sheffield united birthday card, made by request

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.

 I took a heart sweetie from a branded name moulded into a heart shape and added the nickname of the team and then the recipients surname and age in a banner on the back.  Digital workshopping is not my thing but I thought id give it a try to save me cutting lots and lots of strips of red and white card to make the strip.

I wasnt completely satisfied but then I made it so Im never happy with anything I make.  However the person who requested the card thought it was 'absolutely brilliant' so that is enough for me.
Job Done another happy card recipient :o)

mural on my daughters wall -she is a big MJ fan and is a dance-aholic!

My daughter asked me if I would consider trying to draw Michael Jackson on her bedroom wall.  I wasnt convinced I was up to the challenge but I thought nothing ventured nothing gained.  I printed off a picture that she liked and took it up to her room.  I gridded the picture into manageable squares and drew similar but obviously larger lightly pencilled squares onto her wall that I could easily rub off when I was ready to paint.
Anyway this is how it turned out, do let me know what you think.

get well soon card - with a comedy slant

This is a comedy slant get well soon card for a friends of my hubby's who recently had a heart attack.

The guy has a sense of humour and appreciates making light of his situation so I went for a pick up truck.

 I printed the image which is only a clip art file three times.  I cut the full pick up  out for the base and then cut the front and back off the other two.  I layered them up and coloured them with promarkers, and drew a little guy in a puddle of oil very sketchily using the promarker fineliner.

 

It is very simple but it was worth a laugh and it was appreciated so all worth it.
Sometimes it is hard to come up with a male card let alone a male get well soon card so this was just novelty.