Tom and Laura’s First Wedding Anniversary Card

This card measures 5ins x 5ins and is made using a hand cut white linen effect card blank.

Well, with Iris arriving just weeks before Tom and The Lovely Laura’s first wedding anniversary, it was a no brainer as to what I would put on their card!

The buttons date back to the days of Alan and Barry on Create and Craft, when they used to sell huge bags of mixed buttons (wish you could still get them, I had so many cards using them)

First Wedding Anniversary Newspaper Card

I thought my newspaper template would be ideal to use as the base for this card, especially as “paper” is the tradition gift for a first wedding anniversary.

The champagne bottle was a free clipart image that I found and made into a simple decoupaged embellishment, adding Ranger Glossy Accents to give a glass effect and Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds micro glitter on the foam.

The card is then finished with small scattered punched hearts.

A Blast From The Past

This card is A5 in size and is made using white linen effect card.
 

This is a blast from the past …. the original Sizzix Doll Body was one of the first dies I ever bought when you couldn’t move for cards with these characters on!  I made this card for a friends Wedding Anniversary, she has asked me to make her a card every year, always including a bald gentleman in dungarees (her husband!).  I feel I have gone back in time with this card but my lady was thrilled!

Silver Anniversary Newspaper Card

This card is A5 in size and is made using white linen effect card and my newspaper template.

I love it when I get a photo that I can build a newspaper card around.  It makes it so special and unique for the people who receive it.

I’ve built up simple decoupage layers with the photo of the couple, and champagne bottles and then used Ranger Glossy Accents to add a bit of texture and interest. Silver stars and very twinkly glass flat backed gems complete the effect.

Golden Wedding Anniversary Card

I make quite a few of this card design throughout the year, each one is slightly different, mainly because I can’t remember what I did the last time!

I’ve used a variety of punches for the flowers and foliage, keeping colours to gold, cream and beige.  

I’ve used shades of yellow flat backed gems, but think I will have a look to see if RhinestonesOnline have some gold nail heads that would be suitable.

I don’t know why, but I was given a pile of this gold A4 paper but don’t use it very often for inserts, but it goes through the printer a treat and carries the golden theme through perfectly.

Diamond Wedding Anniversary Card.

This is a card design I use quite a lot for the more “mature” recipient,  using punched flowers.
 

I made it for a colleague whose parents were celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary, so added a few extra clear flat backed gems here and there, as well as in the flower centres, for extra sparkle

Her father was in the RAF and flew spitfires, I wanted to add a small plane to the front of the card, but it just didn’t look right so I  added one to the insert of the card, re-colouring the image I found in sepia tones to match the card and insert.

Golden Wedding Anniversary Card

I generally only make “special” cards for people I know or work with, but now and again I get a lovely e-mail from someone who’s seen my work and  they are  so nice I usually  make them something when they ask ….

 

This is one of those cards for a friend, of a friend, of a friend, ….., I asked for a photo and built a newspaper round it using a template I created, building it up in simple decoupage layers, which I hope you can see in the picture below.

The champagne bottle and glasses were from a pack of embellishments from Crafts for Christmas (£1.49) – I didn’t realise there were 4 sets on embellishments in the pack, bottle, glasses and stars, so I have enough left over for  three more cards.  I’ve added a scattering of small clear gems for champagne bubbles and a smidge of translucent micro glitter on the cake. Done!