Happy 60th Birthday to my Brother John

It was my brother-in-law's 60th birthday yesterday.  No party for him and nearly no handmade card as I haven't been at all well the last month.

My brother-in-law has an amazing fish tank in his front room and a lot of time is spent looking after the fish so it had to be a fish themed card.  I looked through various CDs and came across this image of four fish on my Joanna Sheen Jayne Netley Mayhew CD.  I printed off the topper sheet and an insert and the backing papers were from a Creative Crafting World CD.

I used the fish on the smaller toppers and fussy cut them and die-cut seaweed, net and vegetation and placed the cut out fish on either side of the card.  The main image is decoupaged.

I have finished the card off with a sentiment printed from the CD, the number "60" die-cut out of packaging card twice and then some patterned paper to add dimension, lots and lots of die-cuts and Nuvo pearl drops added to the vegetation and the backdrop for the fish.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of cute critters

2 Crafty Critters - Anything goes with critters

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra - Anything goes

Simon Says - Anything goes

Penny's Paper - Anything goes

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes

Crafter's Castle - Anything goes
Love to Scrap - Anything goes
Love to Craft - Anything goes
Unicorn Challenge - Anything goes
Cardz for Guyz - Card for an adult male
Digi Choosday - Anything goes