I was inspired by the card made by Sara with her lovely purple card at Sentiments by Sara (https://sentimentsbysara.com/birthday-bike/). I change the colors, some of her design, and added a puppy.
I wanted the inside of the wheels to be clear so you could see behind the bike... little did I know what I was getting into! I first stamped the wheels on heavy white cardstock, then used the circle die from the Stampin' Up! (SU) "Build a Bike" framelits dies to cut out the entire wheels. Then using a smaller Sizzix die, I cut out the inside of the wheel to get rid of the spokes. Next, I used the wheel stamp with Stazon black ink and stamped the wheels onto stiff acetate. Then stamped the rim of the tire on the acetate using Stazon Mustard ink on the acetate. If I were to do it over, I would have found an even smaller die and only cut the spokes out, leaving the yellow rim on the white cardstock.
The rest of the bike was pretty straightforward with the SU stamps and dies. The bike frame was stamped with SU So Saffron ink.
The cute little pup was stamped with dark brown ink onto SU Crumb Cake cardstock. His scarf was hand colored with a marker in yellow to match the bike.
The light yellow and gray striped paper is a Recollections "Valentine" paper pad. I chose it to complement the bike. The sentiment was stamped on the SU Smoky Slate panel with Memento black ink using the SU stamp set "Birthday Banners".
The puppy and bike were mounted to the card using many thin pieces of adhesive foam tape. I wanted the bike raised off the card so it was more apparent that you could see through the wheel spokes.
I used the SU Stamparatus stamp positioner to do all the stamping for this card. It's just so much easier to stamp an image multiple times to get the impression nice and filled in.
I think this card would work for a guy or gal; grownup or kid. A bike is such a universal theme, and the puppy on the back just makes the card so cute!
I am rating the difficulty level for this card as a "3" out of a possible "5" because of the transparent wheel spokes. If you make them solid, the difficulty would drop down to a "2".
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 GMT Views: 673
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Paper: SU Basic Black, Hello Honey, Smokey Slate, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Recollections Valentine Paper Pad
Paper Size: A2
Ink: SU So Saffron, Early Espresso, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stazon Jet Black, Mustard
Accessories: SU Build A Bike Framelits Dies, Acetate Sheet, SU Stamparatus, SU YoYo Yellow Stampn' Write Marker, Tombow Multi Liquid Glue, Adhesive Foam Strips, Sizzix Circle Dies, Spellbinders Circle Dies