Sunday 1 July 2018

Steak, Vodka and Football

Jonny has received many customised birthday cards of mine over the years. This year's birthday was the big 5-0 and his wife requested a card showing his favourite things all together. The number one thing is family, she told me, so I added a little photo of the whole family to my design. He's also a big football fan and a keen supporter of  Reading Football Club (some of you may remember this card from 2014). He likes salt and vinegar flavoured crisps, Boddingtons Bitter, chocolate biscuits and meat (though not all on the same plate!). I added the logo of the company he works for too. Finally he is a great supporter of Israel, thus the little map of our country. A big 50 and a paper portrait of the birthday boy finished the card off nicely.
Jonny seemed pleased with his card. "Thanks Lisa. Great card as usual!" he wrote on his Facebook wall.
Another customer asked me to make a card for her son. He supports Maccabi Haifa Football Club, drinks Grey Goose vodka and always has his phone nearby, she said. She also asked me to show him wearing a black V-neck T-shirt, his usual attire.
"He [Johnathan] was so chuffed with his card. He was showing it to all his friends!" she told me later.
Finally, Neill is a big Leeds United Football Club supporter and that was the theme his mum wanted for his birthday card. I cut out some tiny footballs and added the current club crest (the club was recently forced to scrap a new badge created to mark their centenary in 2019 after furious backlash from fans). Yellow stars and a blue background match the club's colours. In Leeds' first 15 years, the club kit was blue and white striped shirts, white shorts and dark blue socks. In 1934 they switched to blue and yellow halved shirts, white shorts and blue socks with yellow tops. By 1961 a plain white strip throughout was introduced, in the hope of emulating Spanish side Real Madrid. Leeds have since been known as "The Whites" due to their all-white kits.

* This post has been shared on All Seasons, Sunday Features, {nifty thrifty sunday}, Happiness is Homemade, The Good. The Random. The Fun. and Make it Pretty Monday.

12 comments:

Carol @Comfort Spring Station said...

As usual, I'm always amazed by your creativity.

Su-sieee! Mac said...

Cool cards, as always. My favorite is the one you did for Jonathan. I like how you have him holding the vodka bottle and phone. :-)

VeggieMummy said...

Lovely cards, as always. Iit must be quite tricky to make sure that you are recreating the most up to date kit - it wouldn't do to annoy the fans! xx

jeannettestgermain said...

Football or soccer? Wow Lisa, I can't imagine having to do the cell phone - such tiny details! Am impressed, Blog Friend! Thanks so much for showing it to All Seasons! Have a lovely week:)

Kim Carberry said...

These are really fun cards....The detail is amazing! #MMBC

Richard said...

beautiful card

Tamar SB said...

Such fun creations!!

Anne said...

super imaginative cards as usual, very unique too.
#mmbc

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

You sure covered all the sports with your latest batch of custom cards! We aren't into any of those, but that yellow can on the one card has been known to make it into our refrigerator! For my husband of course -- he likes Boddingtons. you do such nice work, no wonder the recipients are so pleased.

likeschocolate said...

That steak is fantastic! Great job on both cards!
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Jibberjabberuk said...

Lovely selection of personalised cards. Very appropriate to have so much football about at the moment!

Jayne said...

Brilliant as always Lisa. I love all of the little personal favourites that go on to these cards. They really are a special keepsake. :)

Thanks for sharing with #MMBC. x