"minions go bananas" card

So I decided to enter a challenge/contest again.

This one is for: www.papersmoochesstamps.com >> 

The challenge was to use this layout draft on a card/project:

Before I show you this card, I need to give you some background.  When I got my space-themed stamp set, the alien in the little spaceship reminded me of this:

(picture courtesy of Google Images)

 Further inspiration for my card came from going to see the Disney movie Brave a couple weekends ago.  Here is the preview we saw for Despicable Me 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXl8T6S5QHs

If you're not familiar with the movie, or the Minions' love for bananas, here's another short video clip to catch you up:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49hHVEQFNY

I think that the Minions are hilarious.  ANYWAY, here's the card.  :)

Supplies:
I used a cereal bowl to trace the silver cardstock, then embossed it using the diamond plate Cuttlebug embossing folder to make it look like a factory wall.  I stamped the spaceship alien onto yellow cardstock, and went in and added googly eyes, goggle "frames" with Sakura silver gel pen, goggle "straps" with black Sharpie, and thread tufts for "hair".  I also stamped and cut out the tiny "gloved" hands from black cardstock with white ink.  I paper pieced the dome of the spaceship, as well as the "robo-arm" attachment.  For the saucer and engine/afterburn, I used Sharpie markers to color and added some blue, silver, and yellow glitter glue.  The bananas were also colored with Sharpie (and hung up with a wire hook made from a used guitar string).  The last step was to stamp and emboss the word "Bananas!" with yellow embossing powder and handwrite the rest of the sentiment with Sakura white gel pen.  Finally, I layered with foam dots to make it appear that the four minions on the bottom were peeking over the purple wall to watch, while the minion in the hovercraft was trying to retrieve the bunch of bananas (so there are actually three layers to this card, even though the scan doesn't show it very well).

Stamps:
Minions/(aliens), spaceship, rocket fire, extra hands, bananas/(moon), leaves -- Paper Smooches/
robot-arm --  My Cute Stamps/
"Bananas!" font -- American Crafts/


This card was super fun to design and create!!
Thanks for taking a look! ~ Amanda B., the manderbean :)