Sunday 25 April 2010

I am sailing.........


Well not really - I don't even like boats!
But my friend's DH love them and pictures of them too. When we were on holiday in Tenerife he took us into a neighbouring hotel to show us a painting he'd noticed by Roy Cross, the man who designed the artwork for a lot of the original Airfix kit boxes. So when his birthday was approaching I hit on the idea of finding a Roy Cross picture and making it into a birthday card for him, this was the result and I'm pleased to say he was delighted with it. It was fairly easy to do I just had to match the blue/grey from the picture to the backing gemstone cardstock and sentiment that I printed directly onto the card.



 This card looks fairly simple to make too but it caused me a bit of problem. My best friend & I have always looked out for special cards for each other's birthdays and I was torn between shopping for a really nice one or having a go at making one that looked good enough. I opted to make.

As ever, the harder I tried the worse it got, I lost count of the number of pieces of paper that I cut and then stuck wrong but eventually, just as time was running out, this was IT. The image is a Lily of the Valley die cut, (wasn't going to risk my own colouring!), the papers Pink Petticoat and some lovely green dotty bazill. I used a MS corner punch and some papermania glimmer dots and flowers to trim. The sentiment is a stamp the lovely Melissa sent me as a gift and I think it works well with the scalloped circle.

Thank you for reading this far.......

11 comments:

  1. Great cards Marg. The ship one is very classy and as for the pink one - I'm sure your friend is gonna love it it's gorgeous. Jaqui x

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  2. Lovely cards - the cat one looks gorgeous xx

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  3. Fab cards, how clever to find the picture of the ship and your cat card is very sweet, I love it xxx

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  4. Fab cards Marge. The cat one is really pretty and I'm sure your friend is going to love it. x

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  5. Gorgeous cards, both so different and just perfect for each of your friends. Your patience has really paid off. Well done xx

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  6. Beautiful cards, I love the ship one you have done! and the other one is just so girly and pretty! xxx

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  7. Gorgeous cards - love the kitten

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  8. Ship card is brilliant, glad it was appreciated. Pink card really cute.

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  9. The ship card is brill, no wonder your friend's DH was made up and as for the cat card for your best friend, that is gorgeous.. the colours and the corners of your matting and layering are loverly.. I bet your best friend was chuffed.. :D Christine x

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  10. They're both fab. I love the boat picture, and your cat card looks perfect x

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  11. they are both smashing cards but living by the water my heart says the boats!

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