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Monday 24 May 2010

Important card left till the last minute

This is typical - make cards for everyone else and for no reason at all ... but until this evening I hadn't made an anniversary card for John for tomorrow. I was tempted to use one of the ones that I have in my box, but I felt I should make the effort to make one specificially for him.

I'm quite pleased with the result. I used Daisy Bucket Newbury Court brownstone square paper and stamped with swirls (I think they are by Papermania). The forever friends bears were cut out from a piece of paper from their 'with love' range. I added a couple of Prima 'say it in studs' and quite a few of their pearls of various sizes and complimentary colours. I coloured the white background sentiment with a copic - but why is it that the colour on here looks different than it does irl?

I'd already planned to make a card with brown tones and then in the post today I received a card and a surprise package from Pauline (one of our Salt team) of felt and button embellishments, so I've used one of them straight away on the card and here are the rest:


So, here's the card:

I'm linking for these challenges:

Incy wincy 43: 'button up!!!'
ECP 13: 'buttons'
Practical scrappers: 'felt, fabric or tulle' - the felt of the button embellishment
Loonie stampers 93: 'felt'
Shabby tea room 11: 'polka dots'
Meljen's designs 8: 'seeing spots'
One stitch at a time 14: 'furry friends'
Pile it on 20: 'out of the box' - the bear's paw going over the edge - I would never normally do this, but got the idea from:
The crafty pad 72: 'over the edge'
Quirky crafts 28: 'chocolate and cream'
Stamptacular 60: 'pearls and swirls' - this really inspired me to use the stamped swirls and Prima pearls
Totally Gorjuss 31: 'bling it on!'
Crafty creations 68: 'celebration' - our anniversary
C.R.A.F.T. 51: 'celebrate' - our anniversary
Creative cottage 11: 'one for the boys!!!' - male card
Copic creations 28: 'monochrome' - and I used a copic to change the background of the sentiment from white
Pixie dust studio 23: 'add a pearl'
Lots to do week 20: 'flourishes and/or swirls'
Sketchy colors 25: 'earth colours' - this inspiration photo was given:

52 comments:

  1. Beautiful card Hazel. I love all the texture you have added. Perfect for John.
    Wishing you both Happy Anniversary. Have a lovely day together & I hope the next 12 months are a bit easier for you both.
    Love & Best wishes, Gez.xx

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  2. Absolutely adorable, Hazel! I am sure your hubby will {heart} it a lot! Thanks so much for joining us this week in the Tea Room :)

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  3. What a FABULOUS card Hazel and many congrats to you and John :)

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  4. Well done Hazel! At least I'm not the only one to leave it till the last min!! :-)

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  5. Great Anniversary card! I'm sure hubby will love it! :) Thanks for playing along with us at TSTR! :)

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  6. Fabulous card love these cute bears, Thanks for joining us over at OSAAT and hope to see you again soon Good Luck
    Sarah xx

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  7. I am in love with those happy bears. Great card.
    Thanks for playing this week over at OSAAT this week. Smiles...Tammy

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  8. This is positively adorable. I love the way you let the bears arm come over the edge of the card. Your flourishes and pearl studs are gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge this week!

    Barb

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  9. Gorgeous card, your hubby will love it! I love your homemade button/felt embellies! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Practical Scrappers!

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  10. Bless - what a sweet card and i'm sure hubby will love it. Good luck in all the challenges and thanks for joining us here at OSAAT.
    Sam x

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  11. oh wow hun love this its really gorjus love the papers,you have used thanks for joining us at OSAAT love hugs cheryl xxxx

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  12. thats lovely hazel :)
    happy anniversary :)

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  13. a fabulous card,
    happy anniversary
    Hugz Rach xxx

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  14. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations Challenge with your lovely work! Good luck!

    Greetings, Saskia
    (Guest Designer)

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  15. This is lovely it's so cute. Thanks for joining us at the crafty pad this week.

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  16. Ah that is lovely Hazel! Happy Anniversary to you and John!!! xxx

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  17. Happy anniversary! Those bears look really joyful, hope that's the kind of day you have!

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  18. Very cute. Love all the swirls and pearls, and the brown color scheme is one of my favorites. I love me some warm brown tones. Thanks for playing along with us at The shabby Tea Room.

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  19. Cute card, love the bear "over the edge" Thanks for joining in at The Crafty Pad.

    Pat xx

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  20. what a cute card. Thanks for joining in the Chocolate & cream challenge at Quirky Crafts. Happy anniverary too!!

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  21. That's lovely Hazel, Happy Anniversary to you both xxx

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  22. What a gorgeous card - I love the colours and that swirl is gorg with the felt accents x
    Thanks for joining us this week at the creative cottage challenge blog x
    ((hugs)) Suzie xx

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  23. Great card & I bet hubby loved it. Thanks for joining in with us at OSAAT xx Clare (DT) x

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  24. Happy Anniversary! Great card. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT this week.

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  25. Great card!
    Thank you for joining us at Sketchy Color this week - good luck!
    Hugs Anne

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  26. It's gorgeous and I bet you love it more than any you could have found in the box. Strange aren't we! Happy Anniversary - congratulations!

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  27. Happy Anniversary Hazel and John. Love the way the bears arm is "outside of the card" - it looks great!

    :)

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  28. Well your card has turned out beautifully...your image is adorable...love your buttons...great you could use one straight away on such a special card! Thank you for sharing with us at Crafty Creations! bx

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  29. Hi Shirley, this is gorgeous, love the images and the design. Thank you for joining us at The Crafty Pad this week.
    Hugs
    Suzi x

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  30. Sorry sweetie, I don't know where I got shirley from. I know you're Hazel.
    Suzi xx

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  31. Great card for our blogaversary celebration challenge at CRAFT Challenge and happy anniversary.

    Jo and Tigerlover.

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  32. Thanks for playing along at C.R.A.F.T. in our special Birthday/Celebration challenge!Lovely project - Good luck in the draw....Cheers Claire x

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  33. What an absolutely adorable card! Too cute! Thanks for joining us at SSC this week.

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  34. Great card Hazel, I'm sure your husband loved it. Thanks for joining us at TG this week.

    Kat x

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  35. thankyou for joining us at c.r.a.f.t. for our birthday week
    andrea

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  36. Beautiful card! I'm sure John will love it! I love the buttons and the beautiful pearls and swirls! And of course the spotty paper!
    Thanks so much for joining us at Meljen's Designs and Stamptacular Sunday this week! Good luck!
    Dee (Spryte)♥

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  37. gorgeous!! thanks for playing with us this week one the MelJens challenge. Good luck!

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  38. very cute, always love seeing what you come up with!!! thanks so much for playing along with PIO.
    Trish

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  39. The bears are so adorable! Love them! Great take on this weeks challenge of Swirls and Pearls at the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge!
    Pleasantly,
    Paula

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  40. Cute card Hazel, though I'm sure at least one of those teddies needs a bandage....

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  41. Loved seeing this in the Tea Room AND PIO! challenges this week!

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  42. Happy Anniversary Hazel and John. Love the card.

    Cazzy x

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  43. What a sweet card! Happy Anniversary! Thanks for joining us at PIO! We hope you will be back to join us next week!

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  44. Gorgeous gorgeous card, I hope your hubby loved it, and appreciated the fact that you made it specifically for him rather than using one from the box :D
    Thanks very much for joining in with our Furry Friends challenge at OSAAT, don't forget to check back tomorrow for the new challenge and good luck! :D

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  45. Adorable card! Thanks for joining us at Pile It On.

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  46. Oh Hazel, this card is just to cute, I love it, bears are definitely furry friends lmao...thank you so much for entering our challenge at OSAAT - good luck!!!

    stitchy xoxox

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  47. Fabulous Fury Friends Card!! Love it, thank you for joining OSAAT's Fury Friends Challenge this week!!
    (Lyn))

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  48. Fabulous Chocolate and Cream card! Love the swirl. Thank you for joining Quirky Craft's Chocolate and Cream Challenge this time round!
    ((Lyn))

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  49. Cute cute cute! Thanks for joining the Copic Creations Challenge!

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  50. Very cute card!
    Thank you for joining us at "PIO"!
    hugs Nana

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  51. Wonderful card! I love your felt 'n button embellies!
    Thanks for playing with us over at Easy Craft Projects!

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