Clunker Birthday Wishes

Hi there,

So glad you dropped by today. We've got another snow day, so what better way to spend it than in the craft room! Here is my second March Reveal card. I just love this stamp set - I Love Old Trucks set 890 - perfect for all the men in your life! Some Copper Gilding Flakes, bleach and  Nuvo embellishment mousse covered gears for this make today:

So to begin I stamped the truck using the Stamp Platform onto black cardstock with Nuvo Clear Mark ink. Stickum embossing powder was applied to the ink and heat embossed till it became tacky.

The Gilding Flakes were pressed on to the tacky embossing powder and excess flakes were brushed away with the Texture Brush.

I "colored" my truck with bleach in a Water Brush. This gave an old worn-out look. I then die cut the image using Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Borders using the Tangerine Machine.

For my background I ran the Darice Steam Punk embossing folder and rust cardstock through the Tangerine. I used the Nuvo Large Glue Pen to run over the raised gears and when it dried enough to tacky, I applied the Sunkissed Copper Gilding Flakes, taking off the extra with the Texture Brush.

I then ran this piece through the Tangerine again - this time with the Cuttlebug Diamond Plate and then this time I applied some Fresh Copper embellishment Mousse over the entire piece using a Jumbo Dauber.

The Want 2 Scrap paper gears were embellished using some Fresh Copper, Indian Gold, and Black Ash embellishment Mousses using the Jumbo Dauber.

The Happy Birthday Banner was cut out of both black cardstock and rust cardstock. I then lay 1/2" Tear-ific Tape behind the negative space and inserted the black sentiment. Autumn Frost glitter was then burnished into the open sticky areas.

The card was put together with mounting tape and pop dots. The gears were added with brads and pop dots, with Autumn Frost being added to the sticky centers of the gears (from the pop dot).

Hope you've enjoyed my share today?

Below are the products I used to create my card this week, most of which can be found on the SNS website.

I love Old Trucks Set 890
Tonic Stamp Platform

Nuvo Clear Mark Ink

Anti-Static Bag

Stickum Powder (EP300)

Nuvo Gilding Flakes (Sunkissed Copper)

Autumn Frost (GM2031)

Tonic  Essentials Birthday Banners Die

Nuvo Large Glue Pen

Nuvo Embellishment Mousses: Fresh Copper,

Indian Gold, Black Ash

Jumbo Daubers

Texture Brush

1/2" Tear-ific Tape

Bleach in Water Brush

Copic Marker E08

Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Borders

Want 2 Scrap Paper Gears

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Diamond Plate

Darise Embossing Folder Steam Punk

Copper brads

Large round pop dots

We're trying something new this month instead of our traditional Blog Hop. Now you have to leave a comment both here on my personal blog and then head over to the SNS blog post and leave a comment there as well for your chance to win a $20 gift card to SNS! One lucky winner will be chosen from one of the Designers' posts on the last day of each month. A comment must be left on both the SNS Blog and the Designer's post in order to qualify. The winner will be announced on the 3rd of the following month, both on the SNS Blog and on the SNS Facebook page. Thanks for leaving us some love and good luck!

I'd like to join in the following challenges with my card today:

Watercooler Wednesday #162 Charlotte's Masculine: Anything Goes
Challenge 4 Guys Challenge #190: Things with Tails (Tail lights!)
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #3: Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge #23: Anything Goes

Thanks again for stopping by,

Warm hugs,

Shona