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Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Thursday 7 May 2015

A First Anniversary

Hi all, I can hardly believe it but it is a year ago today that my grandson and his wife were married. Here is the card that I made for them.
Green is their favoured colour, so I started by cutting a panel of this shaded green card so that the colour faded from left to right. I used a Memory Box die, Butterfly Heart, to cut slightly above the centre, and then punched a flower border with an X-cut edge punch. I folded all the butterfly wings upward a bit and the then stuck the whole panel onto some dark green card. I tied some striped green and blue organza ribbon around the mounted panel and tied a bow at the side. This was then fixed to a white 5" x 7" base card. The greeting was stamped with a Woodware stamp and Memento Olympia Green ink, and the card was finished with some rather nice sparkly pale green gems from my stash.
 I am entering this in the following challenges:
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Monochromatic
Ruby's Rainbow - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Things With Wings.
Thank you for visiting here today, and for your comments which are all appreciated.

Jean

19 comments:

  1. Awesome! This is such a pretty card Jean! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘Monochromatic’ challenge and please come back again soon!
    Darlene
    one of the 'Sistahs'
    The Sisterhood of Crafters
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

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  2. Gorgeous card Jean. I just love the center with the half cut out butterflies, so beautiful.
    Hugs
    Veerle x

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  3. This is a beautiful card Jean and I love that butterfly die set into the card and the pretty raised wings backed by that dark green card show up so well as does the punched edge. The graduated green card is accentuated beautifully with that green ribbon too. x

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  4. This is such a beautiful card for your grandson's 1st anniversary! I just love that butterfly die and how they look like they're all fluttering off the card! Pretty colors and ribbon too for such a wonderful occasion!

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  5. A very pretty card Jean. That´s an interesting heart die. Doesn´t the year go by fast. Of course it is Emma and John´s anniversary tomorrow too. Kate x

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  6. Beautiful card. Love the colours and I love dies you have used. Thanks for joining in at Crafty Boots Challenges this time.

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  7. simply stunning! Love those little butterflies! Thanks for joining us at The Sisterhood of Crafters. Hope to see you again soon!

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  8. So beautiful they will love this stunning card love and hugs Carole x

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  9. Wow, wish them a happy anniversary and may they have many, many, many more together. This card is very elegant and charming. The gems add the perfect finishing touch to it.

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  10. Very sweet design Jean, I love the gorgeous colour.
    Hugs Jacee
    Simply Paper Card Design

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  11. a gorgeous heart card!
    thank you so much for playing along with us at ruby's rainbow challenges!

    hugs and kisses from germany,
    silvi xoxo

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  12. Beautiful card jean for a special day. Love the pretty butterflies.
    Yvonne xx

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  13. Gorgeous card, Jean. I love the butterfly heart die cut and the punched border down the side looks lovely. xx

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  14. Congratulations to your grandson & grand DIL. This is a lovely sweet card. That die is beautiful, and love the soft color scheme you selected. The stenciled border added just the right touch of trimming, along with the gauzy ribbon. A very beautiful card. TFS & Hugs

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  15. This is a beautiful card Jean. Love the design with the fabulous MB die and punched border xx

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  16. Beautiful anniversary card, I love your butterfly design. Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.

    Dionne

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  17. Another example of how times flies and LITS, Jean!! You've made them an extraordinary anniversary card to mark the first of many anniversaries to come!! I love it! Enjoy your day!! Hugs, Darnell

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  18. Very joyous and beautiful card you have made!
    Creatieve groetjes, Anja

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  19. Very joyous and beautiful card you have made!
    Creatieve groetjes, Anja

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