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.

Wedding Anniversary

Good morning everyone, at last Scotland has sunshine. I can't believe it is actually here, it is so lovely seeing such beautiful weather for a change, I was beginning to forget what it looked like. So I think today is going to be spent sitting out on my decking doing a bit of crafting, it will be so nice to actually sit out in the sun and enjoy a beautiful day. I am also going to enter this card into the Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes Anyway, I have just completed a Wedding Anniversary card for a friend who asked me to make her one for her friends. I intend to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Flower Power. I am also going to enter this card into the challenge over at The Outlawz Challenges - Paper a la Mode -May 18 - 24: Anything Goes.

 I created this card based on a card that I saw over at Card-Making-Magic.com - Acetate Front Card Tutorial I have made another card like this one, but I was pleased with the way this one turned out as I got the acetate properly fitted on this one, so it didn't bend the way the other one did. I started this card with a 20cm x 13.5cm card, which I then embossed using the Craftwell eBossing Folder, once this was done, I then punched the bottom of a card using a Martha Stewart punch. I then created a flower corsage made up with flowers from Wild OrchidCrafts I used Handmade Mulberry Paper Stem Flowers and another flower from my stash (sorry I don't know where I got this one from) It is a hanging flower with many small blooms attached along the stem. They were all initially pink flowers and I coloured them with yellow Promarkers which then turned them a lovely shade of peach. I then used Decorative Pins and Decorative Crown Pins both from Wild Orchard Crafts. I put in a couple of crystal stems - again from Wild Orchid Crafts (which are no longer available). Once the flowers were finished I then put on a pearl swirl coming from the flowers. I then die-cut the words "Congratulations On Your Wedding Anniversary", I sprinkled very fine white glitter over the words and to finish off the main part of the card, I used Liquid Pearls - Silver Pearl round the outside of the card. I then created the main card to put the embellished card onto, before attaching the embellished card to the main card, I attached my acetate to cover the card completely. Before I stuck down the acetate, I attached a piece of ribbon round the bottom of the acetate, sticking it behind the acetate. I then created a ribbon and put a peach net butterfly on top to finish off the ribbon. I decided to make an addition to the card by making a special card box in which to put the card in, as a normal sized envelope wouldn't have worked. So I made this following the instructions over on Card-Making-Magic.com The instructions were very easy to follow and I only made a couple of changes to the card by adding additional card to the sides and the bottom of the box in order to facilitate the size of the acetate. I also put in an oval shape in the centre and covered the outside of the oval with some flowers to make it co-ordinate with the card. It worked out quite well, and you will be able to see that the box follows the same type of pattern as the card.

I do hope that you like my card. 

Thanks for stopping by.