(New Post) A Card And A Love Story

 A Card And A Love Story!

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Today is also our wedding anniversary! We are celebrating 36 years! We were very fortunate to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary in Maui 6 years ago. A huge highlight for us was snorkelling with the sea turtles. So it was only fitting that I made my hubby a card using the Sea Turtle Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! 

Dave and I have been together for 44 years. We have 2 amazing daughters and 3 grandbabies that we absolutely adore! We have so much fun together, we love cracking each other up! We think we are hilarious! LOL 

I love how we complete each others sentences and without saying a word we know how each other feels. I love growing old with you! 

Happy Anniversary Dave!! 💖💖💖

Now, onto the card.

 The sentiment is from the Whale Done Stamp Set and I thought it was just perfect!

Directions for todays card:

Cut a card base of Starry Sky Card Stock to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and score at 4 1/4".

Cut a layer of Pear Pizzazz C/S to 4" x 5 1/4" and attach to the card base "off set". I attached mine to the upper left corner and side of the base. See photos for placement.

Cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Basic White C/S. Using Balmy Blue Ink and a Blending Brush, lightly add some ink to the layer.

Using Pear Pizzazz Ink, stamp some sea weed onto the art layer on the left side. I stamped off first for a lighter color.

Attach this layer to the card front.

Add some Faux Sea Glass Shapes at the bottom of the sea weed.

Stamp 3 sea turtles using Pear Pizzazz Ink and Soft Sea Foam Ink. These stamps are reversible. I stamped the sea turtle body background in Soft Sea Foam and the body detail in Pear Pizzazz. Cut out. Attach to the card base using Dimensionals.

Using the Light Starry Sky Stampin' Blend, colour 9 Heart Pearls. Let dry, then attach above the sea turtles as air bubbles.

Stamp the sentiment using Starry Sky Ink.

Add some Starry Sky Metallic Woven Ribbon then attach the sentiment over top.

Stamp a starfish in Calypso Coral Ink and cut out. Attach to the card front using a Dimensional. 

This was such a fun card to make. Hope hubby loves it!

Here are a few more pics of our trip.

Happy Stamping and Creating!

Arlene

Product List

Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152470] $23.00	Sea Turtle Photopolymer Stamp Set [160500] $29.00	Starry Sky 1/8'' (3.2 Mm) Metallic Woven Ribbon [159198] $12.25	Heart Pearls [159190] $11.00
Faux Sea Glass Shapes [158139] $11.00	Starry Sky 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159263] $12.75	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131201] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $11.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $11.00	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $11.00	Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [159212] $11.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $11.00	Starry Sky Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [159222] $12.25	Blending Brushes [153611] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $34.00
Paper Snips [103579] $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00