Unusual Anniversary Card

This anniversary card is unusual - at least for me - because I would seldom use those colors for such an occasion.  However, they are the colors the bride had at her wedding so I went with it!  I had to finish my card quickly because I had just remembered about the anniversary of guests who were coming that night for dinner and had plenty to do!

After cutting my background paper to size and inking the edges with dark blue ink, I attached it to my card front.

The focal element was created using "Dazzles" from Hot Off the Press. I simply placed the stickers on my yellow-gold glimmer paper and cut close to the edges.  Then I heat embossed my sentiment on them.

I matted my sentiment hearts on blue glimmer paper backed with the same yellow-gold.  The mat was created using one of Maryanne's cut and emboss folders.  After attaching the mat to the card, I added the heart sentiments with foam tape for dimension.

More Hunkydory Prefab

This card is similar to the one I showed yesterday with papier tole from Hunkydory (Flutterbye Wishes), pre-made sentiment, and even the same background paper!  This time I edged the paper and papier tole elements with a silver inkpad and added a silver ribbon border before adding my elements.  A little silver bow and I was ready to do the inside of the card.

As you can see, I used the same edgeability die to cut the border, but ran a length of 1/8" silver ribbon along each piece before adding the border to my card.

Hunkydory PreFab

Talk about fast and easy!  This card was made using paper and papier tole from a kit (Flutterbye Wishes) from Hunkydory that came with my Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine.  It's beautiful paper and very good quality.  The sentiment was one of my prefab ones I made the other day (JustRite die - Antique Labels One, Frame is a JustRite stamp from "Royal Antique Labels One" & sentiment from their "Enjoy the Day" set).  Both the sentiment and the papier tole elements were attached using foam tape for dimension.  A quick little white bow and I was ready to do the inside of the card!

Here you can see I simply made a couple of border strips from the paper (cut using an edgeability die) and added another piece from the Hunkydory kit (was supposed to be part of the papier tole) with foam tape in the upper right-hand corner.

PreFab Thinking of You

Today's focal is another of my "pre-made focals - made with alcohol inks, embossing powder, and frame stamp (Your Special Day) and die (Medallion Labels) from JustRite.  (Sentiment stamp from K& Co. &amp)

I decided to start using up some of the paper that I've been getting with my Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine, so chose this stripe as a background paper to coordinate with my focal element.  

As you can see, I matted the focal with cream and green die cut pieces (Spellbinders Decorative Labels 27).  The border along the bottom was made using an Edgeability die & Insert (Spellbinders) with cream-colored satin ribbon threaded through it.

The inside of the card was easy, too.  I used a smaller die-cut green piece for the focal, on which I stamped my sentiment  (HOTP "Stamp & Punch) and embossed it in black.  A couple strips of the striped paper top and bottom and the inside was done.