Retro wheels ....

.... Hello!  It's my father-in-law's birthday in a couple of weeks and this card is for him from Kathryn.  I'm perfectly safe sharing it here now, as he won't see it before the day!

Stamps: Kanban - Retro Cars Keep on Running, Birthday Greetings
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, London Fog
Dies: Spellbinders - Petit Ovals Lg (S4-138) #4
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Stampin' Up! Card - Real Red; Copics; Craftwork Cards - Sentiment Label; Cuttlebug EF - Herringbone; Silver Marker Pen

I was going through my stamps and came across this fab stamp of a sports car - just right for my FIL's card.  I stamped the image on to which card and coloured it with Copic markers; I tried to get as close to Gumball Green as I could.  I used an oval die to cut it out and ran a silver marker pen around the edge for definition.  I picked red to go with the green, colouring the car seat red and embossing the red card for texture.  I finished the front with a little oval sentiment label which I also edged with silver.  On the inside I cut a mat of red card and on the white panel stamped another sports car and a birthday greeting.

I based the design on a few challenges - the idea of wheels is from Addicted to CAS - ATCAS#35 where the cue word is Wheels, the colours are from Dynamic Duos - DD#96 and the idea to include ovals is from CAS-ual Fridays - CFC#130.

I know that the traditional clean and simple card has lots of white space, but here my "white" space is mostly red!!!  I'm not feeling 100% today - I think I'm getting the cold bug from Jonathan.  He was very poorly yesterday with a bad fever, today he's simply shattered!!!  So I think I know where I might be soon!  Take care!