It was my colleague’s 50th birthday recently and I have a special card that I make for major birthdays as a keepsake which is made up of some of my watercolour sketches of my favourite flowers and this poem…
‘Your Birthday is a day of Promise’ by Emily Matthews
This is a day of promise
Of the beauty and warmth life can hold,
And of new dreams to dream
and more love to share
Through a year that’s about to unfold.
Firstly I print each individual watercolour that has one line of the poem running aross it on some off white A6 (postcard sized) card from Paperchase.
I then lightly score them and neatly fold them almost in half leaving a little tab at the end to join one card with another with narrow double sided tape…
like this…
I then print the outside cover which is another piece of A6 card that I score twice near the middle and fold to form a book spine. I stick the body of the card to the outer leaf enclosing a length of ribbon between them…
after writing a greeting on the back leaf I then fold the concertina neatly into the outer leaves and wrap the ribbon round to hold. The finished size is 10.5cm x 7cm or half A6 size.
She had a great time…
Have a good weekend x
It’s lovely Viv!
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Thanks Laura – I keep trying!
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That is a beautiful card and very special too. x
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Thanks Simone
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Great card, a lovely gift!
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Thanks
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beautiful card
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Thank you
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That is a truly awesome keepsake. I hope she treasures it!
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Thank you
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Your water colours are beautiful. Your colleague must have felt very special to have received such an individual and original card.
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Some people like homemade cards more than others. If someone gives me a homemade card I tend to keep it in my treasure box as they are often quite original.
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A beautiful card – she must have loved it.
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Thank you
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