Happy anniversary

Hello and welcome,

These are a couple of anniversary cards I've made recently. 

For the gold one I used Tonic's very old Affections die set, which I must say I have used quite a lot.

I made the copper and cream version using mainly John Next Door dies, his Honesty Heart and some of his leaves dies.

I've also recently made an anniversary card featuring cats for the Critter Crazy Design Team  

Critter Crazy Challenge #112 July

Hello and welcome to my blog,

This is my DT card for the new July challenge over at the Critter Crazy Challenge. Challenges start on the 1st of the month and are anything goes. but you must include an animal of some sort as the main focus. This is in the broadest sense of the word and can be furry, feather or insect etc. 

The main focus of my card is the Inkylicious Cats on a Branch stamp. It's a card I made for my niece and her husband's anniversary, as they really like cats.

I also used: 
8x8 black card blank
Cardstock: Black, White, Clarity Stamps Indian Summer designer paper 
Dies: Maximum Crafts 8x8 Easy Frame, Circle die, John Next Door Happy Anniversary and Flags
Black Pearls and Black ink

I hope you like the card I've made. If you've got time it would be great if you could leave me a comment to let me know what you think of it. I would really appreciate it.

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges: 

Classic Design Challenge #6-2026 Jun/July

Crafter's Café June/July 2026
Crafts Galore Encore #149

Crafty Animals #107 

Creative Crafters Challenge #101

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #93

Please also join us at the Critter Crazy Challenge this month. We'd love to see your Critter makes 

 

Pearly Sparkles Challenge #116 Hearts

Hello and welcome to my blog.

It's time for a new challenge over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is to use Hearts. This is a card I made for a Golden Wedding Anniversary. I used a very old die from the Tonic Affections die set. It's a large with lots of dies and I've used it a lot.  I also created a box for the card using the same products. 

I also used the following:

Cardstock: Ivory textured, Gold pearlescent, Heart backing paper from a magazine

Dies: Maximum Crafts 8x8 Easy Frame, John Next Door Sunflower leaves, Tattered Lace numbers and sentiment, Tonic Clarice letters 

Two Jays Congratulations stamp

Ribbon from my stash

I hope you like the card and box I've made. If you've got time it would be great if you could leave me a comment to let me know what you think of it. I would really appreciate it.

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges: 

Classic Design Challenge #01-2026 Jan/Feb 2026 ATG 

Crafter's Café #326 ATG / One for the boys
Crafts Galore Encore #144 ATG

Crafty Catz #706 ATG 
Creative Crafters Challenge #96 ATG 
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #315 ATG

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #90

 Why not join us at the 
 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month?
 We'd love to see your makes.

Pearly Sparkles September Challenge Pink, pearls and/or sparkle

It's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. 

Our theme this month is to use Pink, pearls and / or sparkle in your project. I went for all three, but the sparkle doesn't show up very well in the photo.

What I used

A5 card blank

Deep pink, and White card

Hunkydory Little Books page

Maximum crafts A5 Easy Frames dies

Sizzix heart border die

Glamour Dust and Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen for Sparkle

Heart shaped pearls 

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge September #9
Classic Design Challenge #8 Aug/Sep
Crafts Galore Encore September #139
Creative Crafters Challenge #91
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #306
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #88

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

 Why not join us at the 
 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month?
 We'd love to see your makes.

Happy anniversary

Hello there,

It's the first of the month again, so it's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Pink, Pearls and/or Sparkle, and I've gone for all three with this anniversary card. I also made a box for it as it had some dimension to it with the roses. I used similar products for the box, I think the sentiment is a Tattered Lace one. My friends really liked the card. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.  

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank 

White rose embossed card by Kanban, from many years ago

Pink card for the mats 

Image from a Hunkydory Little Book

Maximum Crafts Easy Frames dies 8 x 8 and 5 x 5

White roses dusted with Glamour Dust to make them sparkle

Pearls and pearl butterfly from my stash

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Classic Design Challenge #08 2024 July/August 
Crafts Galore Encore #127 September 2024
Creative Crafters Challenge #79
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #283
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #82

 Please also join us over at the 

 Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, 

 we'd love to see your makes.

To Gnome you is to love you!

Hello there, 

It's time for a new Pearly Sparkles challenge which, as always, starts on the 1st of the month, over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is Make it Cute, I made this card for my husband for our anniversary. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.   

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Purple and white card 

White heart embossed card

Polkadoodles Spring Gnomes digi set

John Next Door Stitch Dot and Plain nesting dies and Layering Die set

Banner die set, probably Tonic Studios

Woodware Bubble die

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave a comment to let me know what you think if you've got time. I do appreciate them and like to read them.

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #10 October

Crafts Galore Encore #116

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #215

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #76

Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.

Happy anniversary

Hello there,

We've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. The theme this month is pink, pearls and sparkles., please use at least one of these on your project if you join in. I made this card for some friend's wedding anniversary. I was pleased with how it turned out so also plan to make a blue version for my brother and sister-in-law whose anniversary is next month. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Pink glitter card, white glitter card, pink pearlescent card

Heart embossed white card

Crafter's Companion Love die and embossing folder

Happy anniversary sentiment die, possibly Tattered Lace

Heart shaped pearls from my stash

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Classic Design Challenge #9

Creative Crafters Challenge #55

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #236

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  #188

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #70

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #9-2022

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #8

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave me a comment if you've time, I love reading them and really do appreciate them

Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.

Happy anniversary

Hello there,

Today's post is to let you know that we've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog, the theme this month is Pink, Pearls and/or Sparkles! I've gone for all three with this card which I made for my brother and sister-in-law's anniversary. I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month.

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Pink glitter card

White heart embossed card

Heart die from Tonic magazine issue 4

Sentiment stamp from John Next Door Summer Special magazine

Flower panel die from Die Cutting Essentials issue 73

Pink Craft Artist Mica Magic to dust the embossed card

Pearl butterflies

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave me a comment if you've time, I love reading them. 

Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you.

Purple and black anniversary card

Hello there,
we've a new challenge starting at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog today. The challenge theme this month is to use black and or purple in your card. I decided to use both to make a 1st anniversary card for my niece as their wedding colours were black and purple.

I'm sharing the card with you here and hope that you will join us at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month. Why not pop over and see what the DT have made for this theme, we'd love to see your entries.

Card recipe

7 x 7 white card blank
Purple, white and black card
Presscut Multi layer (3) Star dies

Sue Wilson Noble Collection square dies
Purple Card candi and black lace ribbon from my stash
Sentiment stamp probably a free gift with a magazine

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:

A Bit More time to Craft #125 Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft #10 October 2020 Anything Goes

Classic Design Challenge Blog #10 October 2020 Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness Challenge #68 28 September 2020 Anything Goes

Dies R Us Challenge Blog #154 Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters Challenge #32 Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping in, if you've time to leave me a comment that would be great, I do like to read them. 

I hope you like the card I made and that you will join us at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see you there.

Happy anniversary in blues

Hello there,

we've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. This month the theme is Anything Goes so feel free to get your creative juices flowing!

I've made an anniversary card for my husband as my DT card which I hope will inspire you to join us.

Card recipe 

7 x 7 royal blue card blank
Royal blue and white card stock
Clarity Indian Summer designer paper
John Next Door Mosaic die and Stitch Dot square die
Crafter's Companion Heart die and sentiment die
Craftwork Cards Blue Card Candi

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft #120 ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft August #8 2020 ATG

Classic Design Challenge August #8 ATG

Creative Moments #195 ATG

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #49 ATG

The Creative Crafters Challenge #30 

Thanks for stopping by, if you've time to leave me a comment that you be great - all are gratefully received! 

I hope you like my card and that it encourages you to join us at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month.

Ruby wedding anniversary

Hello,
this is a card I made for a dear friend to celebrate her Ruby Wedding Anniversary, as it was a special one I also made a box for it.

I used various Tonic dies from their Affections collection, a sentiment and an alphabet die of theirs, plus the Amelia embossing folder - this is one I use a lot - and finished it off with a red bow and some pearls.

I've used this die set lots of times for anniversaries and also Mother's Day as it has a sentiment for that too.

Another anniversary card

Hello,
this is an anniversary card made for my bother and sister-in-law.

I basically used two 8 x 8 cards with the backs glued together, I then scored the two fronts down the middle to create a folded back gate fold card.

To decorate the inside I had chosen a page from the Hunkydory Little Book of Anniversaries which I layered on to silver mirri and then I created a mat of pink patterned paper to co-ordinate with the image. 

On the two front panels I matted and layered the same pink patterned paper on to silver mirri to create two panels. I decorated the panels with the Tonic Happy Anniversary sentiment, Affections heart and initials cut using the Tonic Clarice alphabet, all cut from deep pink card and silver mirri layered together.

Thanks for stopping by, if you've time to leave a comment I'd really appreciate it.

Happy anniversary purple and white

Hello,

this is an anniversary card made for friends of mine.

I basically used two 7 x 7 cards with the backs glued together, I then scored the two fronts down the middle to create a folded back gate fold card.

To decorate the inside I had chosen a page from the Hunkydory Little Book of Anniversaries so I created a mat of lilac card to co-ordinate with the image. I matted the image on to purple card, and cut strips using the Tonic Intricate Frame DL layering die set from the same purple card to decorate the sides.

On the front I created panels from purple card on to which I layered rose patterned embossed card which I'd dusted with purple ink to highlight the embossing. I decorated the panels with the Tonic Happy Anniversary sentiment, Affections heart and initials cut using the Tonic Clarice alphabet, all cut from purple card.

I'm entering this for the Win & Tonic Challenge for July:Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by, if you've time to leave a comment I'd really appreciate it.

Silver anniversary card

Hello,

this is the 25th anniversary card I made for a friend.

I used an 8 x 8 silver card blank on to which I matted and layered black card and then a silver embossed patterned card. I used an image from the Hunkydory Anniversaries Little Book matted on to black card.

To finish it off I die cut my friends' initials using the Tonic Clarice die set and a heart using a Crafter's Companion from silver mirri card, and added some Craftwork Cards silver card candi and a silver and white organza ribbon bow.

Thanks for stopping by, if you've time to leave a comment I'd really appreciate it.

Anniversary card for Mum and Dad

Hello,
this is the card I made for a friend to give to her Mum and Dad on their anniversary. She asked me when she saw the card I'd made for my husband's anniversary.

I used a screen card blank, and papers from Docrafts Papermania Wild Rose Capsule Collection. The two sentiments are from the Tonic Miniature Moments set, and the letters are the inside cuts from the Pretoria set. The side panels are decorated with the Tonic Tangled Posies, highlighted with Glamour Dust and a few small "diamond" gems.

You can't see the back of the side panels but I used Kanban's rose embossed white card, dusted it with Victorian Velvet distress ink and then punched butterflies from the backing paper to decorate them. I printed a free verse from the internet, matted it on to the backing paper and put it on the back centre panel. My friend was really pleased with it and fortunately so were her parents!

I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by.

Husband's anniversary card

Hello,

this is the card I made for my husband on our recent anniversary. I'm also using it to enter the June Win & Tonic challenge - the male card theme.

I used a screen card blank, and I'd not used this kind of card before but I wanted to use up some scraps of paper which fitted really well. The two sentiments are from the Miniature Moments set, and the letters are the inside cuts from the Pretoria set.

The side panels are decorated with the Tangled Posies. You can't see the back of the side panels but I embossed white card using the Amelia folder, dusted it with Tumbled Glass distress ink and then punched butterflies from the backing paper to decorate them.

I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by.

Anniversary card

Hello there,

it was some good friend's anniversary and this is the card I made, it was based on the Butterfly tied Z-fold card I made in April. I used a cream card blank and folded the front back in half. I cut gold paper to fit the front fold back and the inside of the card, then I embossed ivory card using the Tonic Amelia folder cut to fit the gold panels, layered them up and stuck them on the card. I used the Tonic Affections Square Base and Mrs & Mrs insert cut from the ivory and gold card and matted and layered them up. I used super sticky tape to glue the ribbon where the topper would cover it, then used foam pads to stick them to the left side of the card. I cut 3 corner flourishes using the Art Nouveau die and glued them to the corners of the card, and created a sentiment for the other corner.

I also decorated the inside of the card and found a suitable verse to use.

My friends loved the card, I hope you do too, please leave a comment if you'd like to.

Black and white anniversary card

Hello,

been a while since I posted as we've had more work going on in the house so I've been a bit distracted. I had made a card for my hubby's anniversary based on a sketch in Quick Cards made easy which I had submitted and which was published in the May issue, but just not had chance to post it.  I used an 8 x 8 white card blank, silver mirri, some silver patterned backing paper and black card. I used the Tonic Delicate Lattice die and matching punch, a heart cut using the Tonic Affections First Crush die, the Affections All My Love die-cut as a sentiment and a flower using the Bellus Buttercup die and the small Delicate Daisy die in the centre.

My hubby liked it and I hope you do too, if you'd like to leave a comment that would be great.