April Birthday Cards
Well the title pretty much says it all ^_^. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been busy putting together cards for a family member and friend. I did a bit better job of taking WIP screenshots this time ^^;.
Birthday Card for Nanny
My nan, affectionally known as ‘nanny’, has been giving me and my sister gifts she hand painted for as long as I can remember. I’ve always admired her work so I wanted to emulate it while also incorporating my own style. I got my sister to take a picture of one of my nan’s painted works and send it to me.
Original painting that my nan painted for me - sorry about the low quality!
I traced the parts of the painting I wanted to use and put them together around the words ‘for Nanny’.
Mockups - removed the stems because I didn't like them
Tracing mockup - I usually use bobby pins instead of paper clips, they're a lot better at holding paper in place
Watercolours added - removed the red in the small petals
Finished! I find my cards really come to life after they're inked, what do you think?
Pretty chuffed with how this card came out desipte my noobery in drawing flower petals ^^;. It’s also probably one of my favourite cards to make so far 
Suzanne Birthday Webpage
I wasn’t able to make it to a friend’s birthday party so I figured I would do another birthday message on a webpage for her. I originally chose to create a mouse arrow, since she’s a web designer and it’s featured in her twitter display pic 
. Once I finished the arrow, I still wasn’t happy with how the webpage looked. I decided I would create another typography piece to go along with it.
Original sketch
WIP - still need to correctly align the words
Details finished and word realigned
Played a bit of the colours, added in the mouse arrow and Voila!
Though it was a little late, I managed to get the piece finished and uploaded, which you can check out online here.
Can’t believe we’re already one third through the year! A lot more cards to create yet though ^_^. Which has been your favourite card creation so far?
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