I caught a little bit of zentangle on a TV show a few weeks back (I think was the lady doing the demo was called Mel) and this was roughly the pattern she was doodling. Mine isn’t quite the same as I have angled my stripes differently and also the shading. The pattern reminds me of these old fashioned sweets you used to get that were kind of pyramidal and stripy – humbugs. I think zentangle lends itself really well to male cards and this one is for Fraser. Happy birthday Fraser!
Big congratulations to my niece Erin for graduating this month! I made this spring fold card with a sort of mortar board on the top. I have seen similar things before, possibly one of the sample cards at my scrapbook crop, so the idea is not a new one. The message is on the the back of the card.
It has been a while since I last blogged so here is the Father’s day card I made for my dad. There are the three of us as kids in the back of the truck and my dad driving. I didn’t have a stamp of a mini pick-up so this one from Stampin up had to do. I tend not to make my dad’s cards with loads of colours as he is colour blind so this one is mainly grey, white and black. I am trying to use up some of my old stash and the backing paper for this one is from an old Little Sizzles pad (Earth tones) from Sizzix.