Keeping looking up…that’s the secret of life

So I had to whip up a birthday card real quick for one of my nephew and I used cute Astronaut Oscar from Simply B Stamps for it.

My nephew got an indoor sky dive for his birthday present, which he loved, so the flight suited Oscar was just perfect.  I cropped the image down to suit the current card sketch at Stick It Down.  The image formed my “shape”, and then I curved my text around a circle, all of which I did in Photoshop.

I printed everything and then coloured my image before embossing the sentiment by going over it with a VersaMarker.  The embossing really helped to frame the image.  With my embossing I am entering my card in the current challenge at Creative Knockouts.  As my card is for a birthday I am also linking it up at Little Red Wagon for their Let’s Party!  challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E33, G02

Lips E11

Hair E39, YR20, YR24, YR27

Outfit E70, E71, E74, E81, E84, E37, E89, W5, W7, W9, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Helmet BG10, BG70, C00, C0, C02, C4, C6, C8, 110

Chalks & Powders etc

Print Blocks Embossing Powder ~ Copper Metallic

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings ~ Mirrored Stars

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Sunshine Yellow

Tsukineko ~ VersaMarker

Papers

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Blackberry Swirl

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Island Indigo

X-Press ~ Blending Card

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Astronaut Oscar

Challenges

Creative Knockouts #164 ~ Embossing

Little Red Wagon #364 ~ Let’s Party!

Stick It Down ~ October Card Sketch

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