Victors Bicycle Tires - Eclectic Adverts and Inventor 7

This is a masculine shaker card that I thought would be good for a a guy's birthday card or father's day card, especially for a cyclist.
I used two of the newest stamp releases from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous called Eclectic Adverts CMS372 and Inventor 7 CMS374.

I stamped the gears from the Inventor 7 set onto a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock in Black Soot Distress Archival Ink. Then I colored the paper with Pumice Stone, Walnut Stain, and Hickory Smoke Distress Inks using the Wrinkle Free Distress Method. 

Then I used the Stacked Lables dies from Tim Holtz and Sizzix, and I chose one that fit nice around the Victors Tires Advert. Then cut out a window from the center of the piece. I added a piece of acetate behind the opening and then dimensional adhesive all around the outside edges to make a window for the shaker portion.
I colored a second piece of Heavystock with Hickory Smoke, Evergreen Bough, and Walnut Stain. Then on a stamp platform, I laid the gear frame over the green piece where it would go and I positioned the Victor's stamp in the center of the opening. Then I removed the window and stamped the advert in Black Soot Archival Ink.

 Before attaching the window, I needed the shaker bits, so I stamped several of the wheels from the bike onto some Heavystock. Then I cut them out and used those as the shaker bits.
To finish it off, I added my usual bit of sewing, and some of my new favorites, the Hardware Heads.

Thanks for checking out this card! Pretty basic for a shaker, but easy enough to duplicate.
Tami

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