Golden Anniversary

It's the Golden Wedding Anniversary of an Auntie and Uncle on Thursday and this is the card I've made to send them.  I've still got the little deep peach dress with it's crinkly petticoats that I wore as their flower girl.  Unfortunately the floral circlet to match and the blonde curls that were underneath it wilted a long time ago.

The card is cased from the anniversary card in the previous posting.  Rather than having a white background to the patterned papers colour 25 from the canvas backing papers on Joanna Sheen's Secret Garden CD was printed on to white pearlised cardstock first before putting it through the printer a second time to add the wording and asterisk pattern.  Other extras were a bow and gold self adhesive pearls.

     

Like the previous card there is a double insert in the inside.  The Martha Stewart punch around the page set eyelet lace was used to give the outside layer a decorative edge to match a layer on the front of the card.  The little card in this picture is a matching one for Elaine and Ian to give them.

This card uses the same cardstock but one of the layers has been pricked using an Ornare template.  I've made cards similar to this before and have made quilled flowers to add as embellishments but this time the small English Rose and leaves dies from Marianne Creatables were used.  The cream leaves were punched using the botanical beech leaf embossing punch from X-cut.  A bow, brads and self adhesive pearls were the other embellishments used.

 

To protect the flowers on this one, as it wends its way up to Orkney, I made a little box to put it in and lined it with gold tissue.  Here are the two cards together.

Thanks for reading today

Liz xx 

I'd like to enter these cards in the following challenges

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 134 - Tribute to Someone older than Us

Love to Create Challenge 30 - Hand Made Flowers

UnstampaBelles Challenge 14 - Paper Flowers

Come and Get It Challenge - Show Us Your Flowers

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Sentiment Must Be Focal Point

PaperPlay Challenge week 34 - Sentiment as Main Focus

Crafty Catz Challenge 147 - Ribbons and Bows

Crafting For All Seasons Challenge 34 - Stitching - Real or Faux

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 71 - Weddings/Anniversaries

Anything goes Challenge 74 - Make Your Own Background

Emerald Faeries Challenge 30 - Punches/Dies

Make It Monday - Anything Goes