weddings and anniversaries...

Hey friends!!   Popping in today with two cards for two different challenges... CASology where the cue word is wedding and Dies R Us where the challenge is to make an anniversary card.   Earlier this month I got the Simon Says Stamp May card kit which is perfect for wedding and anniversary cards.  I don't have any weddings to attend, but I just fell in love with the kit when I saw it so I had to have it.  I used it to create my two cards.  First up in my card for CASology.  There is absolutely no stamping on this card.  I used different bits and pieces from the kit to make the card.  In fact the two strips along the side of the card are from the piece of paper from the kit that I used to create the second card.  I used a banner and word strip from the kit, a circle punched from cardstock and some gold metallic twine to create my little sentiment embellishment.  The white cardstock partially embossed before I added the two paper strips along the one side.  One corner was rounded and the piece was then mounted on a dark grey cardstock base. 

The second card is for the Dies R Us challenge.  They are celebrating their 1st anniversary and so the challenge is to create an anniversary card.  I think this card would be perfect for a golden anniversary card or any anniversary really.  I die cut the patterned paper using the Lawn Fawn Speech Bubble border die.  The "congratulations" from the Simon Says Stamp set "Congratulations" (it is part of the May card kit) was stamped using VersaMark watermark ink, gold embossing powder applies and then heat set.  The bottom paper is also from the SSS May kit.  Love all those fun gold foil embossed diamonds.  I adhered just a strip of that to a cream cardstock panel and then added the sentiment portion on top using fun foam instead of foam dimensionals to give the piece more stability.   The panel was then attached to a cream cardstock base.  

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; Simon Says Stamp dark grey and cream; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Ink:  VersaMark; Embossing powder:  Ranger gold; Patterned Paper:  My Minds Eye; Dies:  Lawn Fawn; circle punch