Retro Birthdays

We have quite a few birthdays at the end of August in my department, so I thought I'd get a head start on some birthday cards.  I ended up going retro for both of 'em.

Makes you want to order a shake from the car-hop, doesn't it?  I stamped the Clear Dollar Stamps Cruisin' Classics stamp onto blue paper that was the backside of some dp.  I used a white gel pen for the fins, an American Crafts silver pen for the bumper (I need to find a replacement Prang metallic pen, I liked that one better), and copics for the tires and tailights.  And of course I had to Glossy Accent it up!  I stamped the license onto a piece of white paper and paper pieced it on.  I used some PTI Bitty Box paper and SU Holiday Lounge for the dp, and heat embossed the "cruisin'" in black.

This K&Co paper makes me so happy!  So many fun color combinations!  And it has three sheets per pattern, so I feel I can cut it up at will.  I copied the "polaroid" idea from a card earlier this summer and made the scene from PTI Summer Sunrise (embossed), SU Bermuda Bay (cut with big scallop nesties and inked with PTI Fresh Snow), and PTI kraft (torn).  I paper pieced Poochie's surfboard with Kiwi Kiss and some red patterned paper, and colored his shirt with a blue Sharpie and red Copic.

In more saving news, Gina K has a $10 off $35 offer on her blog today (good through Sunday).  FYI, she lots of October Afternoon paper pads if you're into those addicted like I am.

I would also like to make this post really long and say how appreciative I am of the fact that I have a hubby that supports my stamping habit wholeheartedly.  I read some of the "my husband doesn't care about my stamping and won't let me spend money on it [which is a whole other topic] and he just thinks I'm silly" posts on SCS and it makes me sad.  To tie in with the Hallmark card conversation from the other day, the first summer I started stamping, my husband bought me a $5 birthday card "just so you could see how much you could sell your cards for since yours are so much better!"

I am a lucky.  I hope y'all are luckies, too.