Saturday was our 16th anniversary. Time flies. When we first started dating I just turned nineteen. I hit forty this year and the gray hairs are starting to sprout. It boggles my mind that I know Rick for more then half of my life. (for all your Bejeweled player…, can you hear Incredible…in that Bejeweled voice? LOL)
Thursday I had some time to play. It’s been too long since I could participate in a challenge. I checked out the sketch and had fun with it.
My card base is bigger then usual, only for the fact that I already had that cardbase cut and in my scrap pile. It turned out it worked great that way. The card base is 4″ x 12″ piece of Chocolate Chip and is folded in half.
A 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Patterned Paper from BasicGrey Cupcake collection was adhered to a slightly bigger piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock. The edges were first sanded with a sanding block, then zigzag stitched. The horizontal strip measures 2 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and is from a different BasicGrey collection (sorry, my 6×6 paper packs are falling apart and I have no idea where it is from). A Vanilla strip as added to the left hand side. That strip had been punched with the Eyelet Border Punch. The long sides of these layers were straight stitched. Then blue Taffeta ribbon was tied around the right hand side and a hat pin from the Pretties Kit was added.
The main panel pieces were cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Label Two. The bigger layer was cut out of Chocolate Chip cardstock and sponged. The smaller layer was cut out of Very Vanilla Cardstock. After embossing that layer, I left the Nestabilities die on the cardstock and airbrushed it with Copic Marker B21.
For the top panel I stamped the flower pot from Flourishes Chairs For You stamp set in Memento Black ink. It was colored with Copic Markers E43, E44, G21 and G24.
For the sentiment I cut two extra layers with Circle Nestabilities. The Vanilla Circle was airbrushed with G21, then paper pierced. The sentiment is from Flourishes I love Roses and was stamped in Chocolate Chip. The flowers are from the Prima flowers from the Botanical Mix. I added Ice and Clear Rhinestone brads in each center.
For the inside I taped a 2″ x 3 5/8″ wide strip of BasicGrey paper on to a slightly bigger piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock. The top had been cut with the Eyelet Border punch. The long sides were zigzag stitched. The sentiment layers were cut with Oval Nestabilities. The Vanilla layer was airbrushed with G21. The sentiment from Flourishes I Love Roses was stamped in Chocolate Chip.
Have a wonderful Sunday! Hugs and smiles
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.25 Responses to “Anniversary Card”
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Happy Anniversary to you and your husband! Time certainly does fly!
You sound like my husband and I, we met when I was 16 and he was 18 (just babies) and we’ve been married for over 17 years.
Beate your card is gorgeous! The details of the stitching, flowers with gems and pretty pin are wonderful!
Hi, Beate! Happy Anniversary! My husband and I met in junior high and have been together since 9th grade. This weekend we will celebrate 23 years of togetherness…15 years happily married.
I love your card. It is very elegant!
Wow…gorgeous card! Congratulations on your anniversary!
It’s beautiful!! and congrats – he is a lucky man to marry a woman with ur mad cookie skillz! Oh yeah and all the love stuff too, but seriously, cookies. 😀
Beautiful card girl! Happy Anniversary! You have us beat by one year!
WOW! That card is fantastic! Happy Anniversary! You have us beat by one year!
ok…first comment I got an error saying it was a duplicate message and it wasn’t there….so I redid another! Now they are both there! Oh well!
Beate- this is a beautiful card inside and out. CONGRATS on your anniversary!! 🙂 Jess
Happy Anniversary, Beate! Love your take on that sketch! Your work is great and I’m sure your marriage is the same!
How BEAUTIFUL Beate! LOVE every bit of this! Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary Beate!!!! What a beautiful card. The colors are perfect together and I love the design around the image and sentiment!!
Happy Anniversary to you and Rick!! Beautiful card.. have a great week ahead. Pam
Happy Anniversary!!!
Your card is gorgeous! Love the soft flowers at the top! 🙂
Congrats on your anniversary, Beate! This card is absolutely gorgeous!
What a beautiful beautiful anniversary card Beate! Congratulations….you’re about 9 months ahead of us for number 16. 🙂 Hope you had a lovely Anniversary together!
Happy Anniversary, Beate!! I love your beautiful sketch card, and the colors are so pretty as well!! The stitching is also a wonderful touch!!
A very Happy Anniversary to you and your husband, Beate!! I really loved your beautiful card, too. TFS!
this is such a pretty card love those colors
Hugs
Norine
Happy Anniversary to you both. It will surprise you again when you get to the point where you have been married half of your life!
Love all of your cards.
Happy Anniversary 😀 You started at the other end of the stick from me LOL! I was 34 when I got married and we are celebrated 13 this year. Heck, you double your age when you met Rick and that was when I had my second child!! Love the card and I’m sure Rick loved it too. Blessings for another wonderful year together 😀
Happy Anniversary, Beate! Beautiful card.
Lovely card! Happy Belated Anniversary! Ours is tomorrow — 25 years!!! Unfortunately, that’s less than 1/2 my life — LOL!!!
Happy anniversary Beate, keep up the good work!
Now the card…WOW, I love this and I have a 2nd anniversary coming up soon. same sketch different look. I might break down and finally buy some Spellbinders…I know I need to!
such a wonderful card, Happy Anniversary!
Oh BIG CONGRATULATIONS on your anniversary Beate! I hope you have wonderful celebrations together!
Gorgeous card too, and I am sure Rick will love it! Thanks for sharing,
Love Keesh x