Today was my birthday - Happy Birthday to Me!! I had my hair cut, I bought two pair of shoes, 8 gently used books to read and, with Kent's help, cleaned up the house and deck to have my family over tomorrow for lunch to help me celebrate! I also had quite a few " Happy Birthday" shout outs on facebook - that was SO fun and made me feel all warm and fuzzy knowing my friends 'out there' were thinking of me today!
I also got to stamp today - I wanted to make an anniversary card for our dear friends, Anne and Jay, whose anniversary is Tuesday. Anne loves red - so my color was a given!
This lovely sentiment is from Happy Trails from PTI. I embossed the little die cut heart with Wendy Vecchi Red Geranium Embossing Powder and layered it to a banner of chevron patterned paper. I just cut a strip of the paper and then punched the ends on the corner of a square punch. All the edges are sponged with Distress Tea Dye Ink. I sanded the red Kraft Core Coredinations paper so some of the kraft showed through.
I'm linking my card to the following challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches - which was my design inspiration.
Virginia's View Challenge - Geometric Patterns (on my banner)
We're having a long weekend here in the US - Labor Day is Monday - and the weather is like summer but with cool evenings reminding us Fall is just around the corner!
Paper: Kraft - PTI, Core-dinations Kraft core/Tim Holtz, DP from stash, matboard for heart - Sizzix.
Ink: Wendy Vecchi Archival Tree Branch, Ranger Distress Tea Dye, True Black - PTI
Accessories: foam dots, square punch, Wendy Vecchi Red Geranium Embossing Powder, Heart die - Movers and Shapers Tiny Shapes - Sizzix/Tim Holtz.
Happy birthday!!! I think your card is gorgeous! Love the gentle red color paired with the neutrals! :)
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ReplyDeleteI am your newest follower. Your card is gorgeous and your friends are going to LOVE it!! Happy birthday! Sounds like you had a great day and more fun to follow with your family. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful card!
Hugs,
Nancy
Happy birthday! And what a wonderful card - I love, love the sentiment and the color scheme is gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Julia...it sounds like you had a wonderful day. Your card is beautiful. I love the red/kraft color combination, and the sentiment is perfect for an anniversary.
ReplyDeleteSounds like u are (and will) having a great birthday week end! ☺ happy birthday
ReplyDeleteyay for birthday's! Sounds like you have a fun day planned!
ReplyDeleteawesome card! Love the colors!
A very happy birthday for yesterday - hope you've been having a grand time celebrating today with your family.
ReplyDeleteI love the card - the red and kraft is such a great look.
Alison xx
Hope you had a lovely celebration meal with your family, sounds fun. Love the card, one of my favourite colour combos xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous way to highlight the sentiment - LOVE your chevron strip! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday Julia, so sorry I missed your special day! And your day was sounding lovely until you got to the housework, what's up with that?! I think you need a redo without the house cleaning component ☺ What a lovely card for your friend's anniversary, that sentiment is perfect. Thanks for sharing it and make sure to take that birthday redo! Deb xo
ReplyDeleteJust so beautiful Julia! I love those fabulous colors too. Sorry to be late, but still wanted to wish you a very happy birthday!
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