Happy Anniversary

Hello crafters!  How's this for an anniversary card! I simply embossed a white background with my Heart Lattice embossing folder and matted it with silver card.  Then,  I stamped the Lace Oval Frame Background from Justrite several times and heat embossed them with Silver Shine powder.  Rather than using these as backgrounds, I cut them with the Grand Oval dies to create off set rings.  I didn't line the dies up so that I got an even oval frame, but rather, I pushed the dies closer together so they were almost touching on one side.  This allowed me to create a sort of buckle card from them, with the fatter end of each oval showing more.  I cut two slightly smaller and one larger size for the centre of my focal element.  I stamped my sentiment on a strip of white card and embossed it in silver as well.  I backed it with a mat of silver card too.  I wove the end of it through the ovals and fanned them out.  I taped it into place from the back then added a strip of mounting foam to it and attached it to my card.  I tied a messy bow from silver seam binding, added some thin metallic cord and white tulle to my bow and attached it to my card with glue dots.  I finished the bow with a small pearl embellishment and two pearl stick pins.  I decide that the two corners needed a bit of something so I glued all three sizes of our flatback pearls in each corner for a subtle bit of bling.  Of course, it wasn't finished without it's white double pierced mat.  How about this one for a silver wedding anniversary!  Finished dimensions are 7" x 8 1/2" in size.

I bet you thought I forgot.... no, just keeping you in suspense (naughty, aren't I! LOL)  The winner of the card giveaway from Monday's post is Magpie (Karen)!!!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to claim your prize!  I'll do another card giveaway next week after I return from Ally Pally.  I do hope to see a whole bunch of you there!  All for now, Sue x