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Tuesday, 4 January 2011

A very special birthday

I was commissioned to make a large A4 card for one of John's blind bowling club, a visually impaired man who was 100 on New Year's Day. We sent him a card for the special day - you can see it here - but this card, which will have the names of the club members inside - will be given to Bill at a surprise afternoon tea party for him next week. I'm safe to put this here because there is no way that Bill will be looking at my blog.

As the card is for a visually impaired gentleman, I needed to keep it quite clean and simple and with some texture, so I opted to use Jolly Nation Bowls Man (Senior) decoupage and matching background paper etc. I created the grass with the bowling mat with Microsoft Digital Image Pro 7.0 - I love that program - so easy to use.

This photo shows the build up of the decoupage:

I'm linking this for the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss 61: for someone special
Mixed media Monday: size matters - this card is A4, which is normally outside my comfort zone
Pile it on 1: brand spankin' new - the Jolly Nation papers/decoupage were bought specially for this card
Creative inspirations 50: use something new (as above)
Ann's creative nook 118: use something new (as above)
Woodware 8: something new (as above)
Speedy the cat (Mark's finest papers) 36: use something new (as above)
Totally papercrafts 47: time to party
Creative Friday 34: let's have a party
Pixie cottage 50: party celebration
Totally papercrafts 47: time to party
Crazy4challenges 68: celebrate something
Freshly brewed 28: celebrate
Simon says: time to party/celebrate
Anything goes (Craft Den) 30: the letter C - celebration
Stampin' B 91: make a celebration card
Scrappy frogs: sentimental
Aud sentiments 18: anything goes
Crafts and me 20: anything goes
Creative craft: anything goes
One stitch at a time 43: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Crafty Emma 17: anything goes
Craft your passion 39: anything goes
Aly's 32: anything goes
Cardmakin mamas 11: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
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31 comments:

  1. Becky4 January 2011 at 18:17

    Wonderful Birthday card! Thank you playing with Speedy's Friends.

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  2. Suzi Mac4 January 2011 at 18:18

    Wow Hazel!! what a fabulous card and celebration. I bet he loved it.
    Thank you for joining us at The Pixie Cottage this week with your lovely creation.
    Hugs
    Suzi xx

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  3. Mandy4 January 2011 at 18:28

    Hi Hazel...what a fantastic card, love it!

    Just to let you know you have won the little gift from challenge #9 on Let's Craft and Create.

    Could you please email me your address.

    Take care,

    Mandy

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  4. Jane4 January 2011 at 19:57

    Fabulous card! thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp, hugs, Jane x

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  5. Katie4 January 2011 at 20:54

    What a great BIG card! This challenge looks fun. I love the little bowler!

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  6. Janice4 January 2011 at 20:58

    That's great Hazel, just what was neeeded!

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  7. Ruthie4 January 2011 at 21:02

    How cool is that? I love Jolly Nation decoupage.

    Thanks for joining in the fun at Aud Sentiments

    Rx

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  8. Esther4 January 2011 at 22:20

    good thinking to use textures. A great way to enjoy the card even more. well done x

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  9. Anne Harada4 January 2011 at 22:38

    What a thoughtful card! Thanks for joining the WWUSA challenge this week! Enjoyed seeing your sweet card with the new goodies!
    Hugs,
    Anne

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  10. Sharon Caudle4 January 2011 at 23:03

    Hi Hazel! Great card and I love the layering! Thanks so much for joining us at Papertake Weekly and hope you come back and play again next week too!
    hugs, Sharon

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  11. Benzi4 January 2011 at 23:22

    Love those layers and it is just a wonderful card for this gentleman. So glad you joined the Stampin B's celebrate challenge this week.

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  12. coldwaters25 January 2011 at 00:00

    Gosh what a fantastic commission, to make a card for a 100 yr old, wow, and it is perfect for him as he is a bowling person, this is great Hazel thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments.
    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  13. Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs5 January 2011 at 00:27

    Hazel, this is such a fun and fantastic card! I love all the layering and dimension! And what a wonderful thing to celebrate!


    Thanks for celebrating with us at Freshly Brewed Challenges

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  14. Vicki Dutcher5 January 2011 at 03:33

    Fun fun card! Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends and Stampin B's!

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  15. Stacy5 January 2011 at 04:15

    Great 3D card! So fun! I love it. Thanks for sharing with us at FBC!

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  16. Sadilla5 January 2011 at 07:41

    Hi
    that's very pretty, great male card! =) thanks for playing at The Pixie Cottage!
    hugs
    sadia

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  17. Angelnorth5 January 2011 at 15:27

    Great job Hazel, not sure I'd know where to start! Hope he enjoys the surprise tea party!

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  18. Nanda5 January 2011 at 16:13

    That is a great card! Thank you for joining The Pixie Cottage Challenge.

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  19. Josephine5 January 2011 at 17:29

    What a fabulous card for a bowler! Love it.

    Thanks for joining us at One Stitch at a Time this time.

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  20. cheryl5 January 2011 at 20:13

    oh wow this is great bless you for playing at creative inspirations,this week,love hugs cheryl xxxxxxx

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  21. uksharon6 January 2011 at 12:03

    Fabulous card.
    Thanks for joining us at PIO this week.
    Best wishes, Sharon

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  22. Virgo56 January 2011 at 21:59

    Wow, what a fabulous thoughtful card! Love it!
    Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

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  23. Anne6 January 2011 at 23:56

    oh wow Hazel, that's a ripe old age isn't it. Smashing card.
    Thanks for playing along with Totallt Papercrafts this week and good luck.
    Thanks too for the papers, they arrived yesterday and I've almost got me card finished for your first challenge. Better late than never eh lol
    Hope hubby is on the mend now
    Anne x

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  24. Nancy7 January 2011 at 01:09

    CUTE!! Thanks for playing along with us at Woodware USA this week!

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  25. Julie7 January 2011 at 21:22

    Great card!! Love your theme and layout! Thanks for joining us at CES Challenges, Juliexx

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  26. Kos med papir og saks9 January 2011 at 08:30

    lovely card. love it.

    thanks for playing with us at Pile It On.

    my little scrappingcorner
    DT Pile It On

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  27. Ann9 January 2011 at 15:39

    Hazel this is fabulous!!! I love the depth you added to the bowler with all those layers!!! Thanks for playing along at the Nook this week!!

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  28. Unknown9 January 2011 at 21:40

    Awwww I bet Bill will love this card! I love decoupage and your layers are fab! Thanks for playing along with us at Craft Your Passion this week. x x

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  29. Lauretta See10 January 2011 at 01:48

    another great creation Hazel :) i love all those layers.. :) Thank you for joining us this week on the anything goes challenge at Craft your passion. Happy new year! Hugs x

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  30. Kathryn10 January 2011 at 21:12

    Another great card. The birthday card was also great, I am sure he will love the texture on this one as well. Thanks for joining Anything Goes this week, K x

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  31. Anonymous5 February 2011 at 23:10

    Fabulous, Hazel!

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