French Anniversary

 I love special request cards!  It feels like I've finished a masterpiece once I'm done! 

 This card is for my friend's brother, who is going to Paris for his 30th anniversary.  The stamp sets are Artistic Etchings and Postage Due done on Very Vanilla cardstock with Crumb Cake ink.  The Eiffel Tower is done with Bavarian Bronze EP and the papers are Pool Party and Early Espresso.  The sentiment is done with my Silhouette on Early Espresso.  The stamped pieces are a little distressed and sponged with Early Espresso.
The inside left is stamped with En Francais and the heart cut out with my Silhouette.  The birds are SU Bird Punch.  The wording is computer generated and requested by her.  So adorable!

 I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Daring Card Makers - colors in inspiration photo
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Anything Goes w/Stamping
Creative Knockouts - Tic Tac Toe - Stamp, Sentiment, Ribbon

Thanks for Visiting!

Gerlinde

Emerald Anniversary #2

Here is my second 55th anniversary card made with my two favorite new stamps sets - Flower Shop and Petite Petals.  The sentiment and rings is done with a Sizzix die and the background is an old Stampin Up stamp called French Flair - done with Sparkle N Sprinkle's Silver Detail embossing powder.  The leaves are from Stampin Up's Bird Punch.  You'd almost think it was St Patrick's Day, there's so much green around here!

On a roll, see you soon!

Gerlinde

Emerald Anniversary

Made a quick 55th anniversary card for a friend's parents with oodles of glitter, which I haven't done for a long time.  I used the old lace technique on sticker paper with Sparkle N Sprinkle's Elegant Emerald and Diamond Dust glitters.  The sentiment was embossed using Sparkle N Sprinkle's Pine Star embossing powder.  Some simple punched embossed hearts with the numbers cut with my Silhouette and Voila!  There you have it!

Thanks for looking!

Gerlinde

Fields of Gold

This was a fun card to do because it's so different from anything I've done. Since it's for my friend's husband I had to refrain from glitters, frilly flowers and anything else that would make it too girly and that wasn't easy!  I did have to add the little blue flowers because they were the wild flowers along the banks of the lake where they got married.  The flowers are made with three different punches. The pictures were reduced to 2.5" and printed on vellum and mounted on white cardstock so that they look soft instead of the glossy glare of a regular picture.  If you click on the picture of the card, you can see the little photos better.  The flourishes are a Memory Box die and the background is the last line of their song "Fields of Gold" printed on Bashful Blue in gold ink.  The card had to be 5.5" x 8.5" to fit all that on it.

The inside of the card has the entire song lyrics on the left side and a few more pictures of the park where they walk a lot and where they got married. I don't think you can get a more personalized anniversary card anywhere!  So romantic!  

Thanks for visiting!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Pile It On - Outdoors

Night - Shift - Stamping : Ab in die Natur

                                        (Off into Nature )

Fab N Funky Challenge - Anything that looks 

                                            like Summer 

Lexi's Creations - Anniversary

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Gerlinde

 

Love Bird Anniversary

This is another consignment card for a friend which I obviously just love making!  It is cased from a card by Teneale Williams that I found on Pinterest.  I think the two step bird punch is my all time favorite punch because I just couldn't wait to make this.  The leaves heart is made with a base heart done with the Silhouette and then a layer of a Martha Stewart border punch and then a top layer of the leaves that go with the bird punch.  I think the color is Always Artichoke.  I then lightly spritzed it with Glimmer Mist, but it doesn't show up in the photo. The embossing folder was brayered with Lumiere Pink/Gold and White paints lightly spritzed with water before brayering.  The flowers I took off a silk spray and replaced the plastic centers with pearls.  And the leaves behind the flowers are a Cheery Lynn Die.  The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with Spellbinders label, of course! 
Thanks for visiting - I'll be back with another commisioned Anniversary card soon!
Gerlinde

Anniversary Toast

Yesterday was my daughter and son-in-law's 7th anniversary and so I made this for them (finished it right before I went over to babysit so they could go out to dinner - nothing like a deadline!).   I cut the heart with my Silhouette and covered it with Stampendous Red Tinsel embossing powder.  The champagne flutes were cut with the Silhouette too - the stems were covered with Sparkle N Sprinkle's black detail embossing powder.  You can't tell in the picture, but they are shiny and look just like glass. Then the champane was done with Sparkle N Sprinkle's brushable glue and Florida Beach glitter and the flute part was then covered with Crystal Effects to look like a glass.  The Happy Anniversary was also done with the Red Tinsel glitter and cut out with Spellbinder's Fancy Tags Two and then layered onto some Really Reasonable Ribbon's black ribbon. My daughter loved it, by the way!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:
Everybody Art Challenge #232 - Bling
Sparkles Forum Challenge #43 - Hearts
The Corrosive Challenge #172 - Life's Special Occasions
Stamping Sensations  April Challenge - Special Occasions

Thanks for visiting!
Gerlinde

65th Anniversary

 Today is my parents' anniversary!  They are 85 and 88 and still very independent.  I thought a very simple and elegant card would be appropriate for such a special anniversary. 
The bells are cut with my Silhouette out of glitter paper and mounted on my new Spellbinders Floral Ovals.  The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the ribbon buckle from Amazon.  I simply used white cardstock and a silver cardstock from my stash for the layers, along with a textured embossing folder.  This would make a great wedding card too!
Thanks for looking and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Gerlinde

Special Anniversary

I'm so glad Sparkle N Sprinkle is having us give Scrapbook pages a try!  Don't worry, I'm going back to cards next post, but this occasion is just perfect for a scrapbook page.  I may even frame it and give it to my parents as a present.  I can't believe they have been married 65 years and still both doing so well!

Most of the elements on the page have been cut with my Silhouette and embossed with embossing powders, Cappuccino Star, Silver Bells, and Hit the Beach.  It gives the page much more dimension than a pre-glittered scrapbook page.




Here are some closeups.  The tiny hearts and butterflies were punched out of sticker paper glittered with Golden Silver glitter (as was the lettering that was cut with the Silhouette).















The larger butterflies (Stamp set 437 - Fancy Butterflies) were embossed with Gold Detail and glittered with Silver Dreams. Yes, I have glitter EVERYWHERE  in my craft area, but it was well worth it.

Of course, it sparkles much better in real life.  Glitters are hard to capture in photos, especially the golds and silvers!


You can find complete directions on the Sparkle and Sprinkle website here!

Wedding Anniversary

I made this card for a very good friend to give to her parents for their anniversary. I cased it from a card by  Doodledop at Splitcoaststampers.  It looks ivory in the picture, but it's actually white. The gold cardstock is SU brushed gold.  The background paper is made with SU Elements of Style as are the hearts.  Hearts are a SU punch and butterflies are Martha Stewart punch.  Die cuts are Spellbinders Fleur De Lis and Labels One. Labels One and hearts are edged with Krylon gold leafing pen.

Life is.....

I was "commissioned" to make two romantic cards, along with some pet sympathy cards, by a kennel in a nearby town.  I had a hard time because "romantic" can mean many different things to different people.  She ended up liking the card, thank goodness, and the bonus for me was winning top 3 choice in the "Dog Days of Summer" challenge by Digital Delights by Louby Loo's Delightful Challenges.  I hope to get my badge to display soon.  The image is a free one from Crafting with Sue blog and was watercolored with H20 twinkling paints.  The DP is from the DCW Far East Stack and the cardstock from SU.  The embellishments are misc stash I had on hand.