I feel like I haven't shared much of what I've been making lately, mostly because I'm in the middle (or beginning) of a few projects. But I have been finishing things as well, so today I'm taking the time to post one of my newer creations, as well as an older one. As I mentioned in this week's CG Monday post, The Leopard and I celebrated our one-year anniversary on the weekend. We decided not to exchange gifts and instead just go out an enjoy ourselves (which we did - Thai food...yum), but we agreed that we'd still give each other cards. (Actually, I decreed that anniversary cards were non-negotiable for the entirety of our marriage - a gift isn't necessary, but some heartfelt words on paper at least once a year are, in my opinion. Happily, The Leopard agrees with me.)
I, of course, was going to make The Leopard's card. I knew that I wanted to use our marriage vows in the card design somehow and I thought it might also be nice to use some of the remaining paper from our handmade wedding invitations. As a point of reference and because I haven't posted them before, here is a photo of the invitations:
Quite simple, with a Charles Rennie Mackintosh design (our wedding had a bit of an art deco theme and we got engaged in Scotland) and lovely violet and butter paper/card stock from The Paper Source. We used an art deco font for the text, which turned out lovely (no photos of that on hand, unfortunately). I was really pleased with them.
Here is what I did for The Leopard's anniversary card:
I used a different stamp and embossing powder, but kept the colours from our invitation. And I used a vellum overlay, which partially obscures:
...our marriage vows! (apologies for the less than stellar photo - I took it one-handed.)
I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out too, but I'm really happy I didn't have to make 74 more this time! :)
And The Leopard's card for me? A perfect depiction of what we like to call the best (and silliest) team in the world - us! :)
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