ETA - the thumb looks really small and weird, trying to see how it looks with a vertical layout.
And - I did add bumblebees, since I had to put another panel on the back of the card with a sentiment, for the grandparents to write on. I added four bumblebees, one in each corner....
It just so so happens that a card I've been working on today for a work commission fits the You've Been Framed WTUI challenge. I used the shadowbox frame card linked in the challenge post, changing the dimensions so that the area inside the frame would be just the width of my train dies (Ethan likes trains, the alphabet and bumblebees. I didn't manage to fit those in.)
Front - laid out the alphabet stamps over the white panel and stamped with a spectrum pad. Stamped the letters to spell his name in black and fussy-cut them. I used Spellbinders mega ovals to cut the window, making sure that only the cityscape would be seen, and added the little helicopter and plane.
(layered, with vellum for the windows).
For the inside, I sponged the cloudy sky. The background skyline is a TH die, and then I used the Amy Design one which goes with the train. The train was cut twice, and has vellum coloured yellow sandwiched between the layers. I cut the viaduct twice, one from holographic silver (it's not actually fluorescent lime green) and once from kraft, which I trimmed to add the trees and ground. The shadowbox format let me pop the viaduct and train up on foam tape, and the happy birthday sentiment is stuck along the bottom part of the frame.
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2019 GMT Views: 1369
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Registered: June 19, 2010 Location: SC Posts: 6005
Sat, Jul 20, 2019 @ 6:15 AM
Sabrina, this is a fabulous shadow box framed card!! I absolutely love the design! So many wonderful details that keep your eyes moving all over the card! Top notch my friend!
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82297
Sun, Jul 21, 2019 @ 7:06 AM
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82297
Sun, Jul 21, 2019 @ 7:07 AM
Sabrina, this is soooo fun! Love it!
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Wed, Jul 24, 2019 @ 8:17 PM
OUTSTANDING shadow box and dimensional cityscape...what a marvelous accomplishment! Really like your alpha treatment and the sweet helicopter and airplane!
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