Monday, June 25, 2018

50th Anniversary Handmade Card

Hello!  Thanks for visiting my blog!  I have a card to share today that I agonized over a little bit!  I wanted this 50th Anniversary card to be special, and I rejected a number of designs before I came up with this one.  Since I used gold, I needed to take several photos to show the shine!


In the end, I heat embossed my wreath stamp over top of a very old piece of patterned paper.  I colored in the flowers with a pink marker.  I went with gold and pink since the bridesmaid dresses in the wedding were pink.



I die cut the numbers out of some foil paper and added a frame of the same paper.  The card was finished by adding four score lines to the card base to represent the couple’s four children.


Supplies:  Hero Arts Flower Wreath stamp, Versamark ink, Recollections Gold detail embossing powder, Anna Griffin patterned paper, Hero Arts Classic Numbers Frame cuts dies, Target dollar spot Valentine foil paper pack.

I would love to enter this in Word Art Wednesdays Anything Goes challenge an the Library Challenge - The Rose Garden.

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13 comments:

wannabcre8tive said...

Your card is so beautiful. I love the gold embossing on the patterned paper. It looks so elegant.

Carol L said...

You personalized this beautifully with the original wedding colors and the couples 4 children with the score lines! Brilliant and beautiful!

Mac Mable said...

Love the attention to detail with the colour of the bridesmaids dresses and how many children they have. What a classy, elegant and gorgeous card. The gold is so rich and the pink so pretty. You can see the shine but I know what you mean about the camera and shiny things x

Verna Angerhofer said...

This is so gorgeous and I love all the gold embossing.

Cat Craig said...

Oh my this is stunning. I love the gold embossing on top of the patterned paper. So elegant.

CherylQuilts said...

Oh, Heidi, what a beautiful 50th anniversary card and filled with such wonderful meaning! I love this Hero Arts stamp and have it myself. I love how versatile it is. What a wonderful idea to gold emboss it on an old piece of DP and then add the 50 for the center. The sweetest was adding four score lines for the children! How precious, and I'm sure they will love it so much! You are such a joy! Hugs! xoxo

Bev Polen said...

Oh, Heidi, you created a beautiful 50th-anniversary card! I love the wreath and gold embossing, and the patterned paper is gorgeous! You ended up with a striking card, Heidi!

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Beth Norman said...

Wow, you rocked this card out. So perfect for a 50th anniversary. Colouring the flowers pink because the bridemaids colours were pink is a very nice and thoughtful idea. Excellent work on the heat enbossing.

Ginny Maxam said...

This is just gorgeous! I hope it goes in a frame!! Thank you for joining In the Word Art Wednesday fun! Ginny M DT

*Vicki* said...

Well your agonizing was well worth the final result here Heidi! Love the beautiful soft background with the embossed gold! They are all really stunning and I'm sure they will be received in pleasure! TFS! HUGS

Conniecrafter said...

It is just gorgeous, love the shine all the gold gives and that is some lovely paper you have used with it! A big Congrats to them!

Marina said...

The embossing is beautiful and I do like the symbolism you've incorporated into this lovely card. Thanks for joining The Library.