A Rockin' 60th Birthday Card!

My favorite brother-in-law turned 60 last week. He loves Classic Rock, especially The Rolling Stones, Beatles, and The Grateful Dead, so I decided to make him a music-themed birthday card.

Alas, I could not find any stamps featuring iconic musicians, so I resorted to a Google search, where I found a fabulous caricature, which I promptly purchased along with a Keith Richards caricature. I created the card, mailed it, and it arrived on time. My brother-in-law loved it and gave his permission to share it with you all.

Here's the card.

Products Used:
Mick Caricature from GraphicsFactory.com
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Paper
Black and Red cardstock by Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Source Unknown
Copic Markers:
    Skin: BV0000, BV000, E50, E21, E11, E00, R20
    Lips: 04, R30, R32, RV42
    Mouth: RV93, R95, RV99
    Tongue: RV42, RV93, R30, R32
    Teeth: T0, YR0000, YR30
    Hair: E44, E47, E49
    Clothes: B26, B39, R27, R39
    Microphone: C4, C6, C8
Silver Stardust® Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura
White Gelly Roll® Gel Pen by Sakura.
Pale Ochre and Jet Black Archival™ Ink by Ranger Industries
London Fog Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Barn Door and Blueprint Sketch Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz®/Ranger Industries
Play Guitar Stencil by Visible Image *
Super Hero Rays Stencil by Paper Rose *

Simple Strips Birthday Stamp by Taylored Expressions

Simple Strips Die by Taylored Expressions

A Hint of Lime Die by Die-Versions

Sun Die by The Stamp Doctor

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi/Ranger Industries

Sun Die by The Stamp Doctor

Removable ID Labels by Avery®

* Please Note: You can purchase products by Visible Image and Paper Rose at Topflight Stamps, where you'd can get 12% off your order at Topflight Stamps by using THIS LINK.

Instructions: 

1. Cut, score, and fold red cardstock to create an A2 card.
2. Find a piece of music notation patterned paper.
3. Secure the music notation paper to the STAY-tion using magnets and sponge the entire piece with Pale Ochre ink.
4. Lift the magnets, position the Play Guitar stencil over the patterned paper, and secure with magnets.
5. Sponge Barn Door and Blueprint Sketch Distress ink over the stencil as shown.
6. Lift stencil, trim the patterned paper, and edge with the same colors of Distress inks.
7. Adhere the stenciled, trimmed, and edged patterned paper to the red card. Set aside for now.
8. Download clipart image, resize using photo editing software (I use PhotoElements), and print onto Copic friendly cardstock and onto label paper using a laser printer.
9. Fussy-cut the label paper image and place over its counterpart on the white cardstock.
10. Secure the white cardstock image panel to the STAY-tion with magnets. 
11. Place the magnetic ruler horizontally across the image where you want the stage floor to be.
12. Sponge Ochre Archival Ink over the masked image.
13. Position the Super Hero Rays stencil over the image as desired. Secure the stencil with magnets. 
14. Sponge Pale Ochre over the Super Hero Rays stencil.
15. Reposition the magnetic ruler to cover the top part of the image panel.
16. Sponge London Fog Memento ink over the masked image on the image panel.
17. Lift the mask and reserve for another occasion.
18. Color the image with Copic markers. Use the glitter pen to add sparkle to the microphone. Add white gel pen to the shoes.
19. Sponge Pale Ochre ink over a piece white cardstock, then cut with the sun die. Reserve the rest of  sponged yellow cardstock.
20. Mat the image panel with black cardstock.
21. Use the alphabet (which has numbers) die to cut black cardstock.
22. Adhere the number 60 onto the sun. 
23. Adhere the sun to the image panel as shown.
24. Using Jet Black Archival ink, stamp Simple Strips Birthday onto the reserved piece of sponged Yellow Ochre cardstock, the use the Simple Strips die, to cut the strips.
25. Adhere the strips as shown to finish the card.

**Another Note: I did finish the inside of the card with additional Simple Strips and personalized commentary.