Monday 2 June 2008

Anniversary Cards

I've been getting a bit ahead of myself lately with my own cards that is! and my mum asked me to make her an Anniversary card for their 10th Anniversary coming up in August. I love making wedding and anniversary cards. I thought about using a photo from their wedding on the card, but struggled to find anything half decent so I've used this one of them signing the register and have doctored it in paint shop pro! How on earth did we cope before digital cameras?

I decided to emboss a strip of white card using the cuttlebug textile folder as it kind of matched in with the wallpaper in the background. Everybody jokes that the Registry Office is more like an Indian Resturant! I've tried to keep the colours simple and minimal. The sentiments were printed directly onto the card and border added to using paint shop pro. I'm really pleased how this card has turned out and think I'll be using this layout quite a bit from now on!

Secondly this is the one I made for my stepdad to give to my mum. I've had these paper roses in my craft stash for nearly 5 years! I've only been making cards for coming up 2 years now, but I bought them for my own wedding with every intention of making my own invitations, but went for the easy option and got somebody else to do them instead. I wish now I'd have done my own, but I know it would have been a lot of hard work.

10 comments:

Pauline said...

Hi. Your wedding and Anniversary cards are really lovely, as are all your other cards. Keep up the good work, (I am so touched by your lost).

Natalie said...

These are stunning. x

kerry said...

Love both of them. They are both so elegant & the lo's are fab!!
Kerry xxx

Cass said...

Gorgeous cards.The textile embossing folder always looks so elegant.

Cass xxx

Nany said...

this cards are simply terrific

Sue said...

They are both stunning cards, Zoe. Very stylish.

Jill said...

wow Zoe how do you do it, what a great card well done Jill x

Vicky said...

what lovely crads...love these nniversary ones...very special!! xx

Julie said...

Lovely cards, Zoe, the one with the paper roses is so very, very elegant.

Macpurp said...

they are really beautiful cards! I love the paper roses.
hi I am tina, a friend of Emma on elf creations.
x