Still 'Tis the Season

'Tis the Season!

 Well I figured, as it's Christmas time and all, that I better get a move on with the christmas cards. So far I have only made a few, but the number is bound to increase over the next two weeks. All of them actually took me quite a while to make. That's the unfortunate thing about me, everything that can go wrong WILL go wrong. So many things on each card had to be redone, due to glue smudges, ink stains, etc. I do however find them rather inventive, and hope you enjoy them!

 

November 16: A Brother's Birthday

This is the card I made for Jonah from my parents. I think I would like to try stitching around the edges, just to jazz it up a little. I really like the bold font against the spiky circle with the calm paper in the middle and notebook paper beneath that. Very boyish kind of card, but again, mix up the colours and it's perfect for a girl!

This is the card I made for Jonah from me. It's very similar to the cards at the very beginning of the blog, as the colour theme and shapes are the same. You'll notice on the front I have written, 'Happy birthday, mate.' Too often I think people email, text, tweet and message, writing things that just aren't like them, and not writing the things they actually would say normally. I usually call Jonah 'mate' and hardly ever call him by his real name. However brief this message is, the fact the I have said 'Happy birthday, mate' means that even if the card was sent from Mars with no writing on the inside and no return address, Jonah would know without a doubt, that this card was from me.

Today is my dad's birthday, so naturally I made him a birthday card. This card can easily be turned into a Father's Day card, and likewise, a Mother's Day card. If you were to use this design for a Mother's Day card though, it would probably be best to change the theme from blue to pink.

Now that I'm well into this blog, I have decided to try experimenting with different styles. The cards I have made in the past, however good, are actually quite simplistic when compared to other cards I have seen. Gathering a bunch of snippets and scraps from various sources, I have created something that is a little different to my previous works. I hope you like it.

Now this is a cool card. It was made for a superhero themed birthday party for two people, and I can assure you many drafts were made. On the front of the card are the two legends, Wonder Woman and Superman. Also, there is an altered version of the famous phrase that accompanies the latter, "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" Instead I put, "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's..." and then neatly jotted inside is "Your birthday!".

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Of course, being a Doctor Who fan, I made a TARDIS! This card was made to say thankyou to a man who lent us the first 3 seasons of Doctor Who to watch when we were first getting into it the TV show. I made it a while back, so bare with me on the picture quality and amateurish style. Regardless of my inexperience at the time, however, it is still a pretty awesome card.

I fiddled a lot with this card. It took a while to get the shapes and colours right, but I must say I'm pretty pleased with the result. The card is very mass producible, as the beads are glued on, not stitched. Perfect for any girly girl under 10..... or over ;).

I made this card for a very good friend of mine. He's a photographer, so I made him a 3D model of a Canon 7d, and stuck it on a blank card. By using a stanley knife I was able to cut inside each lense individually, creating the same, 'going in' kind of effect you get from a real camera.

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I made this card for my cousin who is turning 8 next month. It's cute, girly and pretty easy to make, if only the pinwheels would cooperate and jolly well stick together! Notice how the brown paper is rough on one side. This adds to the patchwork, lazy-day feel I get from this card. You can also shake up the colours a bit to suit different people.

Now this is a fun card. I have made something very similar to it before, but the flowers were a lot bigger. A cool thing about this card is that it can easily be changed to suit the person you're giving it to. Also, it was made for a fabulous 40 year old lady I know, but is still suitable for a 5 year old, 12 year old, 17 year old, 21 year old, or any age you want!