January-February 2024 Birthdays

 First, my daughter. She took up sewing and is knocking it out of the park. I made this card using a pattern from SVG Cuts' Dress Shop Kit. I altered it just a bit to add a photo of her in a smock she made. Also, I snuck and took a photo of the fabric she used to make her smock, and used it as the accent strip on the front of her card. The background is digital sewing patterned paper (printed myself).

Then it's the hubs birthday. I used the money tag as his card.

This card was made with a clear plastic lipstick container made for hang tags. I altered the photo of the ground hog (his birthday is ground hogs day), and added his mustache and beard and lips directly onto the ground hog image. Yes, that's actually his real beard, mustache and lips. I then added the banjo, because the money was for him to purchase some banjo dvds he's been wanting. If you look at the back there's a zipper pull tag to open the inside money area, which I cut on my Solo.

I also got him some boxer shorts, so it was only appropriate that I make this boxer shorts box. The pattern came from SVG Cuts, and is called Boxer Shorts. His actual boxer shorts fit perfectly into it. Additionally, I designed the digital paper  pattern used on the box.

Then, for my son-in-law, I made a year in review for his 40th bday. This was done in Affinity Photo.

And, a second one of these for a niece who turned 50 this year.

Happy Birthday, Fam!