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A while back a friend of mine asked if I could give her some ideas on a birthday card for a 8 year old boy. She had once mentioned that one has to have all these gadgets in order to make a card like the ones I make. So when I designed this card for her, I kept that comment in mind and used only papers, adhesive and things that most people have or are easy to find. And here is the card that I made:
I started with a print out of number 8, using the font Calibri, bold and size 550. Adhered the number with re-positionable tape onto gray card stock and cut it out:
I also cut a small extra link and taped it to the back were the link was missing:
Next I added the white dotted line with a white gel pen, and made the road signs, as you will see in the video. I found the image of the car online (it is from Pixars’s Cars) and printed it out at 1″ width. Here is a picture of how I added the foam tapes to get a differential height:
For the video I made a card with number nine. As it turned out, my friend was mistaken about the boy’s age, and he is actually turning nine. So here is the card you will see being made in the video, (if you look closely, you will see I clearly need a new ink cartridge! The car looks so faded 
The process is really similar. The only difference is in how you cut the number. I think this design is versatile and can be applied to different numbers.
Here is the video:
Edited May 26, 2013:
I am entering the first card for this year’s Gallery Idol contest.
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Materials:
- Paper: White, gray, blue and yellow card stock.
- Adhesive: Repositoonable tape runner, regular tape runner, Scotch foam tape (you can usually find these at any stationary store), Zig glue pen.
- Ink: uni-ball signo white gel pen
- Other: print out of toy car
Absolutely FUN and CREATIVE!! Love seeing your super fun cards, too! Awesome idea and video, Tasnim! (where were you when my son was 9?)
Adorable cards! One day i will also make like you do inshaAllah 🙂
awesome! Love this… I’m going to save it because I know I’ll need it! thank you for sharing!
This is so so genius I don’t even know where to begin!! Fantastic idea, perfectly executed – and so so awesome!!!
Oh my, this is so cute!
Holy cow, Tasnim! These cards are so clever and cute! Thanks so much for sharing how you made the “8”! Hey, did you see there is a milestone birthday challenge in the Paper Crafts Magazine’s Jan challenge (on Flickr)? They would be perfect!
The friend is me :D. lol. I made the ‘9’ card but didnt take a photo of it cos I did it last minute. But totally loved the idea. I always think cards usually have girly designs, and making one for a boy is difficult- but you totally saved my life haha
Oh my – these are so clever – and awesome!!
The cards are so cute . Thank you for sharing this idea.
these r awesome!!
you need to start doing more cute cards!!! this is so cute, my son would love cards like these!
This card is a lovely interpretation of the dress.
8 or 9–they’re both great cards, Tasnim!
Thanks for sharing how you created them!
wow…how fantastic and so creative….
amazing work, Tasnim!
Awesome gonna use this for my nephews birthday )
Awesome Idea….I am making it for my son’s birthday party invitation
Thanks so much for the idea. My grandson turns 8 this next year and I can’t wait to make this for him.
Thank you so much for this idea. Awesome!!!! My son will be 3 next month and he loves cars. I will definitely try this. Thank you again.
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Thanks for this amazing idea ! My grandson loves cars, and I just made a card for him.
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Excellent idea and video; thanks for sharing! Adorable; I am going to give it a try.