Spiderman

Masculine cards are always a challenge ( do I hear a collective sigh of agreement ? )

If in doubt, I try and find a hobby/interest/theme pertinent to the person I am making the card for - not everyone appreciates an abundance of flowers and frills

This card was for my daughter's boyfriend Ben, who is into all manner of interesting topics, this year I decided to opt for Spiderman and used an old Cuttlebug embossing folder for the textured background

The sentiment is a Stampin' Up one

Simple but effective I think

xxx

Happy 18th AJ

And today my 'baby' turns 18

18 !!!!!!!!!!

How on earth did that happen, where did those years disappear

How is my baby now 18 and 6ft 6in tall ?????

If you are a parent to a baby or toddler, cherish every single precious second, for in the blink of an eye, that tiny bundle of joy is all grown and you wonder how the hell it happened so fast

Happy birthday darling, love you and proud of the lovely young man you have grown to be

Love and cherished moments

Tracey

xxx

Robbie's birthday card

 Good evening

I am still working my way through earlier cards

This one was made for Robbie, his birthday was  on the 5th of this month

I can't take credit for this design, it is a variation of a design I have seen by many people over on pinterest. I am not sure who came up with it originally but whoever it was thankyou, its a great idea for a guitar loving guy

Robbie actually owns a special tool for making guitar picks so creating card ones for this creation just required a little secret  'borrowing' of his punch

Simple but effective !

Love and musical mischief

Tracey

xxx

Happy birthday dad

For one of the special men in my life, 

the very first special man in my life, my lovely dad

I had this vintage style map paper in my stash, it's been there quite a while as it is one of those that I like too much to cut up.

I was searching for inspiration for dad's birthday card and trying to get out of the blues and browns rut that I have fallen into with masculine cards

And as I looked at the world laid flat on paper the quote came to mind - perfect for dad as he does, indeed, mean the absolute world to me

I computer generated the sentiment as I wanted to play around a little with the fonts and size

Hope you have had a lovely birthday dad, love and miss you

Tracey

xxx

Happy Birthday Rob

20 years ago we were delighted to meet our second born , our first son and one of the happiest babies and toddlers you could wish for

Happy birthday Rob, love you

Masculine cards are my least favourite to make, especially for young men and adolescents

Looking at images for inspiration on my phone I suddenly had the idea to actually create a replica iphone, et voila !

I used a charcoal grey pearlescent cardstock for the base and the image of the actual screen was found on google images, I just imported it into a photo editing programme to add the appropriate text.

Some of my favourite photos of Rob from last year

Playing football golf at St Austell. Robbie is quite competitive like his dad ( AJ and I are just happy to make it round the course in one piece without losing our ball) but he also has a fantastic sense of humour and is quick to see the funny side of any situation, we had some proper belly laughs on this day

Sat quietly in the caravan when we first moved here

Having fun at Perranporth beach with AJ and the dogs, they threw a ball about for a couple of hours and it was heartwarming to hear them laughing like the little boys they once were and having so much good clean fun, totally unplugged for once !

Roll on Easter break, missing my kids already

Love, frogs and snails and puppy dog tails

Tracey

 xxx