Disney Villains Birthday Card

My Daughter-in-law Phoebe is a Disney fan, so for her birthday this year I did Disney villains...

 Thank you for looking and take care and keep smiling :)

Fat Ponies (Norman Thelwell) Birthday card

Thought it high time I did something different other than Rupert Bear for my Dad. So after some trawling 'round the internet I came across the Thelwell cartoons that my Dad is also very fond of ...

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Van Gogh Birthday card - for my son

A birthday card for my son. He said he liked it, but it was not what he was expecting. Well I said I do like to be different :)

 I love the front picture of Van Gogh and the cat by Frank R Sofo and my son and his wife LOVE cats, so it had to be done.

Passed Driving Test Card !!!

My Daughter-in-law Phoebe passed her driving test on Monday, first time !!! Clever girl I knew she could do it. I made the card a couple of months back when they told me she had put in for it (but they didn't tell me when). My son laughed when I said I'd made one, but I told him "I'm prepared when she does pass" ...

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Fathers' Day 2018 - Rupert Bear Double Tri shutter card and Album

I know Fathers' Day is next Sunday but we're off on our jollidays tomorrow so I thought I'd post it now. I don't know if I mentioned it before (don't think I did) but my Dad has been suffering with Parkinsons disease for the past seven years and at the beginning of this year he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He's had a stent fitted to help with swallowing and after three emergency trips to the hospital for different infections he's finally back to his annoyingly mischievous self, hahahaha

 The box pictures were sourced from the web and hand coloured. The picture panels on the card were scanned from Rupert Bear annuals and cropped to size. Oh and in the picture of the middle panel the one with the TV) I put a picture of my Dad as a boy.

 I bought Rupert Bear postcards, first day stamps and bookmarks but I didn't have anything to put them in so I got my Zutter bind it all out and made an album. The front and back covers are made from 2mm grey board and covered with pictures cut from some very damaged (collectors wouldn't touch them) Rupert annuals I got from eBay and stuck them down and "varnished" them with matte Modge Podge. I made a plaid design on my computer and printed it in to 300gsm yellow card. I bought the plastic (acid free) sleeves to hold the postcards etc. The other pictures used were either sourced from the web or scanned from annuals. Nearly all the pictures can be found on my Pinterest.
Take care and keep smiling :)
PS. here's the template I used to make the double trifold shutter card

I made two of these and butted them together and using a piece of card the same size as the middle panel stuck one on each side (back and front) to make it a double card.

1st Wedding Anniversary Card

Tomorrow will be my son and daughter-in-laws first wedding anniversary. Can't believe it has been a year since me and my Dad were in Italy watching them get married (which by the way was much better than Harrys and Meghans)

Kaisercraft golden grove 6.5" paper pad

Heartfelt Creations dies -Timeless Amour

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The Toilet Monster thank you card

My son and his wife came to visit recently and my son got a bee in bonnet about "deep cleaning" the shower room, so I let them get on with it ...

Both toilet monsters are the artwork of Chris Ryniak from his Morning  Scribbles series. Both were coloured in using Derwent coloursoft pencils and Sakura gelly roll glaze pens. The tiled background was sourced from Google.
Take care & keep smiling :)

Minion Nightmare before Christmas Card

For my friend Lyn who is a Nightmare before Christmas fanatic like me !!!

 All pictures and backing paper sourced from the web and adjusted/altered on my computer to get the picture I wanted, so I take no credit for the artwork. Most of the pictures used can be found on my Pinterest.
 Take care and keep smiling :)