Cozy anniversary card

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Hi folks,

I've been swamped with school and work and summertime fun and see I messed up my automatic posts and this got posted earlier than planned and with no description.  Thank you to all of you for your nice comments!

So, in answer to some queries I've gotten, this was not for my anniversary--that's in January since we eloped to a sun spot LOL!  This card was made for a good friend of mine for her 5th anniversary.  She had a beautiful summer wedding with all the fuss and convention, and it was beautiful and very special, and I wanted to celebrate the day with her and her husband.

Don't you love that background?  It's one of the new Sizzix ones available through SU, and my current favorite.  The lace is from the local sewing supply store--just went there last week and stocked up on a whole bunch of new types of edging and lace, so you'll be seeing a lot of this in the next few weeks :-)

And have you all heard about Cornish Heritage Farms shutting down!  Arg!  Guess I'll have to dig out that wish list and turn it into a shopping list... got a good excuse for hubby ... {grin}

Have a great weekend, and I'll be back Sunday with a fabulous card--my first Christmas card this year!

Silver Anniversary

My husband rarely has need for a card, but this week he mentioned (at the last minute as usual!) that we had a family dinner to attend to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary for his sister.

Over to Splitcoast I went to take a peak at what a 25th wedding anniversary card should look like, and there is a whole section in the gallery just for these.  Here's the link if you 'd like to check it out: 25th Wedding Anniversary Gallery

Looking through it, I realized that this is the Silver Anniversary, and that the card should be made up of just white and silver.  So out came my Silver encore pad, silver brads, silver ribbon, and silver cord, and some white paper.  This card only took about a half hour to make, and looks better in person than in the picture!

As I don't keep silver paper on hand, I used the Silver Encore pad to spread ink over the edges of the paper that I used for borders.  Then I let it sit and dry in the sun while I got the rest ready.  I love those Encore pads, they are so versatile and last forever!

I don't have any number stamps, so printed the 25 on my printer, and then stamped the words using a stamp from Micheals with my Silver Encore pad, and then ran the background sheet through the cuttlebug.  The ribbon was a bit trickier since I didn't want a not or a cute bow, so I bent it the way I wanted it and adhered with double sided sticky strip.

Tonight we go for dinner and I'll pass this card on.  I hope my SIL likes it!