Category Archives: birthday card

Get well card (speedy recovery) and Harry’s birthday card

I haven’t been in the mood for much crafting recently but I did make a couple of cards. Here is one I made for Cameron (my godson) who had an awful crash while on a speed trial. Good news: he has made a remarkable recover! I do hope the others involved also recover well.

No stamps involved here, image is clip-art.

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Harry recently had another birthday so I used my new Meercat stamp set and a bit of brayering for his card.

Inks: black document ink, Stampin up Bashful blue, Not quite navy, More mustard and So saffron
Card: glossy white and matte white card, more mustard card
Stamps: Jayne Netley Mayhew Meercats Stampin up Pocket silhouettes
Other: Marvy pens to colour

Iain’s birthday card

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Our very dear friend Iain has had a pretty hard time over the past 7 months recovering from a stroke and adjusting to his new way of life. He is doing so extremely well – no surprise there given his inner strength, his faith, his wife Ruth and all his family and friends, not to mention his sense of humour. Happy birthday Iain.

Inks: Memento black and copic pens to colour
Card: tartan paper, stampin up old olive card and summer picnic paper
Stamps: Stampin up Golden oldies

Birthday and anniversary cards.

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I found this tutorial the other day and loved the card Michelle made so much that I just had to have a go for my mum’s birthday card. I didn’t have the same stamps or colours (nothing new there!) but I used her overall design. Mine is not nearly as good as Michelle’s but I would definitely try this again. (thank you for sharing Michelle)

Inks: Brilliance pearlescent yellow, Adirondack stream and terra cotta, Archival coffee, Versafine onyx black, Stampin up certainly celery and cream caramel, dark green, Distress ink weathered wood
Card: black, white, teal
Stamps: Papertreyink Out on a limb, Basic grey Flourish corners (small flower), Rubber Stamp Tapestry (foliage), Stampers anonymous Urban tapestry (splotches for leaves in tree), a text stamp unknown
Other: Silver brads

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This cute little car stamp by Mabel Lucie Atwell was perfect for dad, I can just imagine him playing with one of these as a little boy. Actually it was probably a go-cart that he played with! I decoupaged the image and shaded the outside with distress inks.

Inks: Black document ink, Distress inks Antique linen and walnut stain
Card: Ivory
Stamp: Mabel Lucie Atwell Boy with car
Other: Prisma pencils and sansador to colour, silver pen

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Yet another fabby tutorial (thank you for sharing Nathalia) but I didn’t make an accordion book I just used the idea to make this card.

I used grunge paper instead of chipboard.

Inks: Distress inks frayed burlap and walnut stain
Card: grunge paper, white card
Stamps: I stamped the inside using selective colouring with Marvy pens with various stampin up pocket silhouette stamps and Rubber stamp tapestry stamps having brayered lightly for the sky and ground first. The greeting is from stampin up cheer and wishes. Dragonfly on shrink plastic from Aspects of design 38 Daisy daydreams
Other: Ckalky emulsion French turquoise for the undercoat, Crackle paint Picket fence paint, eyelets, small terracotta pot, flowersoft and wire, lucky white heather (plastic), filigree button for the handle, shrink plastic dragon fly with some thin black wire for it’s legs.

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The inside
Just when I thought I was taking better photos
I go and do something like this – C’est la vie!
You get the idea anyway.