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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Elvis to Order

Welcome

I am taking this chance to extend a warm welcome to froebelsternchen Susi who has become a follower - her wonderful blog is here.

This card is a commissioned one - with the brief that the boy it is for loves Elvis, and has taught himself to play the guitar by playing Elvis's music. 


I started by googling an image, and was very happy when I found this one, so I printed it to the size I wanted, and decided to keep it black and white.
  

I stamped some music notes around the image, but was not happy with the result. I took a stiff paint brush and tapped it onto my Versamark pad, then onto the card, sprinkled gold embossing powder over it and heated it... and was very pleased with the results.


The sentiment was gold embossed


The white was layered onto gold paper, then a red base.  I deliberately placed the layers slightly to the right and bottom for a tad more interest.  I do hope the customer likes the card.

I am linking this to:
Sister Act Card Challenge #109 - Anything Goes
Simply Paper Craft Challenge #6 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too Challenge #87 - Masculine
Polka Doodles Challenge #23 - Fathers Day or Masculine
Aloha Friday Challenge #49 - Masculine/One For The Boys
Creative Fingers Challenge #82 - Anything Goes
Craft for the Craic June Challenge - A Big Occasion
Crafts for Eternity Challenge #229 - Birthday
Brown Sugar Challenge #149 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Something Old, Something New
Old - the sentiemnt stamp, New - the gold splotches - a new technique 

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23 comments:

  1. PamelliaJune 6, 2015 at 10:56 PM

    What a wonderful masculine card Maxine! I love the stiff paint brush idea, amazing pattern you achieved by doing that hugs :)

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  2. aussie aNNieJune 6, 2015 at 11:24 PM

    BRILLIANT Maxine, nothing like the voice of Elvis...xxx
    enjoy your weekend. ♥
    {aNNie My Personal Blog}

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  3. jimlynnJune 7, 2015 at 3:31 AM

    Fabulous! Love all the touches of gold on here too! My brother would love this as he's still a big fan of Elvis! Great card.
    Lynn

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  4. BeckyJune 7, 2015 at 4:11 AM

    What a fabulously cool card!

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  5. Dawn TJune 7, 2015 at 9:36 PM

    lovely card. It turned out fabulously

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  6. Dawn TJune 7, 2015 at 9:36 PM

    fabulous card. Love the image

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  7. JoannaJune 7, 2015 at 11:15 PM

    lovely card for fan of Elvis, thanks for taking part in craft for the craic challenge

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  8. CynthiaJune 8, 2015 at 5:15 AM

    Wow, your customer will love this. I'm a huge Elvis fan & this image is fabulous! The B&W is perfect.

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  9. ThordisJune 8, 2015 at 6:16 AM

    Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week :)

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  10. MarilynJune 9, 2015 at 3:27 PM

    I love this card Maxine! Those music notes and splats of gold are all the embellishment you need.
    I love Elvis and this gorgeous card and I'm sure the fellow it is for is going to really like it too.

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  11. Jo June 9, 2015 at 11:53 PM

    Awesome card, love the layout and details.
    Thanks for playing along at Creative Fingers this week :)

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  12. UnknownJune 10, 2015 at 3:57 AM

    Maxine, The splotches are so creative and look like a high end stamp. Blessings Carole

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  13. SASAYAKI GLITTER STAMPS BY NAZJune 10, 2015 at 11:46 AM

    Beautiful card. Thank you so much for joining us at Kitty Bee Desings Aloha Friday Challenges.
    http://alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.com.au/
    Naz xxx

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  14. micheleJune 10, 2015 at 9:42 PM

    Fabulous card! Thanks for joining is with our Birthday challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity hugs x

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  15. pysselokaffeJune 11, 2015 at 5:56 AM

    Great card! I'm totally in love with Elvis :-)
    Thank you for joining us at KBD Aloha Friday Challenge. (http://alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.com)

    //Lena

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  16. Shelly SchmidtJune 11, 2015 at 4:04 PM

    You make wonderful cards- love the Elvis theme and image- and your colors are awesome!

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  17. karalschuknechtJune 12, 2015 at 12:45 AM

    Great card &I love the gold! Thanks for joining us this week at Brown Sugar Challenges. Karal DT

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  18. 8kidsandstillfindtimetocraftJune 12, 2015 at 7:23 PM

    Stunning creation thanks for joining the fathers day / male theme fun over at Polkadoodles and good luck.
    Anita (DT)
    http://www.polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/

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  19. TindalooJune 13, 2015 at 11:32 AM

    Great Elvis card, love his music :) Thanks for playing along in challenge #82 at Creative Fingers! Hope you join us again sometime! ♥ Tindaloo

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  20. ShelleyJune 13, 2015 at 6:05 PM

    Love the card. Thanks for sharing with us at http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/

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  21. aufspapiergebrachtJune 18, 2015 at 5:25 AM

    Yes, he is still alive ;)))
    Thank you for joining SCT #89 Elisabeth

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  22. Scrappy ScattyJune 20, 2015 at 3:22 AM

    lovely card
    Thankyou for joining us at Polkadoodles Fathers Day/Male Card challenge.
    xx

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  23. GerJuly 5, 2015 at 1:11 AM

    Your card rocks! Thankyou for joining us at Craft for the Craic

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