Happy Anniversary & VACATION!!! :-)

Hello all and thanks for stopping by and visiting me here today! This will be my last post for approx. the next 3-4 weeks. Vacation time...woohoo! :-) I'm so looking forward to it and it's also nice to give my creative mojo a rest ;-)


The card I want to show to you today was made to order. It's an anniversary card and the couple who's celebrating love's red. so I did my best using lots of red ;-)

The image is from Magnolias 'Wedding Collection' and I colored it using Distress Inks this time. I"ve stamped onto 300g /140lb hot press watercolor paper with Archival Ink black.

I also used Magnolia Doo Hickey dies (tag, swirls and border) and punches from MS (heart and heart border (visible in first picture on the back of the envelope)) The papers are Basic Grey (DP) and Bazzill (CS).

I'll list the colors I've used at the end of this posting.

The flowers are from Whimsy stamps and the chandelier crystals from Michels (wedding section). The pearl heart I found recently at craftembellishmentworld.com. Sentiment is from Alota.

I also decorated the inside. The heart stamp is from Magnolia as well (from the 2009 Valentine's collection, if I'm not mistaken). And the doilie heart punch is a MS punch again.

And here is a final look at the card and the matching decorated envelope.

Distress Inks used:

Skin: Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose, Aged Mahagony

Dress: Fired Brick, Barn Door

Shirt: Antique Linen, Tea Dye

Pants: Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass

Hair: Hers- Scattered Straw, vintage photo

        His - Brushed Corduroy, Black Soot

Shoes: Black Soot (his) and Twinkling H2O's 'Iridescent Red' (hers)

Flowers: Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey

Also used: Stickles (Star Dust, Red)  Spica Glitter Pen red and Star Dust Crystal Glitter Pen, Rhinestones

and Fiskars Epoxy Glitter Sticker Swirl.

Challenge I'm entering with this card:

Just Magnolia: Sketch

Magnolia Down Under: It takes two! Tilda and Edwin must be used.

Ok so I'll hopefully see you here again in 3-4 weeks. Maybe there will be 1 or 2 postings going up until I'm away. Depending if I can manage to finish 2 creations I already started..... will see how things go today and tomorrow! But after that I won't be on the computer as much at all...

Have great day all!