December 19, 2009

Happy Birthday from The King

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday!

Here is my card for today's Inspiration Challenge on SCS, IC211, FabulousStationary! What a great site!! I was inspired by all the graphic, abstract designs in THIS catagory!

My mom asked me to make a card for her friend's Birthday. She is an avid Elvis fan, so I pulled out this Stamp Camp image I have had FOREVER, called Double Trouble.

I stamped Elvis four times in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Snow White Cardstock and colored each one with Copic Markers, reversing the colors on the backgrounds and his jacket.

I wanted to keep in line with the abstract look, so I went with all primary colors, which is totally out of my comfort zone!


The polka dot paper is from Early Bird by Cosmo Cricket. I LOVE how the polka dots look with all the Elvis blocks!!'

I added Taylor's Tiny Twinkles to each of the four corners, and they are the only embellishments on my card.

I did finish the inside of my card...I needed to put "Happy Birthday" somewhere right?? A strip of the same paper inside makes it cohesive with the front, and the "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from the new Holiday Tags set from There She Goes.

Thank you...thank you very much (lol!) for stopping by!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Double Trouble by Stamp Camp & Holiday Tags by There She Goes
Paper: Classic Red, Basic Black, Choice Snow White & Early Bird by Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copic Markers, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles and Foam Tape

Jodi

16 comments:

  1. Oh Jodi...this is totally COOL card...my Dad would love this one, so I may have to 'borrow' your idea! Love it all and thanks for sharing it with us.
    Barbg(WV)

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  2. Oooh, nice throw back to Andy Warhol. I love this!! Perfect birthday card. I know your mom's friend will just love it. :D Your coloring all ways rock my socks... such subtle smooth blending.

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  3. thank you, thank you, thank you very much (as the King would say) for sharing this rockin' card with us.....as an Elvis fan, I must say that this is fabulous

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  4. WOW Jodi this is super!!! My dad would love this card...he is a huge Elvis fan...I got him a beanie baby as a fun little gift to add on top of his present dressed as Elvis...heheheh!!!! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend!

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  5. What an awesome card! BTW, you are a nerd...but you crack me up!!

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  6. WHAT?!?! This is SO not you, Jodi! But totally FABULOUS! I love the bright colors!

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  7. Oh my, this one ROCKS Jodi! LOL

    Your Mom's friend is going to LOVE it, I've not ever seen anything like it!

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  8. Love it. I am a big Elvis fan also. You did a great job.

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  9. FANTASTIC card, Jodi! I'm sure your mom's friend is going to love this! The polka dots are fantastic with Elvis!

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  10. Great job Jodi! I love the abstract look, you did a great job staying true to the design!!! Love the way you alternated colors from the background, to the jacket! And the inside looks so fab too! Elvid may be the King of Rock, but you my friend are the Queen of Cards:):)

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  11. WOW! This is so cool! It is very striking and I love those poppin' colors!! :-)Traci

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  12. You could sell these as fast as they came off the presses at Graceland!!! LOL

    Good ole Elvis. I've actually been to Graceland. I have family in Tupelo, MS, where he was born.

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  13. P.S. The matting on this card is fantastic!

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  14. OK I need that stamp and I need to CASE this! My mum is a huge fan of The King - her Bday is on boxing day so I may have to get my skates on for this ;D!
    Thanks so much for the inspiration!
    Aimes
    x

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