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Happy birthday, motorcycle man!
I am playing around with this stamp and lovin’ it! To bad it’s on loan. I was asked to make some surprise birthday invitations with a motorcycle theme. Well, not sure what I will actually make, but this sure is nice! I like to play around with a new stamp to get the feel and to see how it stamps.
I got my inspiration today from Seize the Birthday. Similar card challenge from last week, but this time it’s for men. So, more clean. More simple. More manly. And, no frills. I think I accomplished that here.
I used a variety of retired items here. The Motorcycle stamp is retired. The greeting came from a retired stamp set, It’s Your Birthday. I have several current birthday stamp sets, but none matched the simplicity of this card. That’s just what it need. Simple. Clean. No frills. And, this retired ‘Happy Birthday’ did the trick.
The silver strip? Metal Repair Foil Tape, found at the hardware store. Pretty cool stuff. Adhesive backed and all. Kind of cool! I’ll need to practice working with it more. I ran it through using an embossing folder. Not sure what it’s called. It’s not Stampin’ Up. It looks like metal. It was hard to photograph evenly here. But, trust me, in person, it looks stellar! It’s one sweet card!
Happy Stampin’
Libby
I did a similar sketch for a friend who was retiring. Instead, I mounted the motorcycle on black, had a real red flag off to the side on a basic grey card base. I LOVE the metal repair tape! Wish I had that back when I created my card!
Thanks, Vinnie! I am going to play around with this stamp. Basic Grey would look great too. Now, I’m a quest to buy this stamp. It’s awesome!
That foil tape looks fabulous on this wonderful card – perfect for a guy!!
Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday.
Lynn
Thanks, Lynn! I appreciate your comments!
Hi Libby ,yes it is a mini and its from the Kanban set retro cars (which inc a beetle car _ like Herbie,a scooter and what we call over here a dormobile saw the beetle car done in flowery DP and it looked fab for a girlie card.
I must say iihave the motor bike one that you have used have used it a few times but just love the card you made and thanks for giving me another way to use it !x
Thanks! I will have to go on a quest for that set!
What a great card. I love your use for the foil tape. Also I like the wood block with your name. Is it a stamp?
Thanks, Barbara! I appreciate your comments! Yes, it is a Stampin’ Up (retired) stamp. It’s great for resting a card on it for picture taking! It was in a Mini a few years ago.
Don’t forget us Motorcycle Mamma! Nice card Libby!
Yes, I do need to make a more non masculine motorcycle card. I’ll work on one for you!