Saturday 21 January 2012

Happy Anniversary

Hi peeps well I am still here  but not getting much time to make cards and visit blogland, but that time will come again hopefully soon. In the meantime I still have plenty of decorating  and gardening and house rennovation to keep me going along with all the other traumas that life throws our way, but as the saying goes  'what doesn't kill you only serves to make you stronger' well lets hope so.

My card today is an anniversary card for my mum and dad and not sure whether its cos I've not been crafting for a while or not but I found it challenging to get back in the groove, and I'm not sure that I'm happy with it or not.

The layout I made up as I went along and as I couldn't decide on a colour scheme opted for white on white . The image is a LOTV and is one of my favourites and I thought  it would be great for an anniversary card. I coloured with different shades of grey and some pastels promarkers with a bit of glitter added from stickles.


The papers are all from my white and black scraps folder, slowly getting down them but still like most crafters have plenty to go. The sentiment is from a QVC kit not sure which one as I've had it so long , sorry peeps and the charm is from one of the vendors within our local garden centre, not sure if its part of the garden centre or a shop in its own right but again I've had them at least 2 years, so thought I ought to use them. The corner punch is from QVC by Martha Stewart.
The gems are from my stash. Hope mum and dad like it.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (I decided I might as well do it right if I made the time to make a card,):-

Joanna Sheeen challenges-celebration
Just Tracys crafts challenges-love is in the air
Forever friends-WOW
Hearts song inspirations-WOW and or glitter
paper creations ink-love is in the air
Truely madly crafty challenges-anything goes
Dream Valley crafts-anything goes
Lets ink it up-anything goes
OSAAt-anything goes
The squirrel and the fox-critters
Clearly iStamp-pastels
Poodles parlour-valentine/love
Simply create too-love is in the air
Chocolate coffee and cards-glitter latte
wags n whiskers-love/valentine
craft us crazy-valentine/love/animals
southern girls -white on white

19 comments:

Hazel said...

I'm sure your parents will love it. You've taken a lot of care with it and it shows. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT. Hazel x

Cassie said...

Very cute, Julye! Thanks for playing in CIC44 :D

mags said...

Lovely card with a cute image. Thanks for joining us at Dream Valley Challenges.
Mags
x

Joanne said...

Very, very sweet card! You would never know that you made it up as you went along! Love the image and the white on white, lovely card and your parents are going to love it! Thanx for playing along with us at CC&CC. Aloha, Joanne.

Unknown said...

Beautiful card, love your attention to detail. Thanks for taking part in our challenge this month at LIIU, good luck. Hugz Suzanne

Diane Louise J said...

Pretty Card. THanks for joining us at FOREVER FRIENDS this time and good luck in the challenge. Love Diane xx

CraftyC said...

A beautiful card Julye, love the stamp. Thanks for joining us at Dream Valley!
Clairex

Marjo said...

Hi Julye,

Your card is fantabulous! I am sure your parents are gonna love it. Nice to see you join in the fun.

Good luck and thanks for joining us at Simply Create Too & OSAAT.

Bunches of hugs Marjo

Designing with Debbie said...

Very cute and sweet card. Love the colors. Thanks for joining us this week at Heart Song Inspirations. Hope to see you again next week.

Debbie
HSI DT

Jill said...

Really pretty LOTV image, love it! Thanks for playing along at Just Tracys. Jill

Karen Hasheck said...

Julye-
Wow- your card is so sweet! Thanks for sharing it with us at the Love and Romance challenge at Paper Creations Ink!

~Jeri~ said...

Such a special and pretty card. Love the heart charm and the image is too cute! Great work.

Thanks for joining us this week at Craft Us Crazy!

Life Full of Sunflowers said...

Oh, how adorable. I'm sure your parents will love it.

Thanks for joining us at Just Tracys.

Janet

Lisa M. (aka. Lisa @ Farm Fresh) said...

I'm sure your parents will love this! So sweet--but then aren't they always when in a tub? ;-)
Thanks for joining us this week at Squirrel and the Fox for our Critter Challenge! Good Luck!

♥ Lisabee SFDT
My Crafting Blog

Kazza said...

Love that image and a great job with our white on white challenge. Thanks for joining us at Southern Girls.

Chris said...

Hi Julye, what a gorgeous card you have made for your mum and dad. I'm sure they will be thrilled with it. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
http://chelencarter-retiredandlovingit.blogspot.com/

Angélique said...

Great card!
Thanks for joining us at Wags'nWhiskers this time. Hope you will join us with our next challenge that will go online tomorrow :)

*hugs*
Angélique

Safdar Ali said...

These are so nice. The beautiful design with perfect colors. I have to design Plastic card, will you give me some ideas for the best designing?

Unknown said...

So cute. This is the best gift at this precious day. I have worked at Plastic card printing organization and this card inspire me so much.