Twins birthday cards ....

.....  Good morning!  I hope you're all enjoying a good weekend.  Kathryn is away at her friends for a sleepover.  Her friends are twins and are celebrating their birthday this weekend.  Kathryn asked me to make special cards for them both - one likes Dr Who (doesn't everyone?) and the other likes Batman.  So I had lots of fun making them these cards.

The first is the Batman themed card.

Stamps: Stampin' Up! - Perfectly Penned, Endless Birthday Wishes
Inks: Distress - Black Soot; Versafine - Onyx Black
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Basic Black, Daffodil Delight; Wink of Stella - Black; Cameo - Batman Logo

When Kathryn asked for a Batman card, I had to really think about it.  I have lots of Halloween type bats, but I knew that she wanted the "proper" Batman logo.  Then I remembered that I had the logo in my selection of cut files for the Silhouette Cameo.  This is only the fourth time I've actually used my Cameo (a situation which I'm going to fix).  It was so easy to find the image, set it to the appropriate size and then send it to cut!  I cut some yellow card, adhered it to the card base and distressed the edges with black ink.  Then it was simply a case of adhering the logo and a bold birthday greetings - which I over stamped several times to give a slight offset shadow.  On the inside of the card I cut a mat of yellow and used the negative space of the cut file and stamped a greeting inside.

The next card has a Dr Who theme - in this family we are big Dr Who fans, so this wasn't difficult at all!

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Plate 925; Dare 2B Artzy - Live Life; Craft's Meow - Typically Teen; SU - Endless Birthday Wishes
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black; SU - Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, So Saffron; Versafine - Onyx Black
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Night of Navy; Copic Markers; Wink of Stella - Blue

I had so much fun colouring in the Tardis.  I used lots of the tips that I picked up while doing the Online Card Class - Copic Markers for Cardmakers.   I coloured the whole Tardis in light blue, then added some darker blue shading.  I used a grey marker on the shadow side - I love the effect that this gives.  I stamped another Tardis, coloured the windows and cut them out.  I used a white marker to add the writing around the top of the Tardis.  I added a touch of sparkle to the Tardis using a blue Wink of Stella brush.  I stamped the background to look a bit like Gallifrian symbols (see below).  I finished the front with a simple greeting.  On the inside I cut a panel of white card and adhered a big bow tie (from Matt Smith's incarnation of The Doctor) and a birthday greeting.

I hope that Kathryn's friends like their very individual birthday cards!!  Below is a photo of some Gallifrian symbols from inside the Tardis (the new version).

Photo credit

I have most of the day to myself - so I think I'm going to be playing in my craft room!  Jonathan is off out to a photo shoot and I'm not expecting Kathryn home for ages yet!!  That's all for now.  See you soon.

CTD#286 - Two cards ....

... Hi!  I am really excited to be Guest Designer with Colour Throwdown this week! 

The colours are just gorgeous, so fresh and springlike and isn't that graphic fun!  I liked the colours so much that I actually made two cards.

Stamps: Dare 2B Artzy - Live Life; Stampin' Up! - Gorgeous Grunge; Uniko Studio - Extra Time
Inks: Versamark; Versafine - Onyx Black; SU - Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Old Olive
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Old Olive, Clear Embossing Powder

My first card has more of a masculine feel.  I stamped some graffiti style images in Versamark, embossed them with clear powder and then sponged on Daffodil Delight and Pool Party.  I added some more graffiti style images in our colours and finished the front with a birthday greeting in black.  I adhered the panel to a base of Old Olive.  On the inside I stamped more graffiti images on a white panel and left it blank for a message.

Here's my second card - completely different in style.

Stamps: My Favourite Things - All Smiles, Grand Peaceful Wildflowers

Inks: Stampin' Up! - Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Old Olive
Dies: Die-namics - Grand Peaceful Wildflowers; Lil' Inkers - Stitched Rectangles #5
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU DP - Pool Party;

My second card is very clean and simple and, I think, very pretty.  I used the Stitched dies to cut out a white panel and  layered it onto a mat of Pool Party design paper.  I stamped the flower on white card, cut it out with the matching die and adhered it to the card with dimensional tape.  I finished the front with this lovely sentiment.  On the inside I cut another mat of design paper and on the white panel stamped another dandelion.  To me dandelions are very much a sign of spring.  While they drive me, and most gardeners, wild, they are really pretty!

As always, the Design Team have provided lots of inspiration with their fabulous cards.  Thanks so much to the team for allowing me to join you this week - I've had lots of fun.  Thanks also for stopping by to check out my cards!  See you soon.