His 'n' Hers

In the space of a few short weeks here in Northern Ireland, almost everyone I know has a birthday! My husband, his sister, her husband, my best friend and most of her family... the list is endless. I said to hubby that there must be something in the air in May and he said it was the only time of year that it's warm enough to take off your clothes lol! Anyway, since his sister and her husband's birthdays are only a couple of days apart, I thought it would be fun to make "his 'n' hers" cards for them...

"His 'n' Hers"

I guess you could use a similar idea if you had to make cards for twins.

NB click on the pictures to enlarge them if you want to see more detail

"His"

The cards are similar in style, but for the man's card I've used a much more masculine colour scheme of black and gold.

"Meadow"

I still wanted it bright though, so I cut the diecuts from holographic card to reflect the light well. It doesn't matter what the pattern is on the holographic card when you are using it like this, any sort of pattern will pick up the light and reflect it in different directions to achieve the effect. It's supposed to look completely random like a real late Summer meadow, with everything in full bloom.

"Daisy Chains"

You might recognise the sentiment from the "Daisy Chain" card I shared a couple of weeks ago. It's heat-embossed in gold onto black cardstock, diecut and matted and layered onto alternating black and gold diecuts, with some gold diecut flourishes for extra embellishments.

"Hers"

The woman's card has a much more subtle colour scheme, but I kept the bright gold diecuts to match the two cards and because I like the brightness in these dark, Winter days.

"Meadow"

The background is sponged & stamped with distress inks, and I've used lace for a more feminine border in place of the diecut in the man's card.

"Sentiment"

The sentiment is stamped and heat-embossed in gold onto white card, diecut and sponged with matching distress inks, then mounted with foam tape onto another inked and stamped background. More lace is added to trim, along with a few daisies peeking out from behind the sentiment panel.

"Covers"

Here they are closed and tied, ready to hand over. If you fancy having a go at a book card, I have a tutorial here. It's easier than you think :-)

Ingredients:

IndigoBlu stamp set: Enjoy Life

Spellbinders dies: Labels 20, Resplendent rectangles

Spellbinders die d-lites: Poppy Patch, Cattails, Flower Burst, Fantastic Flourish One

Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage, Antique Linen, Tattered Rose

Versamark ink pad

Stampendous embossing powder, pirate gold

cardstock: brown 300gsm, black 300gsm, white 160gsm, black 160gsm, gold holographic

ribbon, gold (for ties)

lace

Daisies

adhesives: PVA, Pinflair, foam tape

Entered for the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp and Show - The Stamp You Love (but don't use). I just love that IndigoBlu "daisy chain" stamp from the "Enjoy Life" set and thought I'd have a go at using it on a birthday card. It reads "Take the time to walk barefoot in the grass making daisy chains & believe in the beauty of your dreams".
Timeless Tuesday - All That Glitters