Card of the Day - Happy First Anniversary!

Hello and welcome back! This weekend, my DH and I will be heading out of town to celebrate anniversaries with some friends. Their daughter had planned a big wedding last summer, but we all know what happened - they ended up having a small celebration with just family. However, they decided to have a big party this year for the kids' first anniversary and their 40th! This card is for the "kids."

The design was inspired by the invitation (you can see it in the last photo). I like to try to coordinate wedding cards with invitations, like this and this.

The Pearlescent Specialty Paper was a must for this card and the new In Colors Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen were a perfect match for some of the greenery on the invitation. The branches and leaves in Forever Fern and Painted Poppies were pretty close too!

Since the paper is so slick (but absolutely beautiful!), I had to be very careful with my stamping so it wouldn't smudge. Rather than waiting for it to dry, I decided to add clear embossing powder and heat set it so it would be permanent. The embossing also adds dimension to the images.

I wanted to add both colors of ribbon, but it was a bit much with both wrapped around, so I just added a bit at the end into the bow. Then a couple of Elegant Faceted Gems for bling. The envelope was made from some Neutrals DSP from my retired stash.

It's hard to tell in this photo, but the invitation is also on a pearly paper. I wish this photographed a little better!

The design is from the sketch challenge at Fab Friday.

 Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Forever Fern, Painted Poppies, Milestone Moments (inside sentiment)

Paper - Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock; Very Vanilla and Soft Succulent Cardstock; Pearlescent Specialty Paper

Ink - Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Sahara Sand, Cinnamon Cider

Accessories - Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon, Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon, Elegant Faceted Gems

Tools - Big Shot, Hippo and Friends Dies, Envelope Punch Board, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots