Cockatoos and Cake - Australian Birthday Card

These playful ‘Cockatoos and Cake’ Aussie birthday cards have been hand illustrated using fine liner pens, digitally coloured, and printed in Melbourne by The Nonsense Maker. The highly detailed drawing portrays two cheeky cockatoos sitting on and next to a tall pink frosted cake. A slice of cake and three lamingtons are on small plates surrounding the birthday cake. Inspired by a dreamlike world where little is what it seems, this Australian greeting card has a red-pink colour palette, using several pinks, orange, red, cream and black.

The Nonsense Maker’s ‘Cockatoos and Cake’ Australian birthday card is sustainably hand made in Melbourne using all Australian suppliers.

Beginning with a pencil sketch before moving to pen, a method called crosshatching is used to create the depth and the tone you see in the final design. This fine line art is then scanned into a computer and coloured digitally. All our Australian greeting cards are ethically printed on high quality recycled paper, and our envelopes are 100% recycled.

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We often have customers let us know they love our Australian greeting cards but struggle to think of things to write in them, and they are certainly not alone there! Check out our blog page for our top tips on what to write in a greeting card.

The Nonsense Maker’s unique Australian greeting card designs are imagined from a fun and whimsical world where dreaming meets reality. Sometimes silly and sometimes sad, inspired by etching techniques used by old time illustrators. While The Nonsense Maker’s art prints often have finer details, the Australian greeting cards and quirky stationery are usually an easy cheerful expression designed to bring a smile to your face.

Take a look at our original artwork page to see how The Nonsense Maker’s Australian greeting cards look before they are coloured!