Love is...

A couple who are sweet friends... always considerate of others, very warm and friendly to all, not to mention fun-loving... are having their 11th wedding anniversary. They invited me to go out of town with them for an event they wanted to share with me but I declined. this event would encompass the celebrating of their anniversary. Since I would miss it I decided to make a gift to send along for them to open on their special day. I made them a framed 8x10 digital photo collage. Of coarse I had to make them a personalized card too. So here they are...


The card is made using an Ivory colored cardstock for the base (supplier unknown), cut to a 5x7 size. I used Stampin' Up for the (Chocolate Chip) cardstock on the bottom, the (Sending Love) patterned paper on the top, (Rose Red) cardstock for one heart and the new Pinking Hearts Boarder Punch to make the detailed ivory cardstock strip in the center of the card. The ribbon is from Close To My Heart. I cut the hearts using the Cricut (George and Basic Shapes). The rose cardstock heart was also dry-embossed using a Fiskars embossing plate with the Big Shot Express. The verse was printed on the ivory cardstock heart using Word on my computer. Inside the card says "Happy Anniversary".

This is the digital layout that I put together on my computer using Photoshop Elements. I had found this photograph of the swans on the lake in an email someone sent me a while ago. I saved it in my photos but later noticed the resolution quality was not the best. So for this I used a special effect to make it look more like a colored pencil drawing, which made the photos pop a bit more than if the background had just been another photo. I loved the swans swimming towards each other amidst the beauty of color as my background.