Birthday cards

Two birthday cards using a handmade paper background, printed papers, buttons and a wee bit of sewing.

Happy first birthday :)

Our little miss was 1 year old today. She’s into Lift The Flap books at the moment so I made a birthday card with a door and a window to open. I originally wanted to take photos of her favourite toys and place them behind the flaps – but our printer was low on ink. So the pictures came from a JoJo Maman Bébé catalogue instead.

Happy Mother’s Day

For this year’s Mother’s Day card I sat down to do some fabric flowers, as per the Wise Craft tutorial. Unfortunately, my fabric was too floppy so I decided to make them with paper instead. My paper stash is more sophisticated than my fabric so I had more choice of colour and patterns. It folds down flat for the post and the petals can be re-fluttered on arrival to the recipient!