A Month of Anniversaries

May is a fabulous time of the year for weddings its seems with numerous anniversaries being celebrated this month.  My parents celebrated 51 years on the weekend, whilst one of my closest friends anniversaries was yesterday and it is Rod's parents Anniversary on Saturday.  A couple of other people I know also have celebrated in the past few days, so it is fitting that today I share a Anniversary Card I made which was a special order from one of my customers for a 60th Wedding Anniversary.  My design brief was simply that the female recipient liked flowers and birds.

For my special orders I try to use a fancy fold or make it extra special, so I decided to make a Tri Shutter Fold Card using papers from The Scarlet's Letter Collection Pack by Basic Grey (Retired).  I have had these sitting in my paper stand for some time, a good couple of years.  Put it this way the release of these papers was 2007.  It is one of those collections I love so much I don't really want to use them, but thought it would be the perfect range to make this type of card with a bird and flower theme.

Image:  Crafty Individuals Stamp CI220, Sentiment:  Stampin' Up! & Unknown

Paper:  Stampin' Up! Cardstock, Basic Grey Paper, Ink:  Black Archival, Tria Markers and Stampin' Up!

Other:  Zing Black Embossing Powder, Sizzix Leaves Die, Clear Rhinestones, Carl Sakura Punches, SU Scallop Border Punch.

Another item I haven't used in a while (over 12 mths) is the Sizzix Sizzilit Leaves Die, the leaves of which I have layered underneath my Crafty Individuals Stamped Image.  I have to apologize for the grainy appearance of my photos, it wasn't until doing this post I realized how bad they are, and as I have already delivered the card to my customer I cannot take any new ones.  I am really pleased with how this turned out, its been a while since I have made this type of fancy fold card and I am happy to report my customer loved it too.

I am entering this card into the following challenges some of which I am entering for the first time:-

Stamptacular Sunday - #164 In the Garden
Card Making Mama's - #45 May Flowers
Craft Your Day's Away -#45 All Creatures Great and Small
My Craft Spot - #57 Congratulations
Hooked on Crafts - #20 Flowers
Tuesday Throwdown - #99 3D Challenge
Tip Top Tuesday - #77 Dig out the Old (Papers and Sizzix Die)
Scrap It Girl - #May Flowers Challenge
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - #100 Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge - #120 3D
Just Keep on Creating - #2 Anything Goes
Stampin Sisters in Christ - #140 Build Up Your Card
Basic Grey Challenges - #68 Anything Goes