Sunday 30 May 2010

Anniversary card


















Its been such a lovely day here in Surrey that I have only had a little time for crafting, I have spent the day planting my pots with bedding plants, it has taken a long time as I have lots of pots to fill.  I am looking forward to a lovely display of geranium's and begonia's I will post a photograph when they are out!

Its my best friends Wedding Anniversary soon so I have taken the opportunity to made her a card now so I can enter it in The Daring Cardmakers Challenge this week.  My friends favourite colour is mint green and its the colour she had for her bridesmaids so I have used green in the card.

I wanted to have a go at Joys watercolour technique, and decided to use my Hero Arts antique brocade stamp with Broken China and Bundled Sage Distress ink, I am really pleased with the effect and will definitely try it again.
Hope you are all enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend ( if you are from the UK) and to my American visitors wishing you a fun Memorial Day weekend.

14 comments:

Dotty Jo said...

This is lovely Sally, the Distress inks looks gorgeous together and I love your placement of the ribbons, pearls and hearts! Jo x

Lin said...

Sally, this is GORGEOUS!! Makes me want to drop everything and try it for myself!
I find it so interesting that so many of us love to garden, too....can't wait to see how your pots look when they're blooming!

Barb said...

Love this beautiful card, Sally! The brocade looks so pretty using this technique! Can't wait to see your flowering pots!! :)

Kathy said...

What a beauty this is Sally, she's going to love it.

It was too windy here for me to do my pots - my hayfever is worse on days like this - so I stayed in and messed about with paper and glue!

Lynda said...

Wow Sally the background you've created is gorgeous! Fabulous card.

Love Lynda xxx

Dawn T said...

Just beautiful Sally. Love the watercoloured background. Such a neat technique.

donna mikasa said...

What a great technique and a gorgeous card! Your friend will love this!

Vanessa said...

This is so beautiful! Love these colors together! I am sure your friend loves it!

Rika said...

This is beautiful!

Alice said...

so pretty! i love the beautiful background!! gorgeous card and i am sure your friend will love this!!

Vicky said...

It's soo lovely. Gorgeous background so soft and pretty. :)x

Nancy said...

Just gorgeous, Sally. The colors and background turned out so beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely beautiful. :)x

Vanessa.

Suzanne C said...

Gorgeous effect on your background. Lovely card for your friends!