I was asked if I could come up with an 80th birthday card for a man who was a serious lifelong Sheffied United supporter. I thought ok lets give it a go.
I checked out the strip the year he was born and then I found out a bit about the history of the club and found out they had been in the FA Cup Final so I got a picture of that strip too. I made a small tag from the two strips and I got a metre of red white and back ribbons to make the tag hang loose. Using a copy of the team badge I made a rosette from crepe paper and the printed badge which I cut using a 'huge' circle punch. I covered a plain white a5 envelop with plaited crepe as well to create a kind of 3d effect too and ayered the rosette and tag onto the envelope adding a small rectangle with silver n red inked edges for the name to be added.
The card itself I cut using the cricut and some 100mic grey board to make it super sturdy to hold plenty of embellishment and to stand up like a footie strip. I used pics of the recipient and their strips over the years along with club memorabilia and pics of the mascot and team logo etc to make a collage for the inside of the card.
Then I punched 6 scalloped circles and layered somepunched circle photos to make tags that hang down the front of the card for memories of things achieved by the club.
A photo of the recipient, a photo of the FA cup team, a photo of the team the year he was born, and a photo of the team mascot, and one of a classic subbuteo game featuring the Sheffield United team. I layered the two scalloped circles slightly overlapping and laid the photo circle on the top centre to create an oval embellishment. I hung all of these on the three ribbons which are team colours and then finally the back was another digital image.
Job Done another happy card recipient :o)
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Jolly Good.
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