Bad To The Bone

Now that we have passed Father's Day, I can share the card that I made for my father this year.  Granted, he is not a biker at all, but I still think any man would think this card is pretty cool!

Card details: 

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This is an A2 sized card.  The white cardstock base was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth.  I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of the same Neenah White cardstock and created my ink blended background.  First I blended three Distress Oxide inks Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Fired Brick from top to bottom. Then I used the Tiger Stripes Stencil from Whimsy Stamps and used both Wild Honey and Fired Brick Distress Oxide ink to ink over the stencil to create the stripes (or what I thought looked like flames). 

I die cut the block letters "Rad Dad" from both black cards stock and an orangey/red glitter cardstock.  I layered to two colors together, slightly offsetting the black cardstock for a shadow look.  These block letter dies are from the Bold ABC dies from Whimsy Stamps.  I adhered the letters to the card and then heat embossed the motorcycle with gold embossing powder on black cardstock.  I fussy cut the motorcycle out and adhered it to the center of the card.  I stamped the "Bad to the Bone" sentiment and banner in Tuxedo Memento Black ink and colored it with Copic Markers.  I adhered the banner over the motorcycle.   Lastly I stamped the small skull and flames at the bottom of the card with Tuxedo Memento Black ink.  

I ended up liking this first card so I much that I wanted to create a more feminine/girly version!  

​So I kept the layout the same, I simply swapped out the Distress Oxide ink colors for Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Rich Preserves.  I die cut the letter for "Bad A$$" from black cardstock and silver glitter cardstock.  

Minus the sassiness of the second card (I had to find three letters that would fit keeping in line with the theme!) I hope you agree these cards are pretty wildl!

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

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XO, Crystal 

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