Happy Anniversary Missy & Jeff!!!

Last month I made an anniversary card for my niece, Shelley (anniversary is Valentine's Day!) and now I have made one for her older sister, Missy.  Both of these young ladies are very dear to me!!!  Here are two different photos of the card front...I did two because on the 2nd one the silver flat pearls cast too much shadow to suit my "OCD"...LOL

Here are some photos of the inside.

It may look strange that I made the inside back panel more narrow than the front, but I did that because of the way that I did the "hinge".....here is a photo showing that.

In order to make the "hinge" like this, you need 1/2" of the back panel.  Since my card front is 5 1/2 square and I wanted to keep the "square" appearance, I made the back panel 5 1/2" x 5", so after I adhered the "hinge", I was left with a 5x5" square.  I sure hope this makes sense!  And now, here is the "signature tag".

Thanks for stopping by and please hurry back!

Finished Card Size:  5 1/2" Square

Supplies List

Papers:   110# Recollections "Ivory" (card base), Canson 140LB Watercolor Paper, Recollections "Garden Florals" Paper Pad (envelope), Recollections "Silver" Glitter Paper, American Crafts "Silver Foil", Recollections 65# "Shimmer Silver" Cardstock

Stamps:  A Stamp in the Hand Co. "Script Background", Hero Arts "Everyday Messages", Anna Griffin "Flourishes Set 1" (used on envelope)

Inks:  Tsukineko "VersaMark Watermark", Hero Arts "Soft Granite" Shadow Ink

Dies:  Spellbinders "Lonely Hearts" (S4-483) & "Bracket Borders" (S5-181), Gina Marie "Flourish", Marianne Design "Vintage Swirls" (LR0271), "Hearts 3pc" from China (ID #116698), Impression Obsession "Bow" (DIE057-AA)   

     Fonts:  "Stone Temple SF" (sentiment, card front), "Corinthia" (card message), "FlairRoman" (envelope)
    

Tools:  Martha Stewart "Score Board", Ranger "Heat It", WeR Memory Keepers "Envelope Punch Board", Tim Holtz "Vagabond 2"

Accessories:  Recollections "Silver" Half Pearls, Stampendous! Stamp-nStuff "Detail Silver" & Hero Arts "Ultra Fine "Clear" embossing powders 

Anniversary Card for Shelley & Robbie!

My sister's youngest daughter's anniversary is actually on Valentine's Day and this year is their 18th, so I thought I would attempt to make her a "keepsake" card.  I actually cased the beautiful birthday card that Peggy Dollar made me this past September........you can see it here!  Her card is stunning and I just love it!!!  I used watercolor paper, gold foil cardstock and some DCWV patterned paper with gold foil!

This is the top half of the card inside. 

This is the bottom half of the card inside. 

Signature Label

Envelope  

Shelley loved her card and sent me the sweetest message via Facebook and said, among other things, that "I will keep this and treasure it for the rest of my life"!!!  That made me feel so good and so loved!!!

Finished Card Size:  A2

Supplies List

Papers:  110# Recollections "Ivory" Cardstock, 140# Canson & 90# Strathmore "Watercolor" papers, American Crafts "AC Specialty Paper Foil" - Gold, DCWV patterned paper from "The Butterfly Garden Stack"

Stamps:  Art-C "Flowers & Bugs Stamp & Stencil Set" (used the "greenery stamp" to make a cut file for greenery beneath the heart on the card front)

Dies:  Gina Marie "Loopy Rectangles" & "Lacy Lattice Rectangles", Memory Box "Fabulous Phlox" & "Tender Leaves", Sizzix Tim Holtz "Celebrations Words", "3pc Hearts" - ID#116698" (fr. China)

Cutting Files:  "Birds" (made cut file from image I found on Pinterest), Silhouette "Three Flourishes" by Siohie Gallo [Design ID #65905]

     Fonts:  "Isabella Script"
    

Tools: Silhouette "Cameo",  Martha Stewart "Score Board", WeR Memory Keepers "Envelope Punch Board", Tim Holtz "Vagabond 2"

Accessories:  Sheena Douglas "Snowfall" embossing folder (used on envelope), Recollections "Flat Pearls"

50th Wedding Anniversary Card..............

Just recently my sister-in-law (the one that lost her husband and almost her own life in a horrible auto accident last year) asked me if I would make a 50th anniversary card for some dear friends of hers and of course I said that I would be happy to! The wife used to be a client of mine and is a friend also. I got to thinking of the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge for the week of May 15th when Cathleen (aka/ctorina) was the featured stamper and back in April she had made a card that I thought was absolutely stunning...but then I think all of her work is stunning!!! You can see the card I'm referring to here and I decided to use it for my inspiration. When you case a card of a "featured stamper" you are to change at least 2 or more things on it and I changed a lot more than 2 and one of the ones that I changed was the "orientation". Here is a photo of the front of the card that I made:

And here is a photo of the back of the card I made:

Here is a close-up of the flower that I made using a cutting file designed and sold by Laurne Meader (here is a link to her blog where she has a wonderful video showing how to create them and here is a link to her online store where you can purchase the cutting file and it's only $2.50 (so worth it!). She has a lot more really nice cutting files!!!)

Here is a photo of the inside top of the card where I included the photo that was on their invitation to make this card even more of a keepsake!

And here is a photo of the verse that I used on the inside bottom of the card:

I guess that you can tell that this card will not fit into a regular A7 envelope...so I decided to design an "A7 Card Box" that I can cut using my Pazzles Inspiration Creative Cutter! Here is a photo of the front of the box I designed:

And here is a photo of a side view of the box:

Finished Card Size: A7/5"x7"
Supplies

Papers: Neenah, Recollections (black), Black Suede Gold Mirror Cardstock and "Sparkling Papers" by WorldWin
Tools: Pazzles Inspiration Creative Cutter, QuicKutz Revolution, Provo Craft Cuttlebug
Accessories: Spellbinders (LG Classic Ovals, LG Classic Ovals Scalloped, SM Standard Circles and Labels Two), Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page "Double Loops" (border for box sides) and "Floral Vine" & "Garden Trellis" Deep Edge Punches, Peel-Off Stickers, Want2scrap "Black Half Pears", Mark Richards "Gold Half Pearls", "Gold" Stickles