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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.

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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.

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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 ~~

6 Responses to “~ Happy Birthday, Chad ~”

  1. on 16 Oct 2009 at 10:42 amVicki

    Love this Holly!!!

  2. on 16 Oct 2009 at 4:18 pmMarisa

    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!!

  3. on 16 Oct 2009 at 9:53 pmMakiko Jones

    Oh I love this, Holly!! This is awesomely wonderfully masculine card! What a clever idea for the light! You ROCK!

  4. on 17 Oct 2009 at 5:45 ameileen

    OMG! What at fantastic card! Love it!

  5. on 17 Oct 2009 at 9:31 amWendy

    OMG Holly, I swear this is the best manly card I have ever seen! It is ‘da bomb! Seriously wicked card!

  6. on 28 Oct 2009 at 9:03 pmMarilou

    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!

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