Anniversary Card

Have you ever made a card and when you finished it, you thought, "I'm going to make a second one of these to have on hand."?  This is one of those cards.  Now I must confess, when I quit working on it last night I thought it was a lost cause.  The paper and the colors I was trying to put together just would not satisfy me.  So, I put it aside until this afternoon.  I decided this afternoon to discard some of the die cuts I was using and to use a different color for the top die cuts.  I love it now.  This one will go to my brother in Texas and his wife who will be celebrating 40 years of marriage in March.

Card supplies:
6X6" card base
Background paper - DCWV Lace & Linen Stack
Dies:  
Anna Griffin Fretwork Die
Anna Griffin Bow from the All Hearts Set
If you don't have the AG Dies, I believe these cuts are available in AG cartridges too.
Spellbinders Labels 13
Butterfly Punch by Martha Stewart
Pearls

Thanks for visiting with me today.  I hope you will try something like this and let me.  I would love to see your creations.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Cuttlebug Mania W, 3E -  I {heart} You (Week 1)
Creative Card Crew 2W - #106 Love (week 2)
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects Always Anything Goes (Week 1) 
Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown W- #281 -  Layer It Up

Happy Anniversary, Johnny and Linda

My brother, Johnny and his wife, Linda, got married a week after Ben and I did.  She was 15 and he was 19.  Most people wouldn't have thought our marriages would last but they did.  Of course, I lost my Ben one month after we celebrated our 50th anniversary.  Johnny and Linda will celebrate their 56th on February 13.  I made them this card and will put it in the mail today.

I designed the card in Cricut Design Space so the Explore would right my sentiments.  The front is embossed using an AG Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.  I finalized it with ribbon and pearls.

This is what I wrote inside.

When you stood before the judge fifty-six years ago,

You thought you knew what love was.

But I've watched your love grow over the years

into something beautiful.

Now your hearts are knit as one, you think

the same thoughts and dream the same dreams

for your family.

God has blessed you with a strong love for each

other with Him at the center.

He has honored your life with a long

marriage.

I hope you have many more years together.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

I'm so happy that you visited with me today.  God Bless You!!!!

Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Cardz 4 Guyz W, 3E - #106 - Valentine or Love
Creative Card Crew 2W - #106 Love (week 1)
Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #6 - All You Need Is Lov
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - W, E4, Must Be Square or Rectangular #123 Anything Goes with a twist: So In Love
Ike's World 2W, 1E - #56 Love Actually (Week 2
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects Always Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes