Birthday Cards

Manly Birthday Card

For my Dad's birthday I made this card.

I think it can be quite difficult to craft a birthday card for man that isn't overloaded or kitschy but still looks sophisticated and thoughtful.

As my Dad is a person who quite likes to travel and seeing that I moved into a different country, I thought it would be a nice idea to do something with a vintage map print. The print I used was from the latest homemaker magazine. I used a blue card for the base which picks up some of the colour hues in the map print. To give it a bit more interest, I added paper flowers, an organza like ribbon, some gems and a label.

Although I didn't manage to post the card on time to reach him at the day, he was still very touched by the card.

Girly Birthday Card

It might be the spring feeling - I really seem to be back into pink!

This card is for one of my best friend's 27th bday. I used some print from the homemaker magazine, picked the base card colour to match and a vintage ribbon, a very bright ribbon, a paper flower and a paper button to hold it all down.