The lady I made the 25th Anniversary card for, for her husband, asked me to make a card for her sons 40th next week. I had a chat to her about his interests and wine came up. He used to be a 'beerhead' but has become a bit of a wine buff. So that was it.... theme set.
It turned out lucky, because I'd just got hold of some unused vintage 1929 Bordeaux wine and neck labels which I am going to sell on Etsy. So of course, these were an ideal feature for the front of the card.
The grape band on the front is ribbon, backing paper is suede feel wallpaper which ! used for the envelope too....of course! I did some hand stamping on the envelope, something I rarely do cos if you make a mistake, you cannot change it.
Happy Birthday made in photoshop, tried to copy the font style from the label. 40 cut from cork and I drew 40 on it. Then I decided to distress it a bit, it looked too harsh and ended up smudging the ink! Anyway, I quite liked the effect so left it. Stamped glass on cork sheet used as 'backing paper' for the 1970 best wine...some of the blurb I made up myself, but I did do some research into which was the top wine from 1970.
The back greeting was done in Photoshop with vintage vine brushes. If you are wondering about the 'verse' that's what i was told to write.
! was really pleased with this wine themed address label which I created in photoshop, then painted in the same red and gold accents over the top, with real paint...lol, which I copied from the 1929 label used on the front of the card.