The Art File
Seaside Birds Greetings Card by Kate Heiss
£2.85Seaside Birds Greetings Card by Kate Heiss
Two farm birds, two butterflies and a beetle look on admiringly as a Cormorant stretches his wings to dry them in the sun, in this idyllic summery illustration. Designed by the highly skilled print maker and textile designer Kate Heiss, the Seaside Birds greetings card is inspired by the beautiful Norfolk coastline.
The artwork has been created using lino cut printing and heavy debossing (imprinted shapes) on board sourced from one of the oldest paper mills in the country, in the Lake District.
Dimensions square (13.8cm x 13.8cm) • 300gsm FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) premium matt board • Blank inside • Ivory envelope • Cellophane Free (unwrapped) • Standard Letter Post
Pheasant Greetings Card by Kate Heiss
£2.85Pheasant Greetings Card by Kate Heiss
We’re delighted to bring you this Pheasant Greetings Card by artist Kate Heiss, as a very stylish way of wishing friends the greetings of the season.
Featuring the Pheasant in resplendent colours, flying over a snowy landscape with frozen hips and haws, the card will be a favourite with all lovers of British wildlife.
Dimensions (17.5cm x 12.5cm) • 300gsm FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) premium matt board • Blank inside • Ivory envelope • Cellophane Free (unwrapped) • Standard Letter Post
Grey Wagtail Greetings Card by i like birds
£2.95Grey Wagtail Greetings Card by i like birds
The Grey Wagtail greetings card by i like birds shows three birds in a stylised design against a pale blue background. It’s blank inside for your own message and is ideal for birthdays, moving house and other celebrations.
Grey wagtails have as much yellow on them as grey and are hence often muddled with the yellow wagtail. Lovers of fast flowing rivers, grey wagtails are often seen as a flash of colour as they zoom past, eating insects on the wing! Mix and match with i like birds gifts.
Dimensions square (13.8cm x 13.8cm) • 280gsm FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified card • Blank inside • White envelope • Cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Spoonbill Greetings Card by i like birds
£2.95Spoonbill Greetings Card by i like birds
The spoonbill greetings card by i like birds shows the head and distinctive bill of this elegant bird in a stylised design against a turquoise background. It’s blank inside for your own message and is ideal for birthdays, moving house and other celebrations.
Spoonbills are wading birds which sweep the water side to side with their long bills to catch aquatic invertebrates and small fish. In the breeding season the black bill is marked by yellow at the tip, as shown in this design. Mix and match with i like birds gifts.
Dimensions square (13.8cm x 13.8cm) • 280gsm FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified card • Blank inside • White envelope • Cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Red Fox Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
£2.85Red Fox Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
This card features an exquisite painting of a Red Fox by wildlife illustrator and author Ben Rothery. Ben’s work is inspired by nature and by traditional natural history illustration but presented with a contemporary twist.
The Fox is a highly adaptable British mammal, to be found in urban as well as rural areas. Most active around dawn and dusk and often heard before it is seen, the Fox is family-minded with both parents helping rear and feed their young, who are born in the spring and are ready to live independently (even though some don’t) by the autumn.
• Dimensions: 17cm (height) x 12cm (width) • White Envelope • Blank inside • Supplied in clear biodegradable cellophane • 280gsm textured board • FSC Approved
Seahorse Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
£2.85Seahorse Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
This card features an exquisite painting of a Seahorse by wildlife illustrator and author Ben Rothery against a dark backdrop. Ben’s work is inspired by nature and by traditional natural history illustration but presented with a contemporary twist.
Ben’s illustration shows a Yellow Seahorse, native to the coasts of China and Australia. The British Isles are home to two species of Seahorse – the Spiny Seahorse and the Short-snouted Seahorse. These tiny marine creates are fascinating – they pair for life, they change colour when they approach each other and in order to disguise themselves. The female transfers eggs to the male, who self-fertilises them, carries them as they grow and gives birth to them!
• Dimensions: 17cm (height) x 12cm (width) • White Envelope • Blank inside • Supplied in clear biodegradable cellophane • 280gsm textured board • FSC Approved
Birds Greetings Card by Kate Heiss
£2.85Birds Greetings Card by Kate Heiss
We’re delighted to bring you this Birds Greetings Card by artist Kate Heiss, as a very stylish way of wishing friends the greetings of the season.
Featuring the Robin and the Wren, the card will be a favourite with all lovers of British garden birds. Both these species are recognised as much by their song as by their shape and colour.
Dimensions (17.5cm x 12.5cm) • 300gsm FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) premium matt board • Blank inside • Ivory envelope • Cellophane Free (unwrapped) • Standard Letter Post
Hummingbirds Greetings Card by i like birds
£2.95Hummingbirds Greetings Card by i like birds
The Hummingbirds Greetings Card shows i like birds’ stylised design of this wonderful, upliftingly colourful aerobatic expert!
Despite being the tiniest of the world’s migrating birds, hummingbirds don’t seek safety in numbers but prefer to fly solo, clocking up to 500 miles at a time. They also have a unique ability to fly backwards which is pretty handy for feeding purposes. Not everything works as it seems though; they have no sense of smell and their feet and legs don’t serve the obvious purpose – they can’t walk or hop and only use their feet for shuffling sideways whilst perched on a branch.
Dimensions square (13.8cm x 13.8cm) • 280gsm FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified card • Blank inside • White envelope • Cellophane wrapped • Standard Letter Post
Scarlet Tiger Moth Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
£2.85Scarlet Tiger Moth Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
The Scarlet Tiger Moth Greetings Card shows an exquisitely detailed painting of this elusive insect by wildlife illustrator and author Ben Rothery. Ben’s work is inspired by nature and by traditional natural history illustration but presented with a contemporary twist.
The Scarlet Tiger Moth is found in only two locations in the UK though appears to be adapting to changing climatic conditions and inching northwards. Insects develop a variety of defence strategies; the distinctive colours of tiger moths warn predators of their toxicity by day, and various innovative acoustic alarms confuse and deter adversaries by night.
The Scarlet Tiger Moth Greetings Card is blank inside for your own message making it perfect for any occasion.
• Dimensions: 17cm (height) x 12cm (width) • White Envelope • Blank inside • Supplied in clear biodegradable cellophane • 280gsm textured board • FSC Approved
Octopus Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
£2.85Octopus Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
The Octopus Greetings Card shows an exquisite painting of the octopus by wildlife illustrator and author Ben Rothery. Ben’s work is inspired by nature and by traditional natural history illustration but presented with a contemporary twist.
This ancient animal with its eight limbs is something of a hero in the animal world. Known for squirting ink to hide itself from predators and render them temporarily blind, this magnificent creature also has three hearts and its tentacles can be fathoming how to open a shellfish whilst its head is searching for safe harbour or the next course of the meal!
The Octopus Greetings Card is blank inside for your own message making it perfect for any occasion.
• Dimensions: 17cm (height) x 12cm (width) • White Envelope • Blank inside • Supplied in clear biodegradable cellophane • 280gsm textured board • FSC Approved
Sea Otters Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
£2.85Sea Otters Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
The Sea Otters Greetings Card shows an exquisite painting of the furry mammals by wildlife illustrator and author Ben Rothery. Ben’s work is inspired by nature and by traditional natural history illustration but presented with a contemporary twist.
A superstar of the mammalian world, the sea otter is the heaviest member of the weasel family. With a million hairs per square inch of flesh, their fur is the densest of any mammal. They are one of the few mammal species to use tools to help them hunt and feed, wedging a rock between their chest and the “armpit” of a foreleg and pounding shells against it to open them up! The sea otter is also the only marine mammal capable of flipping over boulders on the sea floor, and the only one to catch fish with its forepaws and not its mouth.
The Sea Otters Greetings Card is blank inside for your own message making it perfect for any occasion.
• Dimensions: 17cm (height) x 12cm (width) • White Envelope • Blank inside • Supplied in clear biodegradable cellophane • 280gsm textured board • FSC Approved
Red Squirrel Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
£2.85Red Squirrel Greetings Card by Ben Rothery
The Red Squirrel Greetings Card shows an exquisite painting of the red squirrel by wildlife illustrator and author Ben Rothery. Ben’s work is inspired by nature and by traditional natural history illustration but presented with a contemporary twist.
An endangered species due to the predatory introduced Grey Squirrel, Reds don’t hibernate; in winter they rely on food that they have previously buried and they can locate their food supplies in over a foot of snow!
The Red Squirrel Greetings Card is blank inside for your own message making it perfect for any occasion.
• Dimensions: 17cm (height) x 12cm (width) • White Envelope • Blank inside • Supplied in clear biodegradable cellophane • 280gsm textured board • FSC Approved