Tag Archives: Drawer Cards

Altered States

This was a drawing I did back in the late 1980s in the cursed Sketchbook from Hell. I created it as a belated birthday card for a girl I was pursuing who dodged my advances. Belated birthday cards featuring a … Continue reading

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Sweet Sixteen

16 years ago, Tina and I tied the knot all nice and legal. As is our custom, we exchange cards that we make ourselves. This is mine to her.

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The Return of Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!!!

Tina’s birthday was fast approaching, and I didn’t have a rock solid, hysterically funny idea for a card so I decided to revisit a friend from last year’s anniversary card, Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!

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Happy Birthday, Tina! The 2012 Edition

This is the 2012 edition of my birthday card to Tina. This is the front or outside of the card.

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It’s Christmas Eve…

Have you been nice?

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Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!

A war wages within me between traditionally and digitally inking my cartoons. I go back and forth between my pens and brushes and my Wacom tablet. It depends on the job, my mood or whatever is close at hand. Cosmic, … Continue reading

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Jello Hats and Mystery Meat

Fifteen years ago, I took a vow to love, honor and cook for my husband. For the most part, it’s worked out okay. Joe’s been adventurous enough to eat just about anything I’ve put in front of him – calves’ … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Tina!

It’s another Halloween theme this year. It always is! Happy birthday, Tina!

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From Reykjavi­k With Love or Uh-Ruh, Uh-Ruh, Is That Your Hat?

My brother-in-law Brian Bubonic and his trusty Samsonite have traveled the globe – New York, Paris, Reykjavik, El Paso, to name a few. What do these cities have in common? They are all places where Brian has lost hats. 

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Loose Women and Pop Out Cakes

Keeping with our cake theme that Mrs. Crankipants started with yesterday’s rant about baked goods, here’s a pop-up birthday card I cooked up for a friend recently.

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Happy Mother’s Day

This is Joe’s Mother’s Day masterpiece! 

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Quilty as Charged!

Another week and another sewing project!

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Flee For Your Lives!!!

Godzilla: King of the Monsters was this year’s theme for Lloyd’s birthday party.

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Valentine’s Day 2011

This is Tina’s Valentine to Joe for 2011. This is the front. Open it up for a pop-up element that Tina engineered. It’s a little hard to tell from the photo below, but the pie is in 3-D! Another terrific … Continue reading

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