I Belong to Glasgow

Actually, I don't belong to Glasgow but my son lives there and I love to spend time in the "Dear Green Place".  He went to Glasgow University and probably chose it because we had visited so often when he was younger.

It was on a visit to Glasgow that I purchased this stamp at Damselfly Crafts. I knew that my use of it would be limited but I went for it anyway.              The landmarks will be easily recognised by anyone who knows Glasgow reasonably well.

I had been looking for a different way of using it  when I came up with the idea of stamping sections of the image.  This, coupled with this week's challenge over at Less is More,  helped me to produce this card.

The circles are what was left over after cutting a mask for a previous card.  I stamped parts of the image and then mounted them on black paper with 1mm square pads.  The border above and below this strip was achieved by stamping a Celtic  stamp several times.  I used a stamp positioner to do this after much scratching of head.  The logic of this tool escapes me and I have to re-educate myself before I can get going with it every time!  I cut the resulting border in half lengthways before gluing it in place.

Unless he sees this post ,(highly unlikely) this is my son's next birthday card. Now all I need to do is to remember where I put it.

The Happy Birthday font is Rennie Mackintosh.  I don't know if is readily available for free now as I purchased it several years ago.

PS. "I Belong to Glasgow" is a song and,on the off chance that you may be interested, here are the words.