Anniversary

Made for dear friends.

I have an unusual heart shaped die, which I used twice, once in white card and then again in purple.  I drew around the white cut piece on the card blank so that I knew where to place the purple pieces.  I used foam pads to mount the white card over the purple stripes.

Flamingo Anniversary

Made in a similar way to the Birthday Flamingo Card

An on trend anniversary

DH and I recently celebrated our wedding anniversary.  I wanted to make him a flamingo card or a panda card (to remind him of our trip to the zoo).  Surprisingly (no, not really!!)  I chose the flamingo.

I cut two flamingos from glitter card (remembering to turn the paper over for the second, so that it would face the opposite way).  The beaks and legs were coloured with Copics. 

35 years!

Friends of ours recently celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary.  35 years is a coral anniversary, or these days it is jade.  I decided to stick with coral.

The info for making this card can be found here.
In addition, I cut a small heart from white card and the 35 from the same card as the filigree heart.

Anniversary time

Any excuse to get one of my favourite dies out (who am I kidding, all of them are my favourites!)  I do like this die a lot except when I’m punching out all the waste!  The die is by Precious Marieke, from the Romance collection , Filigree Heart # PMI 0027

I added the initials to make it a little more unique

Hearts

 

I like to keep a few cards made in advance, so that I never get caught out.  I made this with a wedding anniversary in mind but it would also be suitable for an engagement.

I embossed a pearly white card blank with Crafts Unlimited Embossing Folder Hearts (#4954012).  I used a gold ink pad to highlight the embossing.  Two hearts were cut from gold card using the Sizzix Framelits Hearts dies (#657561), using the two smallest dies from the set

Ballroom

Friends of ours, keen dancers, recently celebrated their anniversary.

I used the Build a scene Ballroom dies from XCut (XCU503125) to create their card.

 

I used a battery tea light to create some atmosphere.

Anniversary

The base layer of the card was created using the Sizzix Framelits Moroccan card front die (#659133).  The hearts were cut using the Sizzic thinlits Medallion layering heart die set (#658915)

 

Anniversary time again

Once again, it was time to celebrate our wedding anniversary (where did that year go?)

I embossed a pearly gold card blank with the embossing folder from the Sizzix Happy Hearts set (#658537) ; the figures were cut from self-adhesive paper, using the Sizzix thinlits You & Me set (#659780); the words were stickers from my stash and the big heart frame was cut from red card using Sizzix framelits Hearts (#657561).

Birthday and anniversary time

A dear friend of mine celebrates her birthday and wedding anniversary on the same day – how lovely!
For her birthday card I chose fuchsias as the theme, as her husband grows such beautiful fuchsias every year in their garden.  I found the design in my Parchment Craft magazine and had a great time making the card, adding my own twist to the design as I went along.
I have a bit of a “thing” about owls at the moment and couldn’t resist making these two for our friends’ anniversary card.  I embossed the card blank with the Sizzix Hearts from the Valentine and Borders Set (#657490)

Heart washi tape and silver peel off greeting completed the design.

Silver Card

My card for DH – another pop-up box, but this time for our silver anniversary.

48 cupcakes

I needed to make a celebration cake for the anniversary party but I wanted something a bit different.  With a bit of planning, 2 silver trays (from the charity shop) and 48 cupcakes, I ended up with something different!

Silver Roses

This year, I decided to teach my self to crochet.  It was something that I had been unable to master, despite my Mum trying to teach me, yet, she did teach me how to knit.
With much perseverance,  a bit of cussing and a lot of time on the web, I finally managed to make a shawl.  I was so proud of myself.  Two more shawls later, I decide to have a go at crocheting roses – silver roses to be precise.
 


Not bad for a beginner.

Project 25

We decided to have a party for our silver anniversary.  Of course, I made the invites.

The 25 was cut using a Sizzix Christmas die (Sizzlits Decorative Strip – stacked words Christmas 658257).  I embossed a white postcard (Textured Impressions Embossing & Stamp Set – Flourish 658280) and I used a silver ink pad to highlight the embossing.  I edged a plain white card with silver dotty washi tape, added some ribbon and hearts with our names – I was pleased with the final result.

Parchment anniversary

Friends of mine celebrated their anniversary, the day before they came to NL to celebrate our anniversary.  I wanted to make another parchment card (I did tell you that I like working with parchment).  I found the basis for the design in one of my craft magazines, changed it to what I wanted and this is what the finished card looked like.

The addition of the washi tape along the top completed the card.

Anniversary

Friends of ours recently celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary.  Having fallen in love with my new Sizzix goodies, I wanted to use the postage stamp set again.  I took a wedding photo of theirs, recoloured it in sepia, resized to suit and then printed this onto card.  I embossed a pearly gold card blank using the Sizziz Textured Impressions  flourish & postcard set 657666.  I swiped a sepia inkpad over the embossing to make it stand out a little more.  The postage stamp was cut using the Sizzix Framelits with stamps set, postage stamps 658295 and a gold peel-off number 7 was added in the corner. 

Almost silver

Friends of ours celebrated their 24th anniversary this year.  I wanted to included some sort of grey/silver elements as it’s almost the silver anniversary.  I also wanted to make a modern, fresh looking card.  This is what I came up with:

Using Sizzix Sizzlits heart scribbles #4 die (654811) and Sizzix self adhesive card stock in silver grey, orange and white, I cut three hearts. I mixed and matched the pieces until I had a look that I liked.  I embossed peach paper using my Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder (37-1604) and assembled the card on a pearly orange card blank.  Before adding the hearts I used some grey washi tape to divide the card.

Special anniversary

Without a doubt, all anniversaries are special and are cause for celebration.  I do love making cards for those extra special anniversaries.  I made this one for friends who were celebrating their 30th (pearl) anniversary.

I used a pearly white card base to get me started.  The letters were cut from white card (Sizzix alphabet Night & Day 654549) and I (carefully) stitched Pearl beads onto the letters.  The greeting was printed directly onto the card, grosgrain ribbon added across the middle and then the  letters were added.  The recipients loved it. 

Our anniversary

Last year we celebrated our 24th anniversary (where have all the years gone!)  I wanted to make an unusual card for DH.  Once again, using my new found Pergamano knowledge, I came up with this card.

 

How time flies

Friends of mine celebrated their 1st anniversary last July (my goodness, I will soon be making one for their 2nd anniversary!)  Their story is a true love story (see here)

I wanted my design to show some sort of “togetherness”, so once again I pulled out my trusted Sizzix Bigz teddy die (655360). Both bears were shaded with Copics.
A sweet card for a sweet couple x x