Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Christchurch.  My cousins in Christchurch are all safe but there house has been damaged.  We returned from Christchurch last Sunday and while we were there experienced a small earthquake.  As we drove around the city and over to Lyttleton it was really moving seeing the devastation from the two previous quakes.  One shop we went into had survived the September quake but had been damaged by the Boxing Day quake. It is hard to imagine what they are all going through at this time. 

I haven’t felt like blogging this past week but thought I’d better get back into it.  Here is the last wedding anniversary card for February.  When I got back from holiday my order had arrived with my Sale-A-Bration sets so I thought I’d use the owl stamp from the Punch Bunch.  I finally get to use my Woodgrain stamp which I got for Christmas!  I stuck the owls on with dimensionals for a 3D effect.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Punch Bunch, Woodgrain, Inspired by Nature
Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Old Olive
Punches:  Two Step Bird, Two Step Owl, Heart to Heart
Other:  Crystal Effects, Stampin Dimensionals

Paula

Today is my parents 52nd wedding anniversary and they are still in love & wonderful role models for us all – well done Mum & Dad.

Since I took up card making Mum has also got hooked.  Vintage Vogue and Rich Razzleberry are one of Mum’s favourite combinations (mine also) so it wasn’t hard to decide what to use for their card.

Supplies Used:
Stamp set:  Vintage Vogue, A Word for You
Card stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Other:  Top Note Die

Paula

This card is for my brother & sister-in-law who celebrate their 20th anniversary on Waitangi Day – congratulations you guys.  My sister-in-law loves blue and the only blue paper I had was Bashful Blue.  I used the Colour Coach for inspiration and it suggested Rose Red as a Creative Combination and Marina Mist as a Dynamic Duo.  I was pleased with the combination.  After using the white embossing powder I realised the body of the butterfly wasn’t going to stand out so I outlined it using the Not Quite Navy marker.  (I have just ordered the remaining markers so now I have the full range!)

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Here is the second of my wedding anniversary cards.  This one is for our good friends who celebrate their special day tomorrow.

I finally got round to using Shimmer Paint.  I followed instructions from Michelle Dyson (5 October entry) to get the sparkly effect on the card base.  Her instructions are easy to follow & I loved the finished result.  Thanks Michelle.

 For the inside of the card I used the owl from Fox & Friends.

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Well the weather has been horrible in Auckland today but that means a great day for crafting.

As mentioned before I have 5 friends with wedding anniversaries in the next few weeks so I thought I’d better make a start on creating cards for them all.

Here is my first one – it’s a 4″ card.  I’m still trying to use up my retired paper supplies so made the whole owl out of paper.  Instead of using all the pieces for the eyes I have gone with some moving eyes just to add a bit of fun.

Supplies:
Stampset:  A Word for You
Cardstock:  Rose Red & Handsome Hunter
DSP: Windsor Knot & Tea Party (both retired)
Other:  Two-Step Bird punch, Two-Step Owl punch, Heart to Heart punch, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Wobbly eyes

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Today is my 9th wedding anniversary :).  Phil and I never work on our wedding anniversary or birthday and funnily enough we share both occasions (yes we have the same birthday).  Today I made breakfast which is unusual as he does most of the cooking.  I made French Toast with berries & passionfruit curd – very yum.  I then spent most of the morning downloading the UStamp with Dawn & Friends 2010 Blowout projects as my membership came through last night!  We had a lovely lunch out at Eiffel En Eden.  A very relaxing & enjoyable day.

Here is the card that I made for Phil.

I will be posting a few wedding anniversary cards over the next few weeks (5 before the end of February) so I’ll have to get my thinking cap on for some variations.

Paula