I am here with some recent card commission.
A friend was recently 80 years old and still doing decorating on his house even after falling off a ladder last year and breaking his hip !!!!
I saw him a few days before his birthday and scolded him for doing it after I had been told he had been up a ladder painting his chimney ! I mean ..... REALLY !!!
Anyhoo - naturally I made most of his cards this year with a decorating theme using a fabulous image I bought from DOCTOR DIGI - Dunderton Decorators - which was just perfect. They made perfect images for men which is so useful as I often struggle with Male cards :-D
Whilst shopping, I saw a card on the Dr Digi shop site which gave me inspiration so I CASE'd it LoL
Here is my version.
I used Kraft paper for the background and printed some rose pattern for the ' wall paper ' . All the images were coloured with Spectrum Noir markers and then fussy cut and layered.
For this one, I used the same image but cut out only his head and hands to add to a ' Wing Suit '. The person who ordered this card made a joke about him being safer with a Wing Suit, so that's what I made for her card.
This Birthday Boy and his lovely wife also feed lots of stray Greek cats around their house and there are always more sneaking up. This card was decoupaged into 4 layers with all the cats. As he is 80 I put that on the front and the joke inside says .... " Is that your age or the number of Cats ? "
Thank you very much for popping in xxx
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A fantastic selection Sue love them all Ginny
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These are all wonderful. Great commissions. Love the wing suit idea.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely brilliant cards for this spry (in HIS mind!) old cat lover!! Love him painting over the rose print paper. The wing suit is hilarious and actually a very good idea if he is intent on that sort of thing! LOVE the 80 cats..or years!! Fabulous, Ike. He will love these!!!
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Oh brilliant! Great card for a great feisty guy, love the story behind your card. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.
ReplyDeleteReally great set of creations here! I just adore the fun kitty crowd card you made! Really fun that you've personalized it as well! So cute! Thank you for sharing your creation for the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies challenge this month! HUGS, *Vicki* (DT)
ReplyDeleteThe wallpaper adhered to the card is a fabulous idea and a super fun card...one of the best I've seen in ages. Thanks for playing along with this months challenge at AAA Birthday.
ReplyDeleteAll perfect cards for your friend to enjoy. Especially love the kitty card. My daughter and her family regularly holiday in the Greek islands and she jokingly says she has to frisk my Grsndson before they get on the plane to come home as he makes friends with all the stray cats around the hotels. Hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha-ha! Bravo!!! Love thise cards!
ReplyDeleteyour neigbor is like me :D
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all cards are great!
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A wonderful card!
ReplyDeleteThank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes + optional for a man” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
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