Anyway, let's get down to business. It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues and the amazing Julie is hosting. She's chosen a lovely color combination.
These colors would work beautifully for a wedding or anniversary card, but I decided to go a different direction. Take a look!
Once again, I am filling the need of masculine birthday cards. This one, with the Retro Radio from Concord & 9th went to my nephew Ron a while back. When he was young, he and my sister lived with my parents and me for a time. My mom had an old cream-colored radio she always listened to during the day, which inspired this card. He and I both had a good time reminiscing about that memory on his birthday.
The radio components were die cut from glossy black, matte gold and off-white cardstock. The music notes are also part of the die set. The You Rock sentiment, heat embossed in gold and off-set layered on black, is from the coordinating stamp set.
All the components were super easy to put together but I felt like the card needed a little something more. I die cut a frame from both gold and black, and, as you can see the black won out. It seemed to bring it all together better. I know I'll be making at least two more cards with this die set for each of my BILs, so it may make an appearance in a future post.
Thanks for taking time to visit! I encourage you to visit the challenge blog, where my talent teammates have some beautiful inspiration for you. The challenge will remain open until Tuesday, July 14th at 9am EDT. I hope you'll join us!
Stef
- Concord & 9th Retro Radio Stamps and Dies
- Simon Says Stamp A2 Nesting Frames die
- SSS Glossy Black and Matte Gold cardstock
- Neenah Natural White cardstock
2 comments:
I love this radio and it brings back memories for me of listening to that radio in the kitchen back in the 70's! A great card, Stef, and thanks for the memories!
What a fun image and a fabulous card!
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