What's he into ....

.... this year?  It was my son's birthday recently, and those of you long-term readers may remember that he's one of those "collecting" type of boys!!!  Here's last year's birthday post, detailing last year's obsession!! 

This time around, although he still loves Lego, the big passion is for Beastquest books - excellent - I'm all for a collection that involves reading!!

So when it came to making his card, I knew what I had to do and, killing two birds with one stone, it's also my DT entry for this week's PaperPlay, which is to use a Sentiment.  My contribution is pretty practical, no wise words or soppy stuff, just the pertinent information!  Here's what I made:

I printed and cut out the letters by hand, and scanned the character onto card and then cut him out.  The Cosmo Cricket "Mr. Campy" wood print paper was perfect for this card - I was going for an overall sort of medieval look, and the paper was a huge help!

I'm very pleased with the faux metal shield - I made the frame from chipboard and did several layers of silver e.p., then sprinkled a little bit of Tim Holtz distress e.p. in places on the last layer to make corroded, battered looking bits, bent and shaped it as I was going along to make it more realistic and finally poked dents around the edges while it was still hot.  I stuck matching paper to the back for the wooden part.  Here's a closer look.

Thanks for looking!