Today my husband and I are celebrating our anniversary - 45 years! I came across this digital stamp several months ago and knew it was destined to be on the next card I did for my dh! The image is called "Stella Love-Person to Annoy" a Bugaboo Stamps digi image. I always like to give him a serious card and a funny card, obviously this one isn't the serious one! 
Because I wanted to cut up the first part of the sentiment that comes along with this image, I re-typed it in a similar font, spacing it so there would be enough room, then cut out each of the individual words in the first sentence: "I - love - being - married..." and matted each one on a piece of SU's old Cranberry Crisp card stock. (I still have a bunch left and will sorely miss it when it's gone!)This card went together pretty quickly. I colored Stella and her man with Copics adding some shading with my Prismacolor pencils/OMS. A little sponging around the edges and some Glossy Accents/Crystal Effects added to their glasses completed the old married duo.
I used Basic Grey's Oliver collection and Spellbinder's Lacey Circles to mat the image, another piece of SU Cranberry Crisp put thru the crimper and then I just ran the edge of a white pencil over it to give it some definition. I really intended to at least sew around the edges of the card, but in my haste of trying to get this completed before my dh discovered me working on it, I forgot! I added a little wooden heart and threaded some cranberry colored twine thru it to finish it off.
For the inside, I printed the sentiment with part of the Stella images next to it (the images were done in a washed out effect), then added the "Happy Anniversary". I used another Spellbinders circle & lacey circle to mat it then cut that almost in half so I would have some room at the bottom of the card to write a little love note to my honey. :)
I used Basic Grey's Oliver collection and Spellbinder's Lacey Circles to mat the image, another piece of SU Cranberry Crisp put thru the crimper and then I just ran the edge of a white pencil over it to give it some definition. I really intended to at least sew around the edges of the card, but in my haste of trying to get this completed before my dh discovered me working on it, I forgot! I added a little wooden heart and threaded some cranberry colored twine thru it to finish it off.
For the inside, I printed the sentiment with part of the Stella images next to it (the images were done in a washed out effect), then added the "Happy Anniversary". I used another Spellbinders circle & lacey circle to mat it then cut that almost in half so I would have some room at the bottom of the card to write a little love note to my honey. :)My photography definitely leaves a little to be desired most of the time and this one was done in quite a rush. See the top photo? I was in such a hurry that the only place I knew would give me good light without a lot of setup was in the laundryroom! That was taken on top of the top-loading washer! I guess I need to slow down a little and get my cards done a little bit ahead of time, wouldn't you say?
Hope you're having a wonderful weekend and enjoying the cooler fall weather!
Talk to you again soon!
