Guys and Dolls

This card is being entered into challenge # 3 on The Stamp Man Challenge Blog which is Easel Cards - Anything Goes, and challenge # 32 at Charisma Cardz Challenges which is also Easel Cards.

I was asked to make a 'Good Luck' card for an 18 year old girl who is appearing in an amateur production of Guys and Dolls, which is a musical presented by the Palace Theatre Manchester Stage Experience. Her mum asked me to make the card but said that it shouldn't have 'Good Luck' on it as that would be bad luck, instead it should have 'Break a Leg' because that is considered to be good luck ... ???

After a search on the internet ... there are loads of images relating to different productions in different theatres in different countries over many years ... I came up with this design. The story is about gambling, hence the dice and cards, and set in New York so the gold dots represent the windows in the skyscrapers.
The base card is made from A4 black cardstock, folded to A5 size then trimmed slightly to 20cm wide and the front panel is 20cm square. The images of 'card hands' were downloaded from the internet but everything else was drawn and cut by hand. The most time consuming bit was sticking all the 'lights' on, which took ages as they were so small and kept trying to escape.

Front View

Side View

Close Up

Supplies Used
Black,White,Red,Yellow,Gold card - from stash
Gold dots - J.J.D. Cards
Circular punches
Sentiment - computer generated

Thanks for looking, thanks for any comments left and happy crafting.

Lynn x