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Saturday 20 March 2010

Happy Anniversary

To my MIL and FIL who have been married for 48 years on Tuesday. I've really struggled to make a card for them and maybe after all that time I should have made them a medal instead


The image and  bp are from Joanna Sheen's Fashion Boutique cds. The bp looks to have a blue tinge but that is just the scan. I used 2 of the toppers and cut an aperture in the frame of one which I backed with acetate and matted over the other topper. The charm and ribbon are from our local scrap store and cost pennies. the charm is actually an earring blank, I cut the back off added the lady's face from a small topper, some glossy accents and then added the tassel. The lace has been distressed with antique linen distress ink. I couldn't find a happy anniversary stamp anywhere in the chaos that is my craft room so I used a creative acrylic piece, highlited the text with black ink and embossed the back with gold ep. I attached the acrylic piece to a  stamped shape from Elusive images (one of their Christmas themeplates but I forget which one) which I stamped with antique linen distress ink and then overstamped with text in the same ink. I added lots of gold ep before the ink dried. I used a few little paper flowers from my stash to finish off.
This card is for the following challenges:
My time to craft: Lovely Lace
Tanda Teaser - Artful apertures
Stamp something: Distressed Somethings
Thanks for looking
Claire xx

12 comments:

  1. What a great card Claire, I am sure you in laws will love it. Cathy xxxx

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  2. This is fabulous Claire,yes your inlaws will love it.xxx

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  3. Lovely nostalgic feel to this card and clever use of your aperture. Thanks for joining in with the Tanda Teaser this week!
    Sue
    x

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  4. They are going to LOVE this Claire!
    It's so beautiful and elegant!
    I love how you got creative and made that gorgeous charm!
    Hugs
    nicola

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  5. Good evening Claire hunny what a totally fabulous card, love the image you'veused and all that fabulous detail.Thank you for joining us on the Creative Cottage challenge this week Linda x

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  6. Lovely elegant card Claire, I'm sure your in-laws will love it, Love the charm, you are clever.

    Jenny x

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  7. Beautiful card. Like all the textures and dimensionals you have used to give it a very tactile quality. A great gift.

    Janet xx

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  8. Claire - this card is so worth all the struggling. It's fabulous and I'm sure they'll love it.
    Beryl xx

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  9. what a fabbie vintage card just loving all the detail thanks for joining us at MTTC hugs from Daniele

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  10. Your card is so beautiful. Love the vintage style.
    Thank you so much for joining us at Stamp Something this week.
    Dorte aka dot-scrap

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  11. This vintage style anniversary card is gorgeous Claire.
    Janette

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  12. What a beautiful card! Love the image and flowers!
    Thanks so much for joining us at the Creative Cottage!
    Love Becky xx

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