2yr old Birthday card...

Im posting this hoping that the recipients mother doesnt see my blog... So far I think Im ok... This was another of my Commission cards... This time the brief was to make a Birthday Card for a 2 yr old Boy...

So I thought, bright colours, a truck, ballons and presents... What more would a 2 yr old boy want!?? I had fun with this one. Stamped with StazOn and coloured with my blender pens and SU ink. I lifted one of the baloons, and the presents on 3d foam and then decided that the card still needed a little Oomph... I used some 3d gloss, (Crystal Effects or Glossy Accents are two really good ones if youre shopping) and filled in the blue balloon, the red number 2 and the hub caps of the truck. (The number was cut out with a cuttlebug alphabet/number die using my big-shot. I cut out a red and a blue and layered the blue underneath to look like a shadow. The photo doesnt show it very well but I also did some sponging on the background and theres little fluffy clouds too! This was just done with some bashful blue ink and a scallop circle punch-out.

Again I remembered to decorate the inside with some strips of coloured cardstock.

What do you think?

Recipe
All products SU! Except red ribbon and 3d gloss.

Colour!

Remember my resolution to use more colour....? Well heres another of those cards. I was aiming for a male card but im not sure I pulled it off.


The colours are very male but what do you think of the finished card? I stamped the main image onto the card blank then again onto another piece of white, then I cut the centre of the medallion out. Next I covered the whole centre with VersaMark ink and sprinkled with clear embossing powder which I then heat set... I love the medallion stamp its nice and big and fills a card on its own...

I need your opinions on this one people! Is it still too feminine? Would it work for a man? Why do we cardmakers have such a hard time making 'men' cards?

Recipe: All SU!
Whisper white, tempting turquoise, basic black cardstock.
Tempting turquoise ink.
Medallion background stamp.
Versamark & SU! Clear Embossing powder.
Stampin Dimensionals, square scallop punch, paper piercer, rhinestone brad.

TTFN

C xx

Don't Forget the Boys!

Are you ready for Fathers Day?

My first card is really simple... Using the Prints Designer Paper in Close to Cocoa I covered a C6 card blank (made from Creamy Caramel card). I then used my Crop-a-dile and set a metallic eyelet in each corner. I did the same on a smaller piece of Designer paper and glued horizontally across the card.

The letters are stamped in Bordering Blue using the Headline Alphabet on Very Vanilla Cardstock and cut out. The tab on the top right of the card is simply a piece of Twill Tape trimmed to an angle on either end and stapled to the card... Voila!

Using the Metallic Eyelets and 'boy' colours makes this a very 'male' card... Using different colours and using ribbon and/or buttons would make a great 'female' card...



This one was made using the Le Jardin Double sided papers on a card blank made from Certainly Celery cardstock. I made a 'gatefold' card for some interest, and stamped 'U R' with the Headline Alphabet in Mellow Moss (Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up!) I then punched out a circle using the 1 3/8" circle punch and also punched out the word 'wonderful' (Welcoming Words - hostess gift) which had been stamped onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. This was glued on the inside of the card so it shows through the hole when the card is closed...

Let me know what you think?...
Thanks for looking,

Enjoy...
C xx