Tinfoil Dinosaur

Today we received a plea from the townsfolk of Bradsville. The small metalsmith village was being invaded by mechanical beasts that were controlled by a sinister scientist. I’m sure the villain was after the village’s supply of ore which was collected in the nearby mines then fashioned into various bits and bobs. I saddled Ruffles and rode to Bradsville, the Lady Commander of Copics following me on her mount, Neko. As we crested Ric~Rac Hill we could see the monstrous metallic beasts smashing their way through the village. They were taller than the houses and the whirring noises from their joints could be heard across the vale. We urged our mounts forward and galloped towards Bradsville.

I made this card for a friend who’s name is Alex, but one time I mistyped it in an email as Aklex (hitting the K, which is located right next to the L in my haste), and we said it sounded like a robot name and it became a big inside joke, of which you are now all privy to {lol}. Anways. I cut the robot dinosaur using the Robotz cartridge which is the VERY FIRST cartridge I ever bought - three years ago! Nostalgia...ahhhh..I also cut the name and the gear from that same cartridge. I tried something new and embossed some tin foil for the background. I wrapped a piece of cereal box cardboard with the foil and embossed it that way as the foil itself is too thin. It worked okay, but if you smoosh the card too much, the embossing would get flattened. (As you can see already happened in some areas). The sentiment came from the Technique Tuesday "Tin Man" set. I added a “screw” brad in place of the “o” to increase the card to Level 8 Manliness.

This robot will roll on into the following challenges:
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #60: Metal Embellished Birthdays
Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday “Anything Goes” Challenge
Tammy’s Scrapin’ Corner Challenge #44: Manly Cards
Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: Embrace the Old
Dream Valley Challenges #48: Anything Goes
One Crazy Stamper January “Anything Goes” Challenge
Spark Your Creativity Now! Challenge #5: Anything Goes

We had to use our double techs Super Volt and Laser Spin to finish off those giant robots, as lightning seemed to be the only element that did any substantial damage to them. Luckily we had some extra Ether potions on us, because we were burning through our mana points fighting those things! We were able to save Bradsville from complete destruction and ensure the realm was still able to receive the bits and bobs manufactured there.
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I'm a little embarrased to show this...but in the spirit of "embracing the old", I will. I found a picture of the very first card I made using the Robotz cartridge. I shudder now to look at it. Lol. Please don't judge. It was a long time ago and I didn't know what I was doing:

Haha. The "background paper" was cut from an old tissue box. I didn't have ANY stamps, so the gears were printed on the yellow paper with my computer and the sentiment was also printed on my computer and cut out (rather poorly). Everything was glued with that cheap clear liquid glue you can get at the dollar store (hence the wrinkly paper). Lol. How funny to look back on this. Little did I know what an addiction this would become! 
 ~ Guild Master Crystal ~

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