Celebrating Our Wedding Anniversary

Sunday my amazing husband and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary! Here is the dear anniversary card I made for him!

I used the striped image from Gorgeous Grunge across the center of the card front with Basic Gray Archival ink.

The greeting is from So in Love and stamped in Rose Red ink.

To create the background paper for the hearts, I marbleized a half sheet of Whisper White card stock with Flirty Flamingo. Rose Red, Melon Mambo, and a hint of Sweet Sugarplum ink refills.

I have been having a ball with this technique! Each time the paper comes out differently and so beautifully. 

Then I cut hearts from Rose Red cardstock and the marbleized Whisper White cardstock using the Sweet and Sassy Framelits. I sprinkled some Rose Red and Basic Gray hearts from the Confetti Heart Punch around the larger hearts. I think I may have gotten a bit carried away!

The inside combines two greetings from So in Love stamped in Rose Red ink. The striped image from the card front with three confetti hearts is stamped in the bottom right corner.

So In Love Anniversary Card Measurements
	Paper	Dimensions
Card Base	Basic Gray	9-1/4” x 8-1/4”; scored at 4-1/8”
1st Matte	Rose Red	8-7/8” x 4”
2nd Matte	Whisper White	8-5/8” x 3-3/4”
Confetti Hearts	Rose Red	Scraps
	Basic Gray
Hearts	Rose Red	Scraps
	Whisper White	8-1/2” x 5-1/2”
Inside Layer	Whisper White	8-7/8” x 4”

This card will fit inside a business-sized envelope. You can also create your own using the Envelope Punch Board. Cut a 10-5/8" square piece of envelope paper or cardstock. Use 7-1/8" as your scoring measurement.

Have you tried marbleizing paper? I would love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

So in Love Anniversary Card Supply List
Stamps	#143112 So in Love (Wood-Mount) #143216 So in Love (Clear-Mount) #130514 Gorgeous Grunge (Wood-Mount) #130517 Gorgeous Grunge (Clear-Mount)
Paper	#100730 Whisper White #102544 Rose Red #121045 Basic Gray
Ink	#140929 Basic Gray #126954 Rose Red #141402 Flirty Flamingo Ink Refill #115662 Melon Mango Ink Refill #141400 Sweet Sugarplum In Refill #102109 Rose Red Ink Refill
Embellishments
Tools	#137415 Confetti Heart Punch #143263 Big Shot #141707 Sweet and Sassy Framelits Shaving Cream Chopstick or Stir Stick Glass baking dish

You Soar Above the Rest!

The focus of May's Technique Tuesday was marbleizing paper using ink refills and shaving cream. This technique is also called the Shaving Cream Technique. This is a fabulously fun way to create gorgeous and unique papers! It takes very little time and just a few supplies.

You'll need shaving cream (cream not gel), a chopstick or stir stick, a glass baking dish or plastic container big enough to hold your paper, ink refills in colors of your choosing, cardstock, and lots of paper towels or a bath towel you don't mind getting ink on.

This technique can be messy, so protect your work surface before you start.

You can choose all kinds of color combinations! Use a rainbow of colors, try opposite colors like blue  and orange, or stick to shades of one color. Marbleizing paper can be addictive! The results are so unique and pretty that it is difficulty not to try them all!

For class we used varying shades of blue to mimic a cloud-filled sky - Pacific Point, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise, and Marina Mist.

We used the marbled paper we made to create this fun, congratulatory spinner card featuring the Lift Me Up Bundle from the 2017 Occasions Catalog. What a great card for the graduate or to celebrate a promotion.

I try to layer a few additional techniques into class time. For the bonus techniques, we learned how to make spinner cards and to change the shape and size of punches. Can you guess which punch we used for the greeting?

Technique Tuesday is held on the first Tuesday of the month. I offer one class in the morning 10am to 12:20pm and one class in the evening 6pm to 8:30pm. We learn all sorts of techniques including embossing, resists, masking, fun folds, reflection, and more! Join the fun! Contact me today to sign up for June 6th's class!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

You Soar Above the Rest Card Supply List
Stamps	#142748 Lift Me Up Bundle
Paper	#100730 Whisper White #111350 Pacific Point
Ink	#126951 Pacific Point #102067 Tempting Turquoise #111840 Pacific Point Ink Refill #131161 Soft Sky Ink Refill #101041 Tempting Turquoise Ink Refill #119787 Marina Mist Ink Refill #131259 Brights Stampin’ Write Markers #131261 Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers
Embellishments	#104430 Stampin' Dimensionals #124262 Whisper White Baker’s Twine
Tools	#120907 Decorative Label Punch #143263 Big Shot #141705 Layering Circles Framelits Shaving Cream Chopstick or Stir Stick Glass baking dish

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Thanks for stopping by!
Beth