400th Post Anniversary Card

This is the 400th post on my blog and the card I've chosen to write about is one I made for our daughter Elaine and her husband Andy who celebrated their second anniversary recently.  

There was a mix of old, new and free craft items used to make this card.  The starting point was the Penny Black stamp Squeeze 'til I Squeak which was stamped onto Hobbycraft's white linen card and coloured using Promarkers.  The daisy head, its centre and mice feet were stamped and coloured a second time and layered on top.  Using the daisy image was significant because we gave Elaine a Sheila Fleet Daisy pendant on her wedding day.  Check out this previous post to find out the story behind this jewellery design and the box I made for Elaine's pendant.

  

A free embossing folder from issue 161 of Simply Cards & papercraft and a set of dies which had been a reader offer in the same issue were used to frame the image.  This was layered onto daisy patterned paper from K & Company which had been die cut using a Sue Wilson noble pierced square die.  Stitching was added to the paper once it had been attached to gold pearlescent card.

Two more patterned papers were used on the card and both were from digital downloads and printed onto white linen card.  The spotted one was from the Cuddly Buddly set A Patchwork of Papers Yellow and the marbled effect one was a backing paper from the Fred She Said set Purple Pansies.  The marbled paper was also die cut using a Sue Wilson noble pierced square die with stitching added before it was attached to the pearlescent card.

Spellbinders plain and scalloped hearts dies and Tonic's Happy Anniversary die were used to make up the sentiment topper.  Along with the patterned papers, glitter card and matt gold linen card were used to make up the layers.  The completed topper was attached to the card base using a strip of acetate at the top and wet glue at the bottom.  This allowed the topper to stand out from the card and added dimension.

The topper at the bottom of the card was also made using the Spellbinders heart dies and the 2U added on top were die cut using the Sizzix sizzlets die set Chunkidelic. 

  

Other embellishments added to the card were flat backed pearls, grosgrain ribbon and crystal dot and gold heart stickers.  A small Woodware daisy punch was used to make the flower embellishments. The daisies were layered and ink was sponged on the tips of the petals.

A tag for their present was made to match the main topper.

Hope you've enjoyed this trip amongst the old, new, free and forgotten craft stash.

Thanks for reading today

Liz xxx

Challenges entered

Passion for Promarkers  Challenge 391 - Going Dotty

I Love Promarkers Challenge 333 - Anything Goes

Cards und More Challenge 182 - Monochrome

Through the Craft Room Door April 18th - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge 155 - Anything Goes

Make My Monday Challenge 44 - Embossing - Wet or Dry

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge 56 - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl April Challenge - Use Any Image

Hiding in my Craft Room Challenge 297 - Tic-Tac-Toe  Ribbon/An Animal/Flower

Crafting With Friends Challenge 41- Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge 161 - Flowers Theme

Simply Create Too Challenge 126 - Anniversary

That's Crafty Outnumbered Challenge

Sisterhood of Crafters Stamp It Challenge

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge 42 - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge 4

Craft-Dee Bowz - April Challenge

Crafty Animals Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge 9 - Anything Goes