Birthday Card for Pops

This card is made especially for an 89-year-old man who is going to celebrate his 90th! He is the patient of a dear friend who hopes to make and get others to create 90 birthday cards in total for him. I hope this can bring a smile to his face! :)

I've decided to make a pop-up card using the funny images from Art Impressions. They are the best for hilarious images. I love them! Here is the front of the card. We are sure ready to put out a fire as there are certainly a lot of candles on the cake of someone who is celebrating his 90th birthday!

"OKAY! Light the candle!"

Here's the inside of the card with the birthday boy, family, friends, balloons, party decor, birthday song and, of course, birthday cake with lots of candles! I hope Pops would love all the cards sent his way. Happy birthday, POPS!

Here's how I created the card. First I stamped the image below. The actual image is much longer and there are 2 more characters on the right but I think it's too long for the intended size of the card. After stamping, I coloured it with Faber Caster watercolour pencils. I did not use water or blender for colouring. I've really enjoyed colouring with these pencils these few months and have been using them almost exclusively for colouring my stamped images. I do wish I had more colours too. It's getting a little boring.

Then I stamped and coloured the image below. Both stamps are from Art Impressions.

After both images were ready, I fussy cut and assembled the card together. The pop-up feature of the interior of the card was very much simplified by the use of the 'Lots of Pops' die. Just realised how apt it is that I have used 'Lots of Pops' for Pops' card! Hope you like my creation presented here. Do make some pop-up cards if you haven't tried making them yet. I love them!

Here are the products that I have used for making this pop-up card;

Art Impressions Stamps Party Group

Art Impressions Stamps Fire Out

Elizabeth Craft Designs Dies Lots of Pops

My Favorite Things Die-namics Celebrate

Faber Castell Watercolour Pencils

Tsukineko Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Crate Paper Party Day

Simon Says Stamp Make It Colorful Wednesday Challenge

I made this card for a friend's birthday. She's a fun person who enjoys a good laugh, so I chose an Art Impressions stamp with some seriously funny dancing ladies for the card. I love the humour of many of the Art Impressions stamps!

The card turns out to be pretty colourful, so I decide to take part in the SSS Make It Colorful Wednesday Challenge. Here's the complete card. The ladies are dancing under the stars. Look at their faces. They are so into what they are doing. There's so much passion! Haha!

I stamped and coloured the image with Faber Castell watercolour pencils. I've been using them for my last few projects. I think they are the most convenient to use and I'm too lazy to take out other colouring medium. 

 Then I put the backdrop together by die-cutting.

Then I fussy cut the image and adhered it onto the backdrop. 

Products I used to create this birthday card:

Art Impressions Stamps Girlfriends

Avery Elle Elle-ments Wonky Stitiches Die
Avery Elle Elle-ments Finished Frame Die
Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Puffy Star Stackables
My Favorite Things Die-namics Brushstroke Birthday Greeting

Simon Says Stamp Food and Drink Wednesday Challenge & The Daily Marker Pop Up Challenge Day 1

I'm taking part in 2 challenges with this card.

The first challenge is the Simon Say Stamp Food and Drink Challenge. It was tough thinking of which stamp to use as they are so many adorable ones. I finally decided to settle for this adorable penguin with a giant candy cane. Candy Cane is food, isn't it? Although it's not exactly real food. I love the way that thos little guy from Art Impressions is holding its food. He's so cute!

The second challenge is The Daily Marker Pop Up Challenge Day one. The theme is lines, so that explains all those crazy green, red and white lines of the background. I do like how it has turned out. There's a Christmassy feel about it. :D

Products I used for this card:

Art Impressions Roley Penguin rubber stamp

My Favorite Things Die-namics Zig Zig Stitched Rectangle STAX

My Favorite Things Die-namics Cross Stitch Circle STAX

Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings die

Tsukineko StazOn jet black

Ranger Mini Distress Inkpads