
Welcome to my crafty blog. Something a bit different today – my son’s friend asked me to make a 60th birthday card for his father, who is a big fan of scooters and the Mod subculture. I’ve gone for a fairly iconic feel for this card, and hopefully captured the style.
I started by making the roundel as the background – that was a key logo for Mods. I used Claritystamp’s nested circle dies to build this as I wanted it to sit flat, starting with a square of white card and cutting a large circle in the centre. I then trimmed a slightly smaller square of blue card, and cut a circle into that using a die two sizes smaller than for the white one. Next was to use that die plus another two sizes smaller to cut a ring of white card, and then finally down another two sizes for a small red circle. I attached the blue card behind the white square and glued them to a 6×6 card blank. The white ring then sat inside the blue circle, with the red piece in the centre.

I’ve had this scooter stamp for years – I knew it would come in handy at some point! I stamped it in black and heat embossed the outline with clear powder. I then fussy cut it out and coloured it with ‘tumbled glass’, ‘pumice stone’ and ‘black soot’ Distress inks and a waterbrush, before attaching it to the card front with foam pads.

I finished by die cutting ’60’ in black using Julie Hickey’s number dies. They didn’t look quite right with parts of the roundel showing through their centres, so I cut them again in white and paper pieced the centres into the numbers.

I really hope he likes it. I was never into mod culture (a bit young!), although I do remember seeing groups of young men on scooters heading off to the seaside on bank holidays (much to my father’s disapproval) The nearest I ever got was going to see Quadrophenia at the cinema!
I’m sharing this card over at a couple of blog challenges. Just Add Ink‘s sketch inspired the layout, and As You See It have got a masculine theme, which this definitely fits.


I just love this Deborah! Your bold circles and retro scooter pair perfectly. Thanks for playing along with us over at As You See It this week!
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Love it!
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This is great! I had to read up on Mod culture to fully appreciate it, even though my teen years were in the 60s, I lived in Canada and aligned more with hippie culture I guess. But your design is perfect for the recipient and I learned something from it! Thanks for applying the “Y” with us at As You See It Challenges!
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Love that schooter Deborah and your fun card design. Thanks for joining in at Just Add Ink.
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Cool card – I love it. Great classic colours and cool image. Chantell Just Add Ink
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Well, I am not sure what “mod” is but this is certainly an awesome card! Love the bold design and that fun little scooter though! Thanks for sharing this with us at As You See It this week!
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Oh yes! Clever beyond words. What a piece of personalisation! The scooter is a great image and set against the roundel – just wow! Thanks for joining us again at As You See It Challenge.
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What a bold & fun card, Deborah. You’ve definitely nailed the mod feel and I so want that scooter. Thanks for playing along with our Just Add Ink sketch challenge.
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Oh I love this! The scooter is such a cool image – the recipient of this card is going to love it! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week!
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Fabulous and striking card for a guy Deborah. It has so much impact! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week.
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