Big Birthday Number 13

Number 13 unlucky for some but not this gent, he is a gentle giant with a great sense of humour who likes dressing up so I hope he likes the outfit choice lol.

Batman is 21

So who's ready for another number big birthday card lol. Before you ask yes it was made on the cricut and yes i did design it myself and yes i do love it lol. 

I went with a superhero theme for this card and it was inspired by the batman card I made last year.I showed a non crafty friend and she said it would be perfect for her son so I thought why not use it on his card this year.

Superman versus Batman

I'm not a fan of either batman or superman but I do know someone who is and this card was made to wish them a very Happy Birthday. I did have to buy these stamps though as I had an idea for this very card.

The cover plate has been cut three times and layered for some dimension and after I added the three skylines it needed it. My hubbie had the idea of adding the characters with action wobblers, of course I have some but could I find them, well of course I couldn't. Luckily I was attending a craft show at Newbury racecourse and I bought some there, I did think as soon as I finished the card I would find my originals but no such luck so far.

Ingredients
Images: "bam pow" and "super day" from Darcie
Paper: "masked marvels" J Billingsley at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Card: Michaels 110lb white and "basic grey" and "smoky slate" both Stampin up
Dies: "comic strip" coverall from Papertrey ink, "Skyline" from clearly besotted and "skyline" from MFT

Copics:
Batgirl
Skin - E11, 00, 000
Hair - E34, 31, 30
Outfit - N0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9

Batman
Skin - E11, 00, 000
Outfit - N0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9

Superman
Skin - E11, 00, 000
Hair - N9, 7, 5, 4
Outfit - B39, 37, 26, Y15, R89, 39, 37

My Hero

This image has been in my Bristol play day bag for a year, I was cleaning it ready for the next play day when I spotted this at the bottom of my images bag. As soon as I spotted him I knew exactly how I wanted to put the card together and this ended up being a quick card. It is a little busier than I intended but I'm pleased with how a neglected image became a lovely card.

Normally I list the copics I've used to colour but this time I have no idea lol, I could probably guess but maybe not lol.

Ingredients
Image: "my Hero" Sugar Pea Stamps
Papers: "Masked Marvels" by Julie Billingsley at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Card: "smoky slate" and "basic grey" both Stampin up and black from snippets
Dies: blueprints 12 and 1, circle stax and skyline border all MFT

Exploding Box

Warning very picture heavy post.....

Ok so every year I have to top the card I made the year before but this year I was totally stumped, how do you top a twisted easel, well with an exploding box of course lol.

I followed a tutorial from Sazzle her directions and pictures helped make this a fairly easy if time consuming make.

I knew I wanted a super hero/marvel comic style but how to translate that was the question. I found a fantastic digi kit that provided all the elements, papers, city scape and words all in one place the Masked Marvels kit by Julie Billingsley at Sweet Shoppe. Next I needed a focal image for the middle layer and I remembered the retro digi stamps from Kenny k, I framed these with the frame in the digi kit.

I have taken lots of pictures but wish I had photographed the outer layer before attaching the middle one as you can't really see it in the pictures. I did however take the middle layer pictures before attaching the last layer.

You can't see easily that the cityscape matches the on both sides of the acetate or that I added the firework paper to the back of the middle layer to give a background to the buildings.

I had so much fun with this but can't see me making another one for quite some time lol.

Outside of the box

Middle layer

Inner layer with bouncy number

Ingredients:
Cardstock: Black (from Jane), Acetate (from Tracy)
Red: "Real red" Stampin up, Blue: "Pacific Blue" stampin up, Yellow: "Harvest Gold" Papertrey Ink - all from the snippet folders
Papers and embellishments: "Masked marvels" Julie Billingsley at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Images: "Smart Alec" and "Big Surprise" Kenny K
Numbers: Billionaire cartridge on cricut

Chalenges: Snippet Playground

Thanks for looking and any comments you may leave