Blast Off!

Something a little different from me today...this card is for a friend's daughter's third birthday (her birthday is only a couple of days after her Mum's...and I shared her Mum's card yesterday). She's very into rockets/space/Buzz Lightyear at the moment, and is having a space themed party, so I thought I'd have a go at making a rocket shaped card for her. I found a simple template on Google images, and printed it out on to a piece of card...I adapted it slightly, cutting off the smoke/exhaust flames and re-sizing the middle fin so that it would stand up. I cut two rocket shapes out of thick kraft card to make the front and back of my card, then used my original template to cut shapes to decorate both sides from card in pastel shades...it might be a rocket, but it can still be girly! I used one of my little oval Nesties to cut some 'alien' heads...I was aiming to make something similar to the three aliens in Toy Story...but couldn't figure out how to make their antennae! I added a sentiment (from the 'Cupcakes' set by Hero Arts) to a die cut speech bubble (using a Sizzix/Craft Asylum die), some die cut stars (Nesties), some silver adhesive pearls (Hobbycraft) to look like rivets, and finally some googly eyes on the aliens. Before I stuck it all together, I inked around all of the edges using 'Old Paper' Distress Ink.

I made a crease at the top of the back piece before I glued the two pieces together so that the card would stand up:

Here are the two cheeky little aliens on the back:

Challenges for this card:

• ABC Challenge - E is for Everything
• Aud Sentiments - Birthday or the Number 6
• Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations - For a Young Girl
• Creative Moments - Inspired by a Song ('Rocket Man' by Elton John)
• Cute Card Thursday - Transport
• Fussy & Fancy - Pastel Colours
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Forum - Make it Girly