Gold & Silver Anniversary Cards
Today I am sharing a silver anniversary card that I made to match the gold Anniversary card I shared a few weeks ago. I love these cards and have added them to my Etsy store. These cards are perfect for an anniversary celebration or an invitation to a special party! The only difference between these two cards is the gold vs. silver vellum that I used for the background!Here are the details for these Handmade Anniversary Cards:
The card base is made using Whisper White cardstock cut the long way – 4 1/4″ x 11, scored at 5 1/2″ and folding in half to open at the top! Next is a 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer of Gold Fancy Foil Vellum! This Vellum just screams Wedding or Anniversary to me! I think that I will add this card and a Silver version to my Etsy store for Anniversary Parties!
Next I used the new Number of Years Stamp set with coordinating Large Numbers Framelits from the new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalog to stamp the floral bouquet, numbers and the anniversary banner. These items are all stamped on a piece of Whisper White cardstock which has been layered onto a piece of Gold Foil.
The Design is stamped with Pear Pizazz ink for the leaves, Rose Red ink for the Roses, Daffodil Delight ink for the daisies and Pool Party ink for the Gladiolas. The words “HAPPY and ANNIVERSARY” are stamped with Rose red ink. The Banner is stamped with Gold ink and embossed with Gold Embossing powder around the Anniversary. I also stamped the numbers “5” & “0” with Gold ink and embossed them with Gold embossing powder on scraps of whisper white cardstock. Then use the new Large Number Framelits to cut out the numbers and the Anniversary banner. I love when Stampin’ Up! make a stamp set and framelits that coordinate! and don’t forget to get your 15% off by ordering these products in a bundle!
Want to make the banner and the numbers pop? I used dimensionals for the banner and the numbers… And a little tip for you – save the thin edges of the dimensionals to use for thin items like the numbers.
Enjoy!
They mentioned that the Bride likes Hydrangeas and that hydrangeas would be one of the flowers in her wedding bouquet. And they were looking for something in pastel colors with pinks and purples. So I used Pink Pirouette and Wisteria Wonder as my colors.
They were also looking for a wrap and liked the shimmery papers. So this is the final design that we came up with.
The invitation is a standard 5×7″ invitation. The card base is Wisteria wonder card stock with a layer of Whisper white card stock that I cut and ran through my printer for the actual printing of the invitation. The smaller hydrangeas from the Best of Flowers stamp set are stamped along the top and the larger hydrangea from the Because I care stamp set is stamped on the bottom of the invitation.
The wrap is made from a White Shimmery text weight paper from LCI Paper. The edge of the wrap is made with the Scalloped Edge border punch. The belly band for the wrap is made from a 1″ piece of shimmer paper with a bow made from the white organza ribbon.
And what is an invitation without a little bling? I added pearl jewels randomly to enhance the centers of the hydrangeas and also along the edge of the belly band.
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Christmas party. However over the years, we have moved it to January since everyone is so busy around Christmas time! This year – I went with a Valentine’s theme for my 3D item. I really wanted to try out the new spiral flower die (item# 129379) that is in the Occasions catalog for spring. I love this die. This will be my next video technique to record. Making the flowers does take a little practice. These roses are made with Real Red card stock and a piece of wire. You will also need a container and a glue gun. 
So to make the flowers:
6. The leaves are made with the large oval punch and a piece of old olive card stock. 7. The oval is folded in half the long way and then I poked a hole in the center of oval to feed it onto the wire. 8. I painted the tips of the flowers with Red Dazzling Details to add a little bling to the flowers! The container is a wooden container that I got at the local craft store. The container was painted white with gesso paint. I added a decorative layer with Real Red card stock and Fresh Prints designer paper stack. 
the Occasions catalog. This card would also be great for a wedding or anniversary as well!
So the details:
The card base is Whisper White with a layer of Silver Foil paper. The vellum with the embossed hearts is cut just a tad smaller than the silver foil.
The Heart from the Language of Love stamp set in the Occasions catalog is stamped and embossed with Silver embossing powder. The heart is cut out using the Heart shaped framelits. The heart is layered onto a doily with a piece of silver ribbon attached.
I used a scrap of the silver foil paper to cut out Love with the Expressions framelits from the Holiday catalog.
Like this card? This card is one of the cards from my Valentine’s class.
Happy Stampin’!
Before we get started with the cards, I thought that I would share a pic of my summer office. As many of you know, I spend a good bit of my summer in Dennis on Cape Cod. I know it is a difficult life but someone has to manage the teenage children!
Today and yesterday have been perfect days. The humidity has finally broken and the temps are in the 70’s. Not too hot, not too cold. So I have moved my computer outside for today. It is very pleasant. I can hear the waves and the kids playing on the beach (also the parking lot, but I am choosing to block that out LOL).
Ok on to some card shares!! Yesterday I decided to play around with one of my favorite sets Field Flowers. I saw a card on Ann Schach’s site that I absolutely loved so changed it up a little for what I needed. Also – I wanted to use one of the new designer papers that I hadn’t opened yet…
So I used the Designer paper Etcetera which has the colors Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Pool Party and Very vanilla. I am really liking the Vintage look to this paper. One of my customer asked for a Vintage class – I think this might be the designer paper to use!
So the details of these cards:
1. the Card base is very vanilla with a layer of calypso coral cut to 4″ x 5 1/4″.
2. I liked the look of the old olive and pool party design as a background piece but then couldn’t decide which coordinating piece I liked better for the side.
3. On the first card – I used a strip of the calypso coral pattern, making sure that I lined up the victorian pattern in the middle of my strip. I love the look that these two papers together created and the way the seam of the two papers fell with the stripe in the coral paper. It looks as if the paper is torn!
But then I also like the Vintage look of the vintage newspaper piece. So I tried a 1 1/4″ strip of this piece with the background. I liked the two together but didn’t like the seam where the two pieces meet. So I added a piece of trim that I made using the scallop trim border punch.
4. The flowers and stems are stamped on a 2″ x 3 1/2″ piece of very vanilla card stock layered onto a piece of Old Olive cardstock. The stems are stamped using old olive ink.
5. The flowers are stamped on a scrap of very vanilla card stock with calypso coral ink. This is a two part stamp – so I stamped the background piece first and stamped off on a scrap paper to make the coral a shade lighter. Then for the detail of the flower, I used the second detail stamp and stamped with calypso coral at full strength.
The flowers are stamped on scraps of very vanilla and cut out. They are raised with dimensionals to pop off the card! Of course I then had to enhance the flowers with a few pearls. And my cards are complete!
Perfect for a wedding card or Thinking of You card.
So which card do you like best?? Leave me a message.
Enjoy your day!
my downline Lisa Fuller made for the Black and White swap. I love the dramatic effect that she created by brayering a little black ink onto the Fancy Fan embossing folder to create the background.
This next card was made by Donna Centemore at Butternut Sage Designs. I love this stamp set as well and the antique look of the set.
I also really like this next card. It was designed by Joszette Elkridge with the Dahlia stamp. It is hard to
see but the Dahlia has a bit of glitter to it!
More to come!!
llic white card stock and layered onto another layer of metallic gold. I then stamped a holly leaf on a scrap of card stock, colored it with ink and then cut it out. I colored some pearl jewels red with a sharpie and added those to the center of the holly leaf in place of the berries.
I used the retired heart border punch to create a little border along the top of the invite. I added some of the velvet ribbon that we had in last year’s holiday catalog.
The gold leaves are embossed on vellum card stock using gold ink and embossing powder. These are going on my WOW swap for convention. The gold leaf is one of the new stamps in the upcoming Fall/Holiday catalog.
So this is what my table looks like this afternoon with all of the embossing that I am doing. Stay tuned for a peak at the WOW card that I am making for one of my convention swaps!!
Thanks for checking things out!
