Thursday 28 April 2016

We belong together

On the eve of our 15 year wedding anniversary, I wanted to create a card for the current Paper Smooches challenge, using an older (but hardly used) border stamp set, Geo-Graphic. Although I did not plan it that way, I ended up creating an anniversary card for my DH, and I'm happy to say he loved it!


I repeatedly stamped the hexagon pattern and heat-embossed in clear embossing powder. After that I brushed Perfect pearls over it to create a Faux metal look, a technique I picked up from Jennifer McGuire's blog last week. Below you can see what the stamped pattern looks looks like lying flat, but when it catches the light, oh boy. Love it!


I found a sentiment (Clearly Besotte, Say it in style) that fitted perfectly within a row of hexagons. I heat-embossed it in white (SSS). I die cut my panel using a stitched rectangle die (SSS) and mounted it onto my card base using foam tape. The die cut heart was found lingering in my box with left-over die cuts. All I had to do was mount it onto my card using foam tape.

Challenges:
Paper Smooches - April challenge: black/white & pop of colour
The Challenge - Masculine photo inspiration (I focussed on the black and metal combo)
STAMPlorations - April theme and/or sketch (I followed the sketch; see below)
SSS Wednesday challenge - Anything goes
Uniko - Use metallics
ATSM - 191 Anything goes




16 comments:

  1. What a very striking card Marianne, the white against the black and then the little red heart really make a statement card. No surprise your hubby like it.

    B x

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  2. A beautiful card - it is definitely memorable for an anniversary. I love the hexagon patterns on the bottom and well done for using something from your scrap box - something I should do more often! Happy anniversary! Xx

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  3. Thanks for the comment on my blog Marianne! That is so funny how we were both thinking along the same lines with the challenge. Too funny! Love your embossing with the hexagons. Great look!

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  4. Such a lovely card! I love the sparkle and the CAS design! Thanks for joining in the fun down at ATSM!
    Kamila DT

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  5. Hello Marianne, nice to meet you. Thankyou for joining my butterfly challenge where I hope you will join in sometimes. Hugs Mrs A.
    Your anniversary card is clever. I missed that technique on Jennifer's blog so must go back and check it out.

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  6. What a super combination of challenges - love the metallic silver hexagons and super sentiment too. Thanks so much for playing along with Uniko this month. Deborah, DT.

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  7. No wonder DH loved it! It's fabulous - and I wouldn't have thought I'd ever say that about a black that's like 98% black! Congratulations, by the way!

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  8. Great anniversary card for your husband! Love the technique you used. Thanks for playing The Challenge! Happy Anniversary!

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  9. What a perfectly stunning CAS take on our inspiration challenge! Yum! Thanks so much for playing with us this week at The Challenge!

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  10. Great faux metallic technique! X

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  11. Wonderful CAS card Marianne!
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
    Mandy xx

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  12. Marianne, that's a lovely effect, I must try that myself. Thanks.
    and thank you for commenting on my blog. For Hamlet I used oatmeal, sunkissed pink, touches of pale pink, and tan for shadows.

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  13. Fabulous shine on your card - I bet your husband love it!
    5 cats! A houseful of furry love! We have a brown tabby cat (Ella) and a mixed breed dog (Tex) and I work for a lady with 39 cats and 2 dogs. :)

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  14. AWESOME take on the challenges, Marianne! The color contrast and composition are fabulous! The CAS style is perfect for a sophisticated anniversary card like this. (Happy 15th Anniversary!) I appreciate that you stopped by my blog today! Hugs!

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  15. Dawn, This is FABULOUS! I love your take on the Paper Smooches challenge... and this wonderfully bold, graphic design. Thanks so much for the kind words you left when visiting my blog. :)

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  16. CAS perfection, love the pattern, angles and colour choice. Thanks for joining in on the Uniko Challenge. Hugs Bev x

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