Krafty Chicks challenge #771 - Birthday

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far. We're back to our usual weather in South Wales; lots of rain showers and cloudy skies but that's the price we pay for lush green valleys!  

It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 1; as always the theme is 'birthday' and Leanne is our hostess. It can't get any easier than this week's challenge so we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

My son asked me to make a card for one of his friend's birthdays so this challenge was just the right time for me this week.  I used a couple of fun stamp sets and made an almost one layer card (I just can't work directly to my card base so I always have one layer lol!).  The card is 5" x 7" in size.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the pattern:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" and using 4 colours of ink pads and 2 fun stamp sets, randomly stamped my background with no rhyme or reason.  I did manage to get ink in the right hand corner which I didn't intend so that's where my sentiment ended up.  Once I'd finished the background I matted it onto a black card layer with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  As I mentioned I added to the top right corner with foam squares.  I also decided to add a little more interest and dimension so die cut some circles from matching card from my scraps bin and added them with foam squares.  I added some scrap card behind my panel for stability and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut the same size white panel and replicated the front with a pattern in the lower left corner, I also added a splodge to the top right corner so that it matched the front.  I die cut a few more circles and added them with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink in the centre of the panel and then adhered the panel to a black layer with double sided tape.  I then added it to the card base with double sided tape.  I know it's a bit random and messy (I didn't know when to stop which is always the way with these types of backgrounds) but I really love how it turned out.  It would be fun in lots of colour ways I think.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist for the guys

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist masculine

Craft Rocket challenge - no design paper

Creative Inspirations challenge - one for the boys

Cut It Up challenge - ATG

Daisy Chain challenge - birthday

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - use your die cuts

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - birthday

Inkspirational challenge - celebrate

Moving Along With The Times challenge - birthday

Pearly Sparkles challenge - masculine

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - masculine

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - masculine

Sweet Stampin' challenge - boys, boys, boys

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'birthday' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.
Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

MFT - party patterns stamp - retired

MFT - distressed patterns stamp - oos ? retired

MFT - all star dynamics die set (for circles) - retired

Gina K Designs - spring clusters stamp & die bundle (for sentiment)

Gina K Designs - on the inside - birthday stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - lots of dots die set (for smaller circles)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - red hot, soft stone, blue raspberry

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - they do have 300gsm bright white card available here

Limetree Crafts - 220gsm black card

coloured card from scraps bin