Anniversary Card

Hi friends! I hope you are well and had a good weekend!! We had two fun outings this weekend and the weather was lovely.

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This week we have a Anniversary theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the last project by our May guest designer Estelle Palumbo. 

I made a card using neutral shades for this week's challenge, using stamps, dies, papers, inks and embossing powder. I was going to go for mainly white and cream first, but then added a bit of darker brown too. 

Start by die cutting the Simon Says Stamp Retro Hearts coordinating heart die from heavystock paper. Stamp the heart with embossing ink and white emboss. I added several layers of embossing powder. The heart was stamped so that there would be an unstamped area at the bottom of the heart.

Don't worry about stray embossing powder, it will only add texture.

Ink with Distress Inks. I aimed for an ombre look to the heart and inked darker around the edges. The larger edge at the bottom then becomes a shadow. 

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Heart Chain from Simon Says Stamp Glimmer Vellum and from left-over gessoed paper.

For the background, I used Simon Says Stamp Detail Pincushion Plate. Die cut from heavystock paper.

White emboss the alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk here and there.

Ink lightly with Distress ink, making it darker around the edges.

I die cut Simon Says Stamp Layered Bird Bunch from various papers and glued them together.

They were adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. I also added cheese cloth under the heart.

Use a white gel pen to add a highlight to the eye.

The sentiment was die cut with Tim Holtz Vault Travel set from cream paper. 'Happy' was stamped with Simon Says Stamp Cool Birthday.

Behind the pincushion panel there is a piece of Tim Holtz Neutral Palette paper, woodgrain pattern.

Join us this week in our Anniversary challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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