Saturday, 7 March 2026

To a Very Special Husband

I made this card for Steve as it's our wedding anniversary today.  I used more hearts from the John Next Door die set I won last year.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white linen card blank
     John Next Door 'Honesty Heart' dies  
     Clearly Besotted 'Happy Birthday All' stamps
     Versafine Crimson Red ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Snippets of white linen card, red pearlescent card and red mirri card (sorry, I forgot to take a photo of my snippets)

I trimmed a snippet of white linen card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and die cut the stitched heart just above the centre before placing the panel into my MISTI.  I laid the two sentiment stamps onto the panel ensuring they were straight before stamping them with red ink and embossing them with clear embossing powder.  I placed the panel onto a slightly large square of red pearlescent card and placed the stitched heart between the two layers so I could see where to die cut the stitched heart on the backing panel - this was to ensure that the two layers that were to be inlaid would be flat on the front of the card.  I removed the white panel and die cut the stitched heart before layering the two panels and attaching them to the front of the card blank.  I die cut the stitched heart from red mirri and inlaid it into the front of the card, ensuring the edges were flat.  I die cut the fancy heart from red pearlescent card and inlaid in into the front of the card.

I am entering the following challenges:
     A Cut Above - Anything Goes with a Die Cut
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Cardz 4 Guyz - Monochrome Colour Palette
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
     Simply Clean & Simple - Anything Goes
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 527

Kath x

12 comments:

Sarn said...

A beautiful anniversary card for your hubby. Many congratulations.

Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. See you up in the treehouse shortly. xxx

Donna said...

Beautiful card for your husband, like that heart die and the red border. Glad you shared with us at Allsorts challenge!

Liz said...

Beautiful card, Kath. The heart die cut is gorgeous. Happy anniversary to you both.
Liz xx

Darlene said...

Happy Anniversary! This is beautiful! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Simply Clean & Simple challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Simply Clean & Simple Co-Owner

LesleyG said...

Beautiful card, Happy Anniversary xxx

Jules said...

Happy Anniversary Kath .. .. .. have fun celebrating.
Love your card with that gorgeous heart very much.
Love and hugs
Jules xoxoxox

Linby said...

Happy anniversary. It's a beautiful CAS card. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts.

Vicki said...

Lovely and so elegant! Beautiful heart die cut. Thanks for sharing with the March Challenge at A Cut Above.

Pamela said...

thank you for sharing your creation with us at Love To craft

Di said...

Belated Anniversary wishes, to you and Steve, Kath! I LOVE your card - as always - elegant and CAS. It sings to me!
Hugs
Di xx

Pat said...

This is a very pretty heart Kath, in red pearlescent and mirror cards which go together perfecly and has made a beautiful anniversary card for your husband Steve. x

brenda said...

Elegant as always Kath, many thanks for sharing at Love to Craft.

B x