Birthday - travel theme ....

... about a week ago I was asked by a friend if I could make a birthday card for her brother-in-law, fondly known as BIL!  Any excuse to make a card!  I asked if there was anything special she'd like on his card - and I was told that he'd spent his life travelling and had a fondness for trains. 

So, this is the card that I made.

The starting point for the card was this lovely vintage train from Joanna Sheen's Victorian CDs.  I printed it onto some satin finish photo paper and cut it out with my nesties.  As the train has a bright green engine I decided to cut a bright green mat and then layer them both onto a scalloped rectangle cut from the coordinating paper.  In my stash I have a stamp of an antique map of the world - just perfect for this card; inked it up with Versamark and then added some perfect pearls to give a hint of colour.  I added a touch of colour to the edge of the card with my distress inks and added a few more travel themed stamps.   I found my vertical greeting and used my stamp-a-ma-jig to position it correctly. 

Helen collected the card on Wednesday evening and she was delighted with it.  I just hope that BIL likes it too!

Stamps:  Creative Expressions - Travel; Papermania - Urban Travel Prints; Inkadinkadoo - Antique map; Magenta - Happy Birthday
Inks:  Distress - Old Paper, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo
Spellbinders:  Classic Rectangles Lg (S4-132) #4, Classic Rectangles Sm (S4-130) #5, Scalloped Rectangles Lg (S4-133) #5
Accessories:  Image and backing paper - Joanna Sheen Victorian CD; Card from stash

That's all for today.  Mum and I are off to the shops today and then out to lunch with the rest of the family - nice!