads, eyelets, charms, pins, you name it! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Alrighty, gotta go now but I'll see you tomorrow with another TGF February sneak peek! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- The Paper Loft
stamp- The Greeting Farm (soldier Ian)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown ink
Poetry dog tags and ball chain
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E11, R20
hair- E50, E53, E34, E57
clothes- E43, E44, E47, YG63, G94, G99, E40, YG91, E42, YG99, BG93, W5, W7, W9, 100, C1, C3

30 comments:

jacque4u2c said...

This is just adorable!!! The dog tags really make it POP!

♥Rach♥ said...

OMG, this is one of my total faves of yours! I love the colors/coloring and those dog tags are just FANTASTIC! Where did you get them? (they are really awesome) LOVE IT! :0)
~Rach

Maria Therese said...

Cool card!!

Kelly Booth said...

He is so Cute Amy....Love your Ian!!

gobeagirl said...

Hi Amy, very cute! I just watched on youtube last night that he was coming out as a single..Yay, I missed him also and I think your card is great...Wonderful work on those fatigues(hope that is spelled right). He is adorable...I know your not suppose to call a soldier adorable, but he is! Have a great day, Lisa

Beatriz Rubio De Kimmel said...

Amy!! OMGosh this card is super Cool!! love it so much, soldier Ian is adorable! and those tags are super nice!
TFS!
-BK

Beth aka BR-T said...

Amy this is the best, I receives some of these as RAK and my boys loved them! Beth

kris said...

Love Love Love Ian in uniform!!! so handsome is he! you did a fantabulous job on this preview!! Love it! hugs, Kris

~* steph :) *~ said...

so cute! love the dog tags :)! thanks for sharing :)! have a great day!

kadie said...

Amy, this is FANTASTIC!! Your hand colored camo is AMAZING and those dog tags are AWESOME! Do you have drawers and drawers full of embies? You seem to have something unique and cool for every card...I LOVE IT!!

Stamping Cafe said...

WOW... totally awesome card, Amy! Love those tags, way cool!!

Tammi said...

Those tags are great and so perfect with him, wonderful card Amy! ~Hugs

donna mikasa said...

So glad they're bringing Soldier Ian back--missed him the first time! Love your dog tags! Perfect on your card...

RiNNE said...

Ok..I know I say this often but I hope that it doesn't take away from the compliment: this is another one of my favorites, Amy!!! I love the dog tags, and that metaled-look on the paper is perfect! And lastly (& most importantly), I just think that your coloring is soooo AWESOME! At first I thought SI's uniform was pierced but I looked closely...and you colored it!!!! Just wonderful!

PS...thanks soo much for the emails. you are really so thoughtful and sweet! And I saw the blog post this a.m....I'm so happy about the last one!! Yay!!! ;)

Tiffany Ervin said...

Too cute, the colors are spectacular and love thos metal tags!

Shirley N said...

Awesome card Amy! Love how you colored Ian and love your dog tags. How inspiring you are!!!

Mel said...

Wow this is just amazing, your colouring of the army colours combined with the tags is just gorgeous, a spectacular card.

Kellie said...

Amy, Amy this is absolutely AMAZING, your colouring is as always jaw dropping and those tags are just made for your card!
Hugs Kellie

Kellie said...

p.s I forgot to say I have a blog award for you over at my blog when your ready to pick it up ;) xx

Loz said...

those dog tags are perfect and love your camo colouring x

Sammi said...

AWESOME!! Love it! The tags are a brilliant touch!
xxx

Unknown said...

Awesome card! :)

1LuvnMama said...

Holy *#!~ . . . BLEEP! That is amazing to see with all the METAL! Those dogtags brings this card to LIFE! Always creative and always inspiring Amy!

Alice said...

this is amazing, Amy!! love the dog tags you added. and Solider Ian is so handsome!! love your coloring as always!!

Jackie Thomas said...

this is so cute. You have done another brilliant job. can't wait for him to come out. xo Jackie

Crafty Jenn said...

Yay! Marie's REALLY going to bring him back?! I'm totally excited! It will be fun to send my brother a card made with this Ian when he goes to Afghanistan soon.

Your card is very special. Did you create your own camo print? Looks cool.

♥ Kristy Woods ♥ said...

This card OMG where to start its AMAZING!! I love it all the colouring and the dog tags are a fabulous touch!!
Kristy x

crafty amy said...

This is amazing I love those dog tags I am going to try and get this done today as back at work tomorrow fingers crossed I will be able to as I wanna take part :D

Hugs

Amy xx

MicheyMoo said...

I love this Ian and (as you know) have used him before on a card for my twin bro. Glad he's back at TGF but now I want the tags you've used!! I've never seen anything like them over here. :( xxx

Angela said...

Amy I just love those dog tags!! It really makes this card!! Oh did I forget to tell you how much I love and adore this card!! I just love the way you have colored his uniform!! I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!!!
Hugs:)
Angela