Who knew? March 10th is Mario Day!
If you follow YamStamps on Facebook, you’ll know that I love sharing “Days” on the page – like today, which is Mario Day! MAR-1-0 – get it? Someone very clever (presuming someone at Nintendo) came up with that one! It inspired me to create a quick and easy Mario themed card!
I cut the Azure Afternoon Cardstock to resemble overalls, added a Poppy Parade inner card and used the cut outs from a number 8 from the Alphabet A La Mode Dies for the overall buttons. I found a free font on the web that resembled the Mario lettering and used that to create a sentiment that I stuck on the inside of the card – and it’s a SUPER card for a Nintendo lover!
I thought the overalls theme would be the easiest to use for a card – and going with this, you could also easily make a matching Luigi card by using a green inner card rather than a red one!
Did you play a lot of Mario games in the past – or are you still playing them? I played more when my son was younger since we would play together….and I do remember playing Super Mario Universe on my own after he’d gone to bed because I really wanted to beat certain levels. (I can be a little goal oriented that way I guess!!). We also played Mario Kart and Mario Party with a group, which was fun (though our family can get a little competitive at times!!). Must be a genetic thing.
Check out the quick Mario Day card video I did of the card making process – I shared it pretty much everywhere….YouTube, Tik Tok, Instagram and Facebook….and now here on YamStamps.com as well! I like being able to create quick videos and then find some appropriate and fun music to use with them….though a bunch of my TikToks are now quiet (they even removed MY voice in some of the voice overs) because they’ve stopped allowing Universal Music for Tik Toks (and apparently I used a bunch of their songs). I might get around to picking new music for them at some point (or maybe the music will be allowed again at some point in the future??). Anyway, for now, at least, the Mario Day video has sound!!
Save this so you can remember to make a Mario themed card for the game lover in your life!
