For birthdays, bar mitzvahs, maiden aunts or as a simple “thanks for a fun night out”, a card still means more than an email.

Duncan Forbes, an English teacher from Reading, has produced a range of 13 greetings cards featuring his own paintings of landscapes, seascapes, flowers and olive groves, capturing scenes from holidays in Greece and other Mediterranean destinations.

They are cellophane wrapped with a matching envelope and are blank inside for your message.

Price: pound;1 per card (minimum order five cards) Contact: www.duncanforbes.com