Cardio Majestix "Last Orders" Birthday Card

I'm trying to get ahead of myself making cards for birthdays coming up in the next couple of months.

For this card, for a male friend, I started with using the Sweet Poppy "Circle Aperture Stencil" with "Shadow Grey" and "Forget-Me-Not" Ranger Archival Inks to create the coloured background circle.

Initially, I was thinking I would make a clock, using the bottles as the numbers, but decided against that idea.  I used a small bottle stamp from the Cardio-Majestix stamp set called "Last Orders" stamped in Versafine Clair "Green Oasis" ink.

Next, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the "Happy Birthday" words using the Hobby Art Stamp set called "Greetings For Friends - CS158D".

I mounted the card on to co-ordinating green card and then on to a card blank, finally adding a spotty background using a silver glitter Unibal Signo pen.

Visible Image "Ahead of our time" 50th Male Birthday Card

Today our friend celebrates his 50th birthday.  As the postal service is a bit slower, I made this card a fortnight ago, just to be sure it arrives with him before or on his special day.

I knew the blue colour scheme I wanted to use(this friend spends a lot of his leisure time on the water) and although I had an idea what I wanted to create, I actually had a dummy run of the card using a background I was not so fond of.  This gave me an indication of positions etc.  As it was it turned out ok, so I may well use this "draft" card for somebody else in the future.  This is the first draft of the card.  Same stamps, just a different colour way.

For the main card, I used four Brusho colours (Ultra Marine, Turquoise, Violet and Black) to create the background colour.

I used stamps from Visible Image "Ahead of our time" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I used a silver, blue and purple glitter Signo pens and a white Posca Pen for areas of the card.

I typed out and printed the "You Sir, are fifty today!" then die cut and layered the sentiment.  The two smaller stamped sentiments of "Congratulations" and "Happy Birthday" are from a Papertrey Ink stamp set.

Funky Fossil Designs New Stamp Preview "Happy Words"

Funky Fossil Designs have five fabulous new clear stamp sets that will be available to purchase from their site on Saturday 28th March at 9am. I've used one of the new sets with an existing stamp set to create this card.

I've used an existing Funky Fossil clear stamp set called "Chubby Unicorns" with a new stamp set called "Happy Words" to create this card.

I stamped the unicorn and the sentiment in Versafine Clair  "Glamorous" pink ink.  I used "Picked Raspberry" Distress Oxide ink through the  Funky Fossil "Shooting Star" stencil.

I added colour to the unicorn with a turquoise colored Posca Pen and glitz to the shooting star area using sequins and a silver glitter Signo Pen.

Day 10 - The Daily Marker Thirty Day Colouring Challenge #thedailymarker30day

This is my Day 10 make for "The Daily Marker Thirty Day Challenge".

For my Day 10, a cling stamp called "Sunflower - SNSDM-SF" made by Rubbadubbadoo.

I decided to colour using Signo Uniball Sparkle pens, I then die cut the shape and mounted the circle onto black card, which seems to make the colours pop.