Biker Love

Hi again, I'm trying to catch up with posting as I had a few days this week without internet. This card is for Papertake Weekly and a great sketch to follow by Dawny P. I really love this layout and the three background panels is a favourite style for me, I haven't used it before with the off centre image panel and really like it. I've used my Sketching Stamper Digi-Stamps image 'Biker Love' and coloured with promarkers. I was trying to get a slick feel for this card and have used gloss black card for the outer panels which I embossed with the CB distressed stripes folder, it doesn't show up too well but I was trying to get the effect of tyres too! The centre panel is dark pearlescent grey punched card. I punched some holes on the left and centre panels near the bottom, tried to add some orange eyelets and failed miserably, just can't get the hang of those things and so I haven't quite got the interest in that area now, ah well, one of these days I'll get the hang of the big bite but I am beginning to wonder if life's too short for me and the hole puncher of doom. I laced in the holes with some black cord added the ace of hearts charm and then threaded the rest of the cord through the grey card and over the edge at the other side for where the die cut letters rest to follow the sentiment strip part of the sketch. Added the orange gem to finish TFL.

Materials:
Image: Sketching Stamper Digi-stamps 'Biker Love'
Colouring: Promarkers in ice grey 2, 3, 4, aegean, royal blue, pastel yellow, gold, black
Card: Gloss black and turquoise A4 card from The Craft Barn. Pearlescent grey punched card, don't know the make I'm afraid.
Embellishment: Cuttlebug distressed stripes embossing folder, hole puncher of doom aka cropodile big bite, black cord from Hobbycraft, Go Create alphabet dies (Craft Barn), ace of hearts charm and orange gem from stash.