Cock-a-doodle-doo

Here's a fun card I made for a very dear friend who turned 50 last July but is celebrating this milestone tomorrow night with a country and western style party.  I'm taking a chance posting this tonight but I'm hoping she's far too busy with party business to check out blogland.

I don't have much in the way of country and western, but I hope this WMS Chicken Wire Background will pass muster.  Her surname is Koch so I knew I had to have a rooster in pride of place - this handsome cockerel is from WMS French Country.  The cock-a-doodle-doo sentiment is from a Freebie stamp from Craft Stamper.  

I generated the inside sentiment using Burnstown Dam font.

If you're wondering about those digits, here's a close up.

As you can see I attached acetate "springs" to the 5 and 0.  They fold flat to go into the envelope but then pop up again when opened (I hope).

I'm entering this card in Darnell's NBUS Challenge #5 as there are several NBUS items here - the Chicken Wire background, the French Country cockerel and the craft stamper sentiment.

Freshly Made Sketch #203 gave me the idea to mount the cockerel inside a frame and to attach the sentiment to the left of it.

And Seize the Birthday has an Anything Goes challenge (as long as its a birthday card) so I'm entering over  as well

Thanks for stopping by - especially if you take the time to comment,

Kate