Happy Anniversary

Hi everyone, I have just finished another Spellbinders card.  I used the 5 x 7 Elegant Labels 4.  I didn't do anything fancy with it, I just used the die as it comes and turned the smaller die horizontal so that I could put a blue ribbon across the card.

I used the Embossilicious embossing folder Regency Swirl on the background of the card.  I then put the first two parts of the die onto the card and the third part of the die was put onto sticky foam to lift it and give it some height.  The smaller of the die was used to have a ribbon put through it, with a smaller die being used to have 'With love' being stamped on the top.

I then put 4 white pearls at each corner of the card, created a double bow and put on a blue coloured dazzler with 2 stick pins.  To finish off the card, due to the size of the card, I cut a separate piece of card, punched 2 corners of the card and die cut the words, 'Congratulations on Your Wedding Anniversary'.  I felt that the card was too busy and ornate to have the sentiment put directly onto the card, and this is why I cut a separate piece of card to accommodate the sentiment.

I punched a small hole at the top right hand corner of the card and put through a piece of blue twine, I then added the sentiment card so that it could be either put inside the card or put on the outside of the card.  Whatever the recipient wants to do with it.

I hope that you like my card, this hasn't been made for anyone in particular, I just like to have cards like this to hand in case I forget someone.

For You

Good morning everyone, it is a beautiful sunny day here in Renfrew, Scotland. It is about time that we saw some sunshine as all it has been is constant rain every single day. I hope this keeps up for a while anyway. I am going to enter this card into the Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes I have just finished another card, well I finished it the other day, but due to a dose of sleepy sickness was unable to post this card.

I have added a few more words which were die-cut again with Tattered Lace dies. The words were On Your Wedding Day. I am going to enter this card into Paper a la Mode May 25 - 31 ANYTHING GOES - The Outlawz Challenges. So here we go: I pierced the outside of the main card, this is the first time that I have done this correctly. I didn't know that there was a ruler that you could use in order to do this. Once I found out, I bought the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Ruler 12inch I used to wonder how people got the edges so straight and now I know. Anyway, back onto the card. I then cut a piece of card 13cm x 20cm to do all the workings of the card onto. I embossed the card with an embossing folder (unsure of the name), die-cut a Spellbinders Floral Oval - the largest size, I then die-cut Spellbinders Medallion One and I took the smallest die from Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles I used foam pads to stick on the Floral Oval, the Medallion One and the small label from the Resplendent Rectangles. I then die-cut the words For You which are from Tattered Lace Interlocking Dies Once all this was completed, I then put a piece of Guipure Lace purchased from Wild Orchid Crafts I then decorated the card with gems from my stash and a couple of swirls to finish the card off. I do hope that you like my card, thanks for stopping by.