First Commissioned Card for 2010 and First Challenge Card for 2010

I got a mad panic call a few days ago from a customer who wanted an 18th birthday card for her step-son for 6/1/10 and he's into Arsenal - ahhhhhhhhhhh.  Thankfully my husband supports this team but why oh why so his souvenirs have to be round and prove such a nightmare to photograph.  I got there in the end.

I used my new My Craft Studio (MCS) Parchment Delights CD has this has the long-awaited facility to specify easily the dimensions of anything you want and also makes wonderful gradiated papers but I didn't use them on this card.  I did the faux matting and layering on MCS and used black, red and yellow/gold colour as these are colours in a lot of Arsenal souvenirs/clothes etc.  I used a See D's "Boys Toys" football stamp to stamp over the white card - simple but I think very effective.  I then imported some of my photos, added a large 18 today, some fibres and a sentiment at the top and the front page was finished.  I used the same faux matting and layering for the other three pages of the A4 card.  The two inside pages are personal so I have put them on the world wide web.  The back page I imported the picture I'd taken, took down the opacity and then copied/pasted a verse and hey presto it was all finished.

This card will fit the criteria for the following challenges:

The Craft Garden - new - my new thing is my My Craft Studio (MCS) CD

My Time to Craft - Anything goes
Charisma Cardz - Celebrations
Three Clover Designs Challenge - Celebration
One Stop Craft Challenge - Something beginning with "B" - I've got birthday and balls
Our Creative Corner - Clean and Simple - a did this card quite plain and simple ie no frilly bits and pieces as it is for a young man
Cupcake Crafts - A time for celebration
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Challenge - to use a photo on your project - I took a photo and managed to click around the image of the plaque to import into MCS to add to the front of the card and on the back of the card

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - new - again my new MCS CD

Stamp Something - Use something new or unused

Stampin' for the week-end - New
Cards for Men - New - new craft CD and also the recipient will be starting a new journey as a proper adult
By the Cute and Girly - New - again craft CD and also the recipient will be starting a new journey as a proper adult

Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - New

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Party Time - well if an 18th birthday isn't a time for a party when is???

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog - New