Happy Anniversary

Good morning everyone. It was my 5th wedding anniversary last friday and this is the card I made for my wonderful husband:


I used the Pedal Presents stamp set and have only just realised that you can no longer get this. It was a hostess set in the summer mini catalogue but, wait and see, there may be something similar in the new catalogue coming out in October .... The Adorning Accents Embossing folder which has the hearts as 1 of 3 embossing folders was also in the Summer mini but will be back in the 2012-13  catalogue. Here's a closer look:

 

I used Real Red for the base card and Pretty in Pink for the border which was punched with the Scallop Edge border punch. The small hearts were from the Owl Builder punch. They were the size that fitted best. Just for a change, I decorated the inside of the card too using the heart stamp from the Tiny Tags stamp set. I also used the word 'husband' from the All in the Family stamp set. The Happy Anniversary has sadly been discontinued. Can you see the crease in the paper? I didn't notice it till it was too late but it didn't look so obvious once I'd written the card:

Now, I have to tell you that my husband is much more romantic than I am and he does all the cooking. So, on friday - which was a hot day, I came home to find he had prepared a special meal and had set the table outside (he could only find a Christmas table cloth).

 

 He had added some bows and little bubble champagne bottles which were left over from the wedding and had found a bottle of Champagne which was left over from our honeymoon. (I can't get the picture to turn the right way up but you get the gist)

 

 

As you can see he'd also bought me a beautiful orchid and in the little pink gift bag was an i-pod shuffle for me to use at work. Isn't he great? Check back soon for some great cards made with my new favourite set from the autumn/winter catalogue - Owl Occassions. x

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Bike

Hi everyone, we had 2 birthdays in our family yesterday, so here's the card I made for my Father-in-Law. I used the  Pedal Presesnts stampset which is a hostess set and I love it. The bike comes with a variety of things you can put in the basket, so it can suit any occassion. For this card I've used the presents and balloons:



I've used another hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes, for the greeting and added 'dad' from the For My Family stampset. This stampset lets you personalise any greeting and I think it worked really well. I used the Decorative Label punch to cut out the greeting and then mounted it onto an Old Olive punched Decorative Label:

The card base was made out of Tempting Turquoise cardstock with a Whisper White panel mounted on a Daffodil Delight layer. I used a strip of Big Top Birthday designer paper, which has lots of bright colours in it. The edging was made with Old Olive cardstock, punched with the Scallop Edge border punch. Finally, I covered the balloons in Crystal Effects to make them lovely and shiny:

I hope you liked this card. If you fancy hosting a party to earn some of these hostess sets, please get in touch and don't forget you can earn an additional £30, during June and July. Check out my post from the 2nd June, if you missed the details. I'll be back soon with the second birthday card. x