An anniversary card for my husband although it could be used for any occasion. I used a spellbinders die for the background and then used a series of layered ovals. I threaded the ribbon through the background cut out and then tied a separate piece of ribbon around the centre of the two threaded pieces of ribbon. Two purchased paper roses finished the card.

Male Birthday 2

Yet another card fro a man. This started off life as the previous card but the inking made the vintage picture too yellowed so I worked on a different colour scheme. I printed the image on a bubble jet printer and inking it smudged the image, but I liked the smudging as it kind of aged/distressed it, so I left it. The image is from a  book of vintage steampunk illustrations from Dover. The circle behind was a floral one but I tucked the very flowery bit behind he larger circle. The black strip was cut using s Martha Stewart punch. I used my computer to put together the sentiment. Double click on the image below to open it full size, then right click to save it to your computer.

Man's birthday card

I seem to have a run of male cards to make of late. Most of the men in the close family are not "blokey" blokes..not into fishing, golf, drinking or any of the other things that seem to dominate cards for men. Keeping it simple and clean seems to fit the bill well.  I made this one from scraps.

Baby shower card

A card for a baby-que...a baby shower barbecue. We know the baby is a boy, so I came up with this card based on some similar ones I'd seen on the internet. The bunnies were cut using s die and the tiny stars using a punch. I had cut the onesy by hand with scissors. Pearls make the obvious choice for drawer handles and buttons on the onesy.

Fishy card

A birthday card fpr a young lady who isn't really into girly stuff. Yes, I know..the top of the fish on the left isn't quite straight but by the time I noticed it, it was too late - the glue had dried. These fish were done with a 2 inch circle punch and an elongated heart punch. Cut out both the under and top part, then snip out a piece from the top circle. They do need a smiley face or else they look like rather angry fish! I used different sized pearls for bubbles and hand cut the sea plants from scraps of card using scissors.