Golden weddings

No, not ours - though we're working on it! Friends are celebrating 50 years of marriage tomorrow and this is the card I made for them.

The base card is a deep cream, cut to the shape of a book and covered with handmade Indian paper. The stamped roses are from my well loved PSX collection, embossed in gold then layered on matt gold, and the whole trimmed with gold peel offs.

Other friends are also celebrating their Golden Wedding next Monday; their card is in the post heading for Spain. I showed it when I made it some time back but thought it would be nice to include it again, since it uses exactly the same materials but has quite a different look. There's another to be made for next month and one for next February, plus a Ruby wedding in September, so maybe it's time to find a different theme.


Oh, and a footnote to the card with 40 candles shown in my last post - it was very well received, and greatly admired!

Golden Wedding Anniversary card

I've made this style of card many times, because it's so versatile and always makes an impact. Sorry the colour of the scan is poor, it's much too pink for the real thing which is cream and gold! I started with a sheet of ivory pearlescent card, folded and trimmed to 7"x5". I then mixed measurements and marked 2cm (just under 1") from the folded edge for the line between front cover and spine, and the same below the top to trim the front and reveal the 'pages' which are rows of narrow peel offs stuck on the inside. The corners were trimmed to a slight curve instead of straight, the first time I've tried it but it's definitely an improvement (see my blog entry for 14 February for a comparison). The gold panel uses Martha Stewart's Punch Around the Page 'Double Loop' set, and the 3D flowers are from a decoupage sheet by Mireille. I only used 3 layers which I think is quite enough, although the sheet provides seven. I added a single sided insert sheet because it has to be quite small to avoid the cutaway sections, and somehow a tiny folded insert looks wrong IMHO. I used the same border punch along the bottom, and a gold peel off anniversary greeting to tie it all together. I hope our friends like it.

Goodness me - nothing from JRS, no Nesties and no Cuttlebug! No doubt they will all re-appear when I start on my next batch of birthday cards.

Another JustRite challenge card

I made this birthday card today to a design I've used many times before but added words from the Just A Note set and one of the new wide borders, both by JustRite stampers, mounted on a Spellbinders die from Labels #4. The gold decorations, including the 'pages' at the top are peel off stickers, which are very popular and easy to find in the UK (my local craft shop has an amazing stock) but I understand they are not common elsewhere, particularly in the US. Like many craft items/techniques they originated in the Netherlands. There is a score line separating the 'cover' from the 'spine' but unfortunately this doesn't show on the scan. I have no idea whose pattern the 'book' was originally; I saw it on Circle of Crafters several years ago and have since made it in various sizes, from ATC up. When sending it in an exchange I title it 'The Friendship Book'.