Rock & Roll Birthday

 Hello Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card Imade with a couple of challenges in mind:

The challenge at Tic Tac Toe Challenge 

and the challenge at Inkspirational

I remembered I had this Rock Star Set and dies in my retired sets.

I knew it would be great for the Black and white and for the guys challenges.

I am not good with masculine type cards; I generally go for floral and girly but wanted to give it a try.

 My card:

I used the Vellum, die cut and black & white row.

I started with a base of Basic Black, and the DSP comes from the Rock & Roll DSP pack.

I then stamped the guitar on some basic white and colored it with my Basic Black Blends. I added some highlight with a white gel pen.

I used the Spotlight on Nature Dies to die cut my Vellum and DSP circle.

The sentiment was stamped on some basic black with Versamark and embossed with some White embossing powder. I die cut out the sentiment "pick and the guitar with th e dies from this set.

I also found in my stash the embellishments that went with this set and added a few stars and lightning bolts.

I wasn't prepared for how emotional I would be making this card.

The last time I used it was when Imade a birthday card for my late husband. He has been gone a little over 2 years and I am still a mes most days. 😢

When two becomes one it can be so isolating and scary.

Anyway, I found the card I made for him back then:

He played the guitar and had a large collection of them, some still hang on the wall in our bedroom;

There are several more, this is just part of one wall. They guitar on my Black & White card is inspired by this one.

Thanks for stopping ny and indulging me as I went down memory lane.

Vicki