Today I’m sharing a Birthday card that I made for my husband’s 60th Birthday using the image and sentiments from Art Impressions – Dance It Out – 5278 and image from Cake Popper Set (4475) (Retired). He hated the thought of turning sixty and being a few years older than him, I couldn’t resist doing a funny card for his birthday.
To create the card, I began with the card base of 5.5″ x 4.25″ using Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock. I cut Your Next Stamp Designer Pad – Birthday Boy paper to the size of 5.5″ x 1.75″ and 5.5″ x 2.5″ and adhered it to the base using double-sided tape. Lastly, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Blueprint Sketch was applied around the edges of the card using a finger dauber.
With Memento – Tuxedo Black ink and my MISTI, I stamped all of the images onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I coloured in all of the images and then fussy cut around them. For the image on the front of the card. I popped it up onto black cardstock using U-Line Double-Sided foam tape and then fussy cut around it again.
For the front of the card, with my Cuttlebug and Sizzix Thinlets – Balloon Occasions, I die cut the “Happy” and “birthday” twice. I ran the blue “Happy” through my Xyron Create a Sticker and attached it directly to the card. The Yellow and Blue inlays were added from the die cut pieces using liquid glue. Liquid glue was also appplied to the 2 “Birthday” die cuts and attached to the card. U-Line Double-Sided foam tape was applied to the back of the man image and popped up onto the card. I stamped the sentiment using Versafine – Majestic Blue with my MISTI. Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder was applied and then heat embossed with Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. Poppystamps – Christmas Quotes dies were used to die cut the sentiment. Using a blending brush with some yellow ink still on it, I applied it and then added some U-Line Double-Sided foam tape to pop it up on the card.
For the inside of the card, the image was applied using liquid glue. The sentiments were stamped using Versafine – Onyx Black ink with my MISTI. Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder was applied and then heat embossed with Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool. Lastly, I thought it would be fun to add in his age onto the balloons. Using Die-Namics – Frosted Alphabet, and my Cuttlebug, I die cutted the numbers and frosting out of Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. The numbers were coloured in with the same colours as the cake and then Stickles – Diamond was added to the icing. Once the stickles was dry I applied the 2 pieces together with liquid glue and attached them to the balloons.
My husband loved his card and I hope you do too!
Card Recipe:
Stamps and Sentiment: Art Impressions – Dance It Out – 5278, Cake Popper Set (4475) (Discontinued)
Inks: Memento – Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Blueprint Sketch, Versafine – Majestic Blue, Versa Fine – Onyx Black
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Colour 100 lb., Your Next Stamp Designer Pad – Birthday Boy (6″ x 6″)
Dies: Sizzix Thinlets – Balloon Occasions (666014), Poppystamps – Christmas Quotes, Die-Namics – Frosted Alphabet
Miscellaneous: MISTI – Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, Ranger – Clear Super Fine Detail embossing powder, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, Stickles – Diamond, U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape
Image coloured with Copic Markers:
Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R30, R24, R20
Man
Hair: C7, C5, C3, C2, C1, C0, C00
Shirt: B06, B04, B02, B00, Colorless Blender
Pants, Shoes and Belt: E59, E57, E29, E27, E25, E23, Y19
Woman
Hair: Y38, Y19, Y15, Y11
Dress and Earrings: BV08, BV04, BV02, BV01
Cake, Flowers and Ribbons: G99, G24, B06, B02, B00, B000, B0000, BV04, BV02, BV01
Balloons, Numbers, Hat and Whistle: B06, B04, B02, B01, B00, B0000, BV08, BV04, BV02, BV01, BV0000
Hope you like it and have a great week!