Sunday, September 12, 2021

Muscle Car Birthday Card


I made another masculine birthday card that I'm sharing today. I used a Repeat Impressions image of a 1957 Chevy convertible. My husband's cousin had a car exactly like this in a baby blue color, which is why I lightly colored the car with a pastel blue Copic marker. I added a couple SU! enamel dots and a trimmed piece of washi tape below the image that reminded me of a checkered flag with it's plaid design. The background was done with a gold piece of card that I embossed with a Cuttlebug diamondplate embossing folder, then sanded for a rustic look. The sentiment is pre-printed from SSS and placed on a piece of copper mirror card, then placed on a piece of white card colored with the matching Copic color of the car. I had a tiny bit of the mirror paper left so I die-cut a few little stars to break up all the black color. It's not my usual type of card, but anyone who owned a car like this way back then will enjoy it I'm sure!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:



Repeat Impressions Theme Challenge S821 - Let's see your sparkle & shine

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Carol







18 comments:

Viv said...

Such a perfect masculine card here Carol, I love it ;) Viv xx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

A perfect masculine card Carol, love the pale blue, I remember seeing these in the films/movies of the days.
Faith x

Jen Brum said...

This is such a great masculine card! I love that distressed diamond plate! Perfect for this card! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Claire said...

Oooh I love all the attention to little details that add up to make a super cool card. I actually thought the Chevy was printed with the light colouring until I read you added that touch and its a brilliant idea. Absolutely loving the embossing, I'm pretty sure this card will be well received and set of a few happy memories x

crafty-stamper said...

Great masculine card and vintage image-love the distressed embossing
Carol x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Oh, wow! This is very masculine and you are really talented with this type of cards, unlike me for sure! LOL :D That fascinating car is a typical American old car. In the street of my zone it could not go around, we have roads with many hairpin bends everywhere :D LOL Love the texture of the sanded paper, it's just perfect with the car image! The tiny gold stars on the black textured cardstock add a lot of light and the checkered stripe of washi looks great with this design! Well done, Butch's cousin will love it!! :)
Big hugs and good vibes across the miles!

Heather said...

Fabulous masculine card!! I really like the color combo! It's unusual but really eye catching! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

JD/ Jill said...

Great masculine card! We had a car like this (I guess I'm dating myself...smile! (this one wasn't a convertible But my ford was a convertible)

Maria said...

A wonderful masculine card with the awesome car!! Love the wonderful light blue color on it and all the detail!! I love seeing these vintage cars at times when we are out and about! You made a fabulous card with great detail, well done!!

aussie aNNie said...

Super fabulous male post, love the embossing folder and colours here. xx

cotnob said...

A super card Carol, a fabulous masculine make.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

R's Rue said...

I love it my friend. Happy day my friend.

Wendy said...

What a great card, Carol! Love everything about this one since I am married to a guy who loves cars more than anything else! Love the colors especially the car color and the added texture from the embossing folder! Super fun masculine card for sure!!! TFS and have a wonderful day! Hugs~

Kim S said...

What a perfect masculine card! LOVE the image and the gingham and the embossed texture! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

Brenda said...

I love this card Brenda! It is definitely a great masculine card that any car buff would love. I love the car image, the embossing and sanding and the design of the card. You do masculine very well my friend! Hugs, Brenda

*Vicki* said...

Wow! That's a really cool car! Love the embossed sanding panel and this is a really fabulous masculine style design!! Loving your inspiration with these friend! HUGS

Witchcrafted Life said...

Fantastic design! I melt like butter on warm toast for classic mid-century cars - be they real deal or those created in paper crafting form. This is such a terrific b-day greeting, Carol. On top of the car itself, I adore that embossing folder - definitely one I'd love to add to my stash as well, as I can see a wide range of uses for it.

Autumn Zenith 🎃 Witchcrafted Life

JD/ Jill said...

Wonderful masculine card!