Monday 13 August 2012

Happy Anniversary

It's my 23rd wedding anniversary today so I have made my husband a card.  Of course, I combined the need for a card with a challenge or two and decided to try the one layer challenge at Less Is More, where Fur or Feathers is the theme, and Cas-ual Fridays, where the team are asking for square shaped CAS cards.
Here it is
I found the little cat outline stamp at my local craft store and just had to have it. First I stamped a tiny red heart in the middle of the square then stamped the cat outline on the left.  I stamped on acetate and transferred the image to give the mirror image for the ginger cat. I coloured the cats in using Promarkers and made up the sentiment from a couple of stamps. It did take a couple of goes to get it just right (especially getting everything well balanced) but I'm happy with it now... my husband will love the card and the fact that I made it for him, and that's the main thing!

16 comments:

  1. What a wonderful job you did with the coloring on these cats! Fabulous card!

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  2. A fab card Louise, and a great tip for stamping a mirror image. Sue x

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  3. Congratulations to you both!
    Happy Anniversary!
    Super card.
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  4. Happy anniversary and congratulations on 23 years! Love your card it has Cats, romance and charm hope OH loved it! XOXO Zoe

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  5. Great card Louise - thanks for the tip on the reverse image. Happy anniversary!

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  6. How fabulous is this card! Happy Anniversary to you both!

    Sarah x

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  7. Happy Anniversary Louise - lovely card - Jacqueline xx

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  8. Happy anniversary - that's a gorgeous card, Jo x

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  9. Very clever to use the acetate and get such a crisp image, fab colouring
    Linbyx

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  10. I love cats, so this image really appeals to me! Love how you colored their fur - looks so natural!

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  11. What a lovely design Louise and beautifully CAS. I'm sure your husband will be delighted! Vicky x

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  12. Belated Happy Anniversary wishes, love your fab card

    Kathyk

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  13. Happy Anniversary! This is an adorable card!

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  14. That's really sweet. Amazing colouring job on the ginger cat!

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  15. Happy anniversary! What a sweet design for your husband's card. I love how you stamped the reverse of your image and added stripes to the ginger cat. Thanks for joining us this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  16. Belated anniversary wishes
    FAB card, worth all the placement effort
    Thanks very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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Thanks for leaving a comment. I love reading them all!
Louise xx