This is the card I designed for my middle sister's birthday next month. Gold and white are the colours this time, to tone in with the sepia photograph. It amazes me that a photo taken 70 odd years ago can still be so sharp and fresh and clear. They obviously knew a thing or two in those days!

I designed this card for my elder sister's birthday, white and pale mauve are the colours, decorated with ribbon and beads. The photo is one of our dear late mother, taken in the 1930s when she was a young Mum. My sister loved it so much, she keeps it standing on her sideboard - I think I'll have to buy her a frame to put it in! She insisted that I make a similar card for my middle sister's birthday in June so I have blogged that one sparately