Color Cue{4} and 2S4Y Challenges

Turns out that my daughter had the camera and I couldn't enter 2S4Y #52 in time.
 
My daughter challenged me to come up with something for the Color Cue {4} challenge. I had earlier chosen not to participate because the colors seem to suggest a bay boy card - I thought. But then Dana chose to participate and then challenged me to try. I decided to make my oldest son a Father's day card and use another challenge- a sketch challenge, choosing the sketch form 2S4Y. Could I make these colors work for a Father's Day card?

 My son was a teen during the 'grunge' era, and being a Dad, knows about trying to make ends meet. For these reasons I thought it  would be fun  to give his card a 'grunge' or frayed 'make ends meet' look and distressed the edges of the paper pieces; all except for the navy Labels 13 frame and the pale yellow card base.

 

I used the faux stitch technique by piercing the paper about 3/16 to 1/8 inch from the edge of the paper every 1/8 inch. Using a white gel pen I connected the pierced holes. This looks very much like you used a sewing machine. I used string to embellish - again a 'poor man's' or 'grunge' look. The sentiment, from PTI's Father Knows Best, fittingly matches the theme of the card.

As for the colors working for a Fathers Day card.... I guess it works. The card base is a pale yellow and the stamped fern image behind the sentiment is also a pale yellow. This is the only yellow in the project. My son won't care because partly he is a man,but mostly because I made it for him,and it's the thought that counts for him.

Notice the distressed layers with faux stitching. It was worth the work.