Sunday 16 February 2014

Anniversary Card for my Parents

Good morning friends!

I've had this card done for awhile, but couldn't post it until my parent's anniversary. It's a large, 6" card and I used the Pop it Ups Heart Pivot as the main feature.

I found this lovely paper with a bit of sparkle, cut it and got the inside attached to the outside.  Then, as I stood there admiring it - I realized I had meant to cut the right edges with the Agatha Edges die BEFORE I attached them together. Sheesh.

So instead, I added a pretty gold Peel-Off border sticker and coloured inside the open hearts with my Sakura gel pen. 


Each die set in the Pop it Ups collection come with decorator dies, so I used several of the heart ones for layering. This pretty gold metallic paper was in my stash and I embossed two of them with a circles and hearts embossing folder then popped them up with foam tape. I stamped 'Happy Anniversary' on a gold die cut label, added Glitter Dots and a sparkly pink Peel-Off. The pink was completely the wrong shade though, so I coloured it with a Copic marker so it better matched the background paper.



Here is a peek at the inside. You can see those gold hearts pivot to the inside when the card is opened. Lots more die cut hearts were added, and I also added the lovely scroll that cuts with the Agatha Edges to the inside. The gold hearts in the upper corners are the leftover bits from the heart border Peel-Off I used on the front!




I penned the words on another die cut label then folded it in half. I attached it inside, but not right to the fold - so it has another little pop out feature. Glitter Dots were added to that label as well. What would a card be without Glitter Dots?





This Anniversary was hard for my parents, with my Dad being in a full care facility and them being apart. I know life is all about changes, but that doesn't mean we have to like them all.




Supplies used:
775 Heart Pivot - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
782 Agatha Edges - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper - Recollections
Border Peel-Off - 0377, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Sparkly heart Peel-Off - 1139, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - 7018, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Sakura gel pen
Gold metallic paper - from my stash
Embossing folder - Sizzix
Label - Estate, Prima (Sizzix)
Happy Anniversary stamp - Stampendous


Thanks for stopping by today!

5 comments:

  1. So pretty, it looks as if you glued the gold heart on top of the pivot connection point, but when looking from the top it isn't - cool illusion.

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  2. Lovely card for a wonderful occasion. Love all the shimmer and glam!

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  3. Karen, your card is lovely and I'm sure your parents were excited to receive it. My mom was in a Nursing home and my stepdad in Assisted Living when they both passed, but the love and caring for each other was always there. Cherish the days.

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    1. Thanks so much Sue Ann. I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you taking the time to leave me sweet comments like this.
      Cheers
      Karen

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  4. Such a pretty card Karen. Love the embossing folder you used and the peel off heart border.

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