Birthday Wishes

Can I just say I had a lot of fun on this card?!  I did a lot of fussy cutting and piecing.  It all began with the "chrome" on this cute little bug.  I was just going to color it gray and forget about having it look shiny as I don't know how to color it that way.  And then I got to thinking.  I have some aluminum tape  (that my dad uses for chimney rebuilding/lining) and I knew it would give that perfect chrome look.  So I stamped the image again onto the tape with Stazon and then cut out the tale lights, trunk pull, license plate frame and rear bumper.  As the aluminum tape is self adhesive, it was easy to adhere all those little pieces.Then I stamped again on white card stock and cut out the actual license plate and the tale lights and adhered them.  It came out perfect!  And I really wanted to make the rear window into a shaker card; it really adds to the party theme.

 Here's the shaker in action and the shine of all the chrome:

Challenges:

Vintage Stamping #33--Hot sunny colors

Card Mania #69--use a metal embellishment (the charm)

Sweet Stamps #224--polka dots

Paper Girls Challenge #81--Father's Day/masculine (this card is for my father-in-law)

Eureka Stamps #143--special occasion (birthday)

Craftin' Desert Divas--summer

Sweet Stampin'--Father's Day/special Man

Sketch Saturday #363--sketch (#288; I flipped it upside down so I could use my sun as the circle element)

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Suzy Bee's #82--bright & colorful

Wags 'n' Whiskers #155--seeing spots

Fussy & Fancy #140--fun in the sun

Sister Act Card Challenge #108--anything goes

Crafty Ribbons #120--men & ribbons

C.R.A.F.T. #313--father's day/male

Mod Squad--masculine

The Crafter's Cafe #118--one for the boys

Di's Digis--2 or more patterned papers

Supplies:

Stamps: Raisin Boat "Off to Party"; Verve "Strong Anchor" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13"