~ Happy Birthday, Chad ~
October 16th, 2009 by Holly McMillen
Good morning, friends
Yesterday, my son Noah came to me with a request. A challenge, actually. His best friend, Chad, is turning 19 tomorrow and a card was ordered. Do you know how hard it is to make a card for a 19 yr old boy??? I gathered some info on Chad. He is going into the Marines in January and he likes cars, and girls, of course. He drives a pretty sweet Mustang.
So, I had to get pretty resourseful. I have images for older men. I have images for little boys. I even have a few sporty images, but none of those quite fit Chad. I did some searching on the net and found a few free clip art sites. Score! This is what I came up with.
I kept the layout pretty simple. Added the stoplight image (also clipart) ~ with brads to represent the colors. Of course, Noah insisted that I use NO RIBBON, so I snuck some twine on instead.
What do you think?
Here are my deets:
Stamps: NONE ~ clip art only
Colors: Night of Navy, Soft Suede, GP White, Basic Grey Granola dp
Ink: Copics, silver painty pen (for the grill and bumper)
Accessories: Twine, brads, ek success border punch, circle punches, glossy glaze, dimensionals
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Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have an awesome weekend! Blessings
~~ Holly ~~


Love this Holly!!!
I LOVE this Holly!!! I think you hit the nail on the head with this card for Chad. The car is fabulous and I love the glaze on the windshield. Well done on the stop light too - the brads are perfect as is the twine! Great card!!
Oh I love this, Holly!! This is awesomely wonderfully masculine card! What a clever idea for the light! You ROCK!
OMG! What at fantastic card! Love it!
OMG Holly, I swear this is the best manly card I have ever seen! It is ‘da bomb! Seriously wicked card!
Wonderful masculine card…can’t believe you found that car on clipart…I have been looking for a stamp like that just so I could make some cards for my boys. I will have to search for that! I love the windshield and the stoplight…okay, I love the whole card! Nice job!