It's My Silver Wedding Anniversary

It's hard to believe that I've been married to Hubby (and the Army) for 25 years! It's a strange life at times but it can also be a lot of fun (and that's just the Hubby side of it!).

This is the card I made for him. I wanted to do something a bit different but still with a silver theme.  The scene is predominantly grey but all of the little animals are embossed in silver. In keeping with the anniversary theme they're all in pairs. It was a nightmare to photograph so there's a few shots, well quite a few, in different angles and with different lighting.

Luckily all of the animals came in pairs, except for the hare. There's only one of those so I had to stamp a refection to make the boxing pair (I couldn't resist!). Back in olden times we used a brayer to create reflections, then came blending mats and then the Gelli plate. Each time it made it a little bit easier and the results better. I naturally went straight to my Gelli, forgetting that a sticky Gelli plate and embossing powder wouldn't be a good mix. I did eventually get it done but it would have been a whole lot easier to go back to the blending mat.

After I'd stamped and embossed the hare reflection I built up the rest of the scene around it. I think I may have gone a bit overboard with the hills but it does remind me of a Geocaching walk we went on - 13.5 miles over terrain like that! At the end of it I could barely put one foot in front of the other. Hubby does tend to forget I'm not quite as fit as his soldiers!

Here's to the next 25!

I don't think Hubby would appreciate being on my blog so I've decapitated him. It's lucky that he's nearly a foot taller than me!

I'd also like to share the beautiful card that my Mum made us. She chose pink as that was the colour of our bridesmaids' dresses and flowers.

It was in a lovely box made by Dad. Thank you.

Stamps and Stencils Used

Woodland Stencil

Remountable Woodland Animals

Birds from Remountable Birdhouse Set

Forest Ridge

Love You
Remountable Letterbox Sentiments
Numbers Set

Lynne

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Wedding Anniversary Cards

My last post was an anniversary card that I'd made as a Clarity sample but it was actually my 24th wedding anniversary earlier in the week, so I thought I'd share the card I made for that too.

I loved seeing all of the "Mr & Mrs" cards on the Clarity Stamp Challenge Blog last month, especially the Lovebird ones as I knew I was going to use that stamp for my anniversary card. Pauline Margaret had placed them in the Leafy Bough stamp. I thought it looked fab so I just had to buy that for mine too.

The words inside are from a card by Carol Gilfoy which I also loved.

Thank you for the inspiration ladies. x

For mine I had the idea of creating an aperture in the card and placing the birds behind it.

When it's closed it just looks like they are part of the Leafy Bough stamp.

When it's stood up you can see them through the aperture. So cute!

The images are coloured in with ProMarkers and I have created a cloudy sky for the background. I always use Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for this. It looks really pretty in real life but it never seems to show up very well in my photos.

My Mum also loves stamping and I thought you might like to see the gorgeous card that she made us.

I was particularly impressed with her clouds. They look fab and they've photographed better than mine do.  I asked her what she used and she thinks it was Summer Sky Memento ink. What a perfect name! I will have to try it myself next time.

I think the swans are old Joanna Sheen stamps but the rest are Clarity. 

Thanks Mum.  x

As is often the case with Army life, Hubby was away for our anniversary but he's back home today. I think he will be in need of some TLC as he's just walked 100 miles over 4 days. That's one time that I'm glad I wasn't with him!

Stamps Used In My Card

Lovebirds

Leafy Bough

Happy Anniversary - Happy Words Set

Letter Box Set

Lynne

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July's Clarity Samples

Here are my cards from this month's Stamping with Clarity shows.

There was a bit of a Christmas theme this month, although I did rebel slightly and made the Pear Tree into a cheesy anniversary card.

I've called the Holly Tree one my "English Christmas Card" as there is no snow on it!

My Gelli Plate was used on 4 of them.  I do love playing with it and I'm getting more adventurous with it. Hopefully a bit better too.

I love the Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament Dies and thought they were perfect for the 3 Ships and Verse.

That's a little taster of them. As always, I will be blogging them all individually throughout the month. I will also have some cards to share from Maria Simms' Clarity Take 2 show that is scheduled for the 16th July.

Lynne

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PanPastel Anniversary Card

This is the last of my cards from September's Claritystamps shows on Create and Craft. It is using the Letter Box kit that is going to be used on Lesson 12 of In the Classroom with Barbara Gray on the 13th October.

I was very excited when this kit arrived and couldn't wait to get creating with it. As it looked like Scrabble tiles I thought I'd have a go at a Scrabble style card. I got out a pen and paper to try and come up with a nice board.  After a couple of attempts I'd realised that Happy Anniversary worked well, then it was just a case of adding in a couple more words. Darling and Husband fitted and that led to the male, sporty theme. It's a good job it's not for my Husband, he can be a darling but he's not really into sport!

For the background I used just two colours of PanPastels, Phthalo Blue, and Diarylide Yellow.  The stamps are all by Clarity and are inked with Versamark.  I just kept adding stamps and layers of PanPastels until I got a look I was happy with.

The letter tiles are all mounted on foam pads to give it a bit of dimension.

I'm looking forward to the lesson and seeing what the rest of the Design Team have created. I've also made a couple more items that I will be blogging after the show. They are great stamps to work with.