Anniversary Blues

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An anniversary card  for my DS and his lovely wife.  Each year I try to include an element repeated to mark the number of years they have been married...it's getting harder....

I decided to use the colours that they had included in their wedding - yellow and blue, so started with a background created by blotting up surplus yellow ink from an inky session.  There's a wee bit of copper spray there too... 

I made the heart by spraying through a Uniko 'ink and flip'  stencil - it worked, but just - the result is not a smooth colour, but one with a subtle sparkle, as I used mica sprays

The sentiment was heat embossed with royal blue EP, and fussy cut into a double ended banner

The elements were assembled over a strip of very sparkly blue sticky tape centered over the background, then mounted onto blue card, 

The tape was also used on the inside of the card and the envelope.  That tape was the star of the show for my DIL 

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2615 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #748 + 749 - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #37 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #816 - CAS

Fab'n'Funky Challenge #635 - CAS

Baby Wipes - My Style

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This card was made for our wee NZ swap group, and the challenge set was to use baby wipes - several links were given to tutorials, but yours truly decided to do things her way... 

I made the background by squishing up a baby wipe and dabbing a re-inker onto it.  Once I had finished with one colour, I reorganised the baby wipe and changed the colour 

Colours used were all Catherine Pooler - Aquatini, Something Borrowed and Twilight.

Not wanting to coverup too much of the panel, I went with the very open die cut by John Next Door, and an Alpha from Sizzex, all cut from blue glitter card.  The letters were layered up, and the edges 'coloured' with a dark blue marker.

Keeping it simple, I layered up the main panel over some silver ribbon, and an old Cuttlebug diecut, halved diagonally for the corners, and some silver bling for the flower centres.

The base card is a very dark blue

I finished the inside and the envelope with offcuts from the feature panel.

If you are wondering about only one photo - I forgot to take any before I sent it, so the recipient graciously took one for me :)

I am linking this to:

A Cut Above April Challenge - Anything Goes using a Die Cut

Make My Monday Challenge #275 - Monotone

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #746 + 747 - Anything Goes

 Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2614 - Anything Goes