A Birthday card and some photos

It was my older son's birthday last Thursday. Year after year it gets harder and harder to pick the images to use for their cards and this year again was no exception.

Here is what I did this year.... not really the ideal card for a teenage boy, but I thought it was so cute and fun and thought that it would be perfect for any age... Well he loved it :)

The fun image, which I coloured with my promarkers, is from Mo Manning, loveeely background paper is from Bearly-Mine and the striped one was a freebie in a magazine. Border punch is Martha Stewart, die-cut stars are die-Namics and then computer generated sentiment and three card candy to finish it off.

 

After I finished it, I realised that yet again for his last year's card, I used again an image from Mo Manning and papers from Bearly-Mine, but of course not the same ones. .. .

This is the sketch that I followed to do my card.

Some challenges now.

My Mum's Craft Shop 80 - THE FABBY SKETCH

Bearly-Mine 57 - ANYTHING GOES

Fussy and Fancy 74 - ANYTHING GOES

ABC Challenge - Z is for ZOO

The Crafty Pad 193 - USE AN ANIMAL

and some photos as well today to finish it off.

This is where we went on Sunday - trekking with my colleagues in Comino, the little island that forms part of the Maltese Archipelago.

We also went in a cave

which was the one used in the film The Count of Monte Cristo.

Here I am with hubby at the Sta Marija Tower.

These two photos I took from up there.

Having a rest

And more photos 

of the Blue Lagoon

It was such a nice sunny and warm day, people were still swimming. I so wished I had brought my costume too :(

Going back home to Malta.

Sorry there were a lot of photos. Hope you enjoyed them :) xx