30 + 70 birthday cards

In my summary post of last week, I mentioned the last minute cards I made for my Dad and Sister.

As you should expect by now, there will be a recycled element for the cards I make.

I started with this set of rainbow butterflies which I punched out of waste card and front covers of school books at school which I pulled out of the recycling. This butterfly punch is a real work horse in my crafting artillery- I bought it for our wedding to make confetti out of, it was used for the table names, on the name cards and I will use it for my friend's August wedding this year IF the full-sized wedding can go ahead to make her confetti.

I cut a circle of patterned card out using a jar lid as a template and used some number stickers I had in my stash.

Dad's card only had a little bit of recycling BUT, a very useful one! When my brother in law visited us, he bought along his Easter egg which was from a Cornish company.  It came in a nautical themed box with a cut out of a ship.  I swiped the box once the egg was eaten as I knew I wanted to use it as a stencil to make my Dad's birthday card.  The gold card also came from the box.  The stars say 70 on them.  I was rather proud of my caption inside the car which said, "Sailing into the Seventy Seas."

Here's the Sage plant I gave my Dad. I grew this from cuttings from my own Sage plant.  Doesn't it look healthy!? I'm very proud!

Here's the picture of the beautiful Bell tent that my sister's boyfriend hired for her birthday day.

It was actually a really special part of the day and we were all really informal and relaxed in there.

Hope you are well!

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