Masculine Birthday Card

 Hello crafting friends. Today I would like to share the card I made for my son-in-law's birthday.  

It wasn't the happiest of days for him, but it could have been a lot worse, I guess.  He spent the day helping my hubby outside in the sub-freezing temps trying to get the generator to work, to no avail.  The thing just went and gave up the ghost on us, on the coldest day I have ever lived thru.

Murphy's law, right?

Well, Shane loves cars, especially vintage muscle cars, so using a design from the Manly Moments Decoupage book, from Hunkydory, I made this card for him.

This card measures 6.5" x 5". Black and red cardstocks are from The Paper Studio.

I used a chevron embossing folder to emboss a piece of mirror cardstock.

I fussy cut all the layers of the car and adhered them together using 1mm foam squares.

I used the Happy Birthday element that comes with this sheet. I made a little mirror cardstock mat for it.

The number pins were made using a die from Marianne Designs. The stars were cut using a small punch.

On the inside, I made the same layers as I did in the front but used white cardstock instead of the mirror cardstock. This is my message panel. I used another element that comes in the sheet and made a little embellishment to add a little more interest. I also punched out a few more stars to bring it altogether. The stamped sentiment is from the Good Times stamp set, by Cardz TV.

I thought I would show you a close up of all the layers. It has so much dimension, especially on top of the 3D embossed panel.

Well friends, that was it. I'm glad I got this Manly Moments Decoupage booklet.  It will definitely help when making more masculine cards.

Till next time, 

stay warm, safe and healthy.