Saturday 11 September 2010

Golden Wedding Anniversary Card

This card was a complete rush job. My brother's wife's parents celebrated 50 years of marriage yesterday and I didn't feel that I could let it pass without some form of acknowledgement. I only found out yesterday morning when my SIL turned up out the blue on my doorstep (she lives quite a distance away) en-route to her parents house. I hope it doesn't look too rushed (I would've loved to have done something a little more detailed, but time was against me).


I've used my nesties to create the easel card, I've then embossed the pearlescent card and swiped it over with a gold ink pad. I've stamped the duo of birds and heat embossed them and then punched out the heart. The flower was made using my trusty 3D flower die, I did it a little differently this time and left room for a centre. Unfortunately, I've had to use peel offs for the sentiment (shhhh don't tell anyone) as my handwriting today was awful, I didn't have a suitable stamp and I couldn't get a digi stamp to print in gold and the card I was using didn't want to know about heat embossing the digi either!

Tools
Sizzix Bigshot
Nestabilities - Labels 8
Sizzix Texturz Plate
Sizzix 3D Flower Die
Fiskars Large Heart Punch
Heat gun 

Materials
Pearlescent card
Gold ink pad
Image - Personal Impressions
Ribbon - stash
Pearl button - stash

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Pear Tree Designs - Animals
Stamp with Fun - Weddings (I hope this still counts)
Everybody Art - Handmade flowers
A Spoonful of Sugar - Animals
Alphabet Challenge - Trees (the birds are sitting on a branch)
Totally Gorjuss - Flower
Fairy Fun Fridays - Embossing
Stampin' for the Weekend - Shabby or Vintage
A Pocket Full of Posies - Flowers
Our Creative Corner - Fun with folds
Bunny Zoes - Vintage
Cowgirls' Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Anything goes
Fab n Funky - What Eva
Gingersnap Creations - Punches
Incy Wincy - Celebrate
Really Reasonable Ribbons - Flowers
Creative Cottage - Celebrations

24 comments:

  1. Very pretty anniversary card.

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  2. I think it looks great doesn't look like a rush job at all

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  3. I think this is beautiful Claire, I love the easel nestie shape and the embossing, and I love the beautiful image and flower, the pearl button is so elegant and looks lovely in the centre

    To say it was a rush you did a fabulous job, why are we so critical about our creations eh..

    Gorgeous design!!!
    x
    Vicky

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  4. This is beautiful! I love the die-cut card shape and the simple elegance of it - I'm sure the happy couple will love it! Thanks so much for playing along with the OCC!

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  5. Wow, very elegant and beautiful!
    Thanks for playing along at cowgirls sunday challenge!
    Marianne

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  6. I love this card, it is absolutely stunning x

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  7. Such an elegant golden wedding anniversary card. Thanks for joining us @ PTD this week. Good luck in the challenges. X

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  8. Such a pretty and elegant card.. Perfect for a wedding...

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  9. This is so very sophisticated and elegant. love it. hugs chris xx

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  10. Hi ya
    aww beautiful card, gorgeous papers & design, beautiful creation, thank you for joining us at The Creative Cottage this week, hope to see you next time, sue,x

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  11. Hi Claire, what a stunning card. I love the sweet image and your embossing and colour scheme are gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at stamp with fun this week. Hugs, Denise x

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  12. Lovely card - the shape of the card is fab and I love the image and colours that you have used.

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  13. I love this card! it has a real vintage look about it and it certainly doesnt look like a rush job to me! Gorgeous subtle colours too. xx

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  14. What a fantastic card it does have that vintage feeling to it :) Thanks for Playing Incy Wincy this Week
    Hugs Nikki and the rest of the DT

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  15. A very beautiful and elegant card.Thanks for joining us at Pear Tree Designs :D
    Lisa x

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  16. oh this is lovely. Such a sweet card, I like the muted soft colours you've used.
    Thanks for playing along with Creative Cottage
    Anne x

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  17. Lovely card, thanks for taking part in the Alphabet Challenge xx

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  18. Your embossing looks gorgeous, such an elegant card, thanks for joining us at Fairy Fun Fridays, hope to see you back for our next challenge!

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  19. This is so elegant, fabulous embossing and a great shape too. Thank you for joining us at Fairy Fun Friday this week.
    Hugs
    Suzi x

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  20. Very pretty card! Thanks so much for joining our Really Reasonable Ribbon challenge.

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  21. This is gorgeous, it doesn't look a rush job at all! x

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  22. Very elegant...just gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing with us at Alphabet Challenge!

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  23. What a gorgeous card Claire, so elegant, bet they loved it x

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