You are My Superman Giant Valentine's Day Card

 I made this super sized, Superman card for Brian two years ago and it remains one of my most favorite projects.  I wanted to bring it back out today and show you guys this as it's something fun to do for that Superman in your life!

Some quick details about this card. First off, it is 18"x30" and mounted on a poster board folded in half. I think the big card is such a fun idea, especially to show someone how much you love them. I got this silver poster board at Joann's and thought it would make a nice background to the cityscape I had planned for the bottom portion of the card.  I then adhered it to a two-sided poster board I had folded in half since I wanted the back to match - more on that later.

Using the Cricut Superman cartridge, I cut Superman6 at 10 3/4" for all the layers, including a shadow background.  The shadowing is quite large (1/2" or so all around). I pop dotted him on the card to add some dimension as he flies over the city! Take note that even at this large size, the eyes come out really small - be careful not to lose them (see below):

There are tons of cute images on the Cricut Superman cartridge - take a peek at some of those below:

The cityscape was made up of buildings from the Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge. There are tons of goodies hidden on that cartridge - lots of accessories, city scape, western scape, space ship, boats, etc.  Even if you don't like paper dolls, this cartridge has some real gems.  You can see the handbook for it HERE. The cityscape was cut at 4 1/2". I cut the cityscape 8 times - two in black, two in grey and four in yellow. Using the hide selected contour feature, I was able to create a blackout for the shapes and that is what I cut in yellow, to provide window lights for the buildings. I cut pieces of the cityscape apart to form the different heights.

I cut the "Superman" word art from page 69 of the handbook at 4 1/2" and the "You are MY" font at 2". The font and shadow for the "You are MY" are also on this cartridge and match perfectly with the cartoon-like feel to the images.  Above, you can also see the inside of the card, made up of a piece of poster board that was yellow on one side and blue (shown below) on the other side.

The blue matched better with the front and the overall concept, which is why I used this instead of just using a silver poster board.  Also, the other side of the silver was gold, which I didn't think would match at all.

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