Comic Relief

Okay.  I don’t have a Christmas card today.  Or a beautiful floral.  What I do have is three old geezers.  Or the same old geezer three times.

I bought this Art Impressions guy and the sentiment to go with him at my local scrapbook store quite some time ago.  I’m hurting for guy stamps of the sort the guys I know might like to see on their cards, so I cozied right up to this one.  Are you guessing I know a lot of old geezers with a sense of humor?  Well, you’re right!

I sat right down and colored four of these, but I just last weekend finished the last of the cards.  No more buying stamps and tucking them away to be forgotten.  I’ve got quite a list to check off and I'm just getting started.

The first card is the one I had the most fun with.  It uses the Art Impressions sentiment I bought to go with the geezer guy, but what I got the biggest kick out of was the sheet music I used in the background.  It’s real sheet music which was very graciously sent to me by a blogging friend, Linda, after I’d commented on her card here.  Wasn’t that nice?  Thank you, Linda!  I mean, it’s perfect!  There he is, dancing and singing “Doodle oodle oodle, doodle oodle oodle”.  I really hope no one’s watching who can have him committed.  The song is “A Bushel and a Peck” from Guys and Dolls.  This may not be what I visualized doing with the sheet music, but it was too irresistible to pass up.

Stamps:  Art Impressions  Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Flourishes Classic Ivory, Tangerine Tango, old sheet music, My Mind’s Eye Out of the Blue designer paper  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bermuda Bay, Copic markers for coloring  Accessories:  Bermuda Bay ribbon, Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Lg S4-124, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, Fiskars Paper Edgers (scissors), Scotch brand foam mounting tape

The next card is the most simple, made in minutes considering the image was already colored and cut, and the designer paper is scraps left from the first card.  I think it works, though.  Love those simple cards.  I was surprised by how many sentiments I have that work with this stamp.  This one is from a Stampin’ Up! set called Edgy Eloquence.  The white cardstock is Flourishes Classic White.

Finally, I made two of this last card.  One was for my husband’s birthday and the other was for a friend who wanted an identical card.

Stamps:  Art Impressions, Stampin’ Up! Smarty Pants sentiment  Paper:  PTI Pure Poppy, Flourishes Classic White, My Mind’s Eye Out of the Blue designer paper  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers for coloring  Accessories:  PTI Pure Poppy twill ribbon, Scotch brand foam mounting tape

I think I can put him away for a while now.  Moving on.  I hope you enjoyed!  Have a great day!

Comments

[Glenda]

Love them all! Great sentiments too! They have made me smile this morning!

[Glenda]

This is so pretty! Love the image and your coloring...and you gotta love the Bow Easy! I will never part with mine!

[Beth Greco]

That geezers fabulous!! Those sentiments also make you chuckle! How great are they?! Love them all!

[Tammy Hair]

Ha-ha! Great cards for men! My favorite is the first one, love the music paper!

[Queen Mary]

Great cards Leslie! I bought a couple old geezers myself at GASC -- I bought the girlfriends -- which reminds me I have them somewhere to color! :)

[bensarmom]

Leslie, what a hoot these guys are! I love the one with the music as well. You gave me a giggle this morning, thanks.

[Carol]

LOL! OMGosh these are FUN! And what is better than getting a FUN card? Nothin. Instantly puts a big smile on the recipients face! Awesome Leslie, just AWESOME!

[Francie (Montreal)]

What great fun! Can you see my big goofy smile?
Love how you've displayed your geezer buddy. He looks like he's enjoying life to the fullest; just the way it should be.

As a resident of geezerdom,I can vouch that the sentiments on all the cards are great words to live by. This has been a very fun way to start the day. Thanks a bunch, Leslie.

[Dotty A]

Oh he is a Cutie!! and all three sentiments are perfect too.... What FUN and full of LIFE cards these are.... Still smilling!! :)

[Misti]

Oh, my goodness! These are all sooo great!!!

[Jennifer Woodward]

Oh how fun! I just love these! The recipients are going to love them too and surely will have a very good chuckle!

[Linda Bullard]

These are super cute and clever cards, Leslie. Glad you had so much fun making them. Linda

[Wanda Cullen]

These are all so much fun and the 3 different sentiments are just perfect for that fun image!

[Broni]

These are all so cute!! What a perfect image to go with all 3 of those sentiments! And gee, now that I think about it, I only know old geezers too!!

[Bev J.]

What a fun image-he goes great with the sheet music-neat card- and yes, I know some old geezers too!!

[yogi]

I love all 3 of them. The sayings are priceless. The coloring and paper matches are wonderful and full of life for old geezers...
And the guy is as good as the Mummu lady by Mo Manning from Stampavie that I use sometimes.

[Lisa Dolson]

Great cards, Leslie! I hope you had as much fun making them as I did looking at them! What a crack up! Now isn't that why we like card making...doing something so funny and original and unexpected?!! Fabulous work - you're a very talented girl.

[conniecrafter]

They are all great, so neat that you allready had some sentiments to go with him, that's what I need to aquire is so more masculine stamps :) Good excuse to go shopping anyway huh ;)

[Jean S]

Leslie ~
Love ALL three, but the first is my fave
TFS, Jean S

[Marian Bonney]

Love those funny cards!. This is a really good one and you do such a funky job with them!