"Game Night" ATC swap

Hello everyone!  I've taken another of my creative breaks, and have been trying to organize my craft room.  Now that I've started I can't think of any cards to make.  But I do have an ATC that I haven't posted yet.  It was done for the October Stampin' Up party at the home of fellow Giggler Mary Ann.  We had an ATC swap for our group and I wish you could see them all.  The Gigglers are all so talented.  You can see a couple of them at Lou Ann's blog, and Diane's blog.  PLEASE take a look at these pint sized treasures.  They are incredible. 

This little 3 1/2 X 2 1/2 card came to me when I found a bag of 54 mini playing cards and a bag of mini puzzle pieces.  One day I decided to separate the cards by suite, only to find out that it was a complete deck.  That was the start.  I have several game stamp sets, by the pieces are too big for an ATC.  Enter Shrinky Dinks.  A plastic that you stamp, color and bake to have an image that's about 1/3 of the size.  That's what I did for the Cowboy Poker chip, Sorry game pieces, dice, and Chess Knight.  The Game Night arrow was die cut with a cute little Verve die that I had just gotten in the mail.  Love that Verve.  The checkerboard was pretty tough.  I searched for paper, material, stamps, anything with a red and black checkerboard, and nothing.  So my DH said  "Did you check the internet for a picture you could copy and reduce."   DUH!  I covered it with UTEE for a nice shine.  Last, but not least, the puzzle. 

When I poured them out of the bag I notice a couple were contacted, just like a regular puzzle.  I thought it would be nice to put a few pieces together.  Have you ever tried to put together teeny tiny puzzle pieces of a 500 piece puzzle?  It is a challenge.  But I liked it.  Hopefully you will too.  Thanks for looking.

SUPPLIES

Stamps:  SU "Game Night"; Inkadinkado "Games"

Paper:  SU Very Vanilla, Real Red, Basic Black,Handsome Hunter, Jackpot dsp

Ink:  Stazon Forest Green, Azure, Blazing Red, Cotton White; Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Mini Playing Cards; Mini Puzzle, checkerboard

Tools:  Shrinky Dinks; Dies Spellbinders, Verve; UTEE; glue dots