Anniversary, Easely 35 Years

My sister, and of course her husband are celebrating their 35th Anniversary today. I felt this quite large House Mouse Designs decoupage deserved an easel card...that way I could throw more fancy bits on it. I've some new fancy die cuts so I had to use them didn't I !!

I have a row of half cross stitch, in white embroidery floss,  as a border down the one side, and a couple of flourishes/swirls with a handmade rose for the front of the card.

 The bottom section has a computer generated greeting, cut out with a fancy label type thing, some more swirlies and roses.

 A close up of one of my roses. I made these following the Tute by Leesa - otherwise known as The Navy Wife on her blog Gone By The Board. The Tutorial is so easy to follow. She has used a Glue gun to fix hers together...I was out of the melty things for the gun . I stuck one with super sticky glue stick, one using glue gel (that was messy and needed overnight, but worked); one with a combo of the two, and finally, after hubby did a shopping trip, one with the glue gun....I've discovered I need to practice using that again as my rose was a mess. I love the roses though and will be making many more. You can find her tutorial here 

One last blurry shot so you can see the layers. 

My sister contacted me to say how pleased she was with the card, she said it made hanging in for 35 years worthwhile all on it's own lol....that's a compliment I shall keep posted on my heart. :-)

My Receipe...

Decoupage - House Mouse Stamps Designs

Die cut's -  Marianne Designs

Flowers - Handmade Following Leesa's Tute

Sentiment - Computer Generated.
Floss and cardstock - Stash

I'd so like to enter the following Challenges
Fresh Brewed Challenge ... Cute & Sweet
Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge ... Celebration
Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge ... Wedding or Anniversary
Pixie Dust Studio ... Say It Out Loud
Paper Romance ... Paper Flowers
Dutch Dare ... Fancy Fold
Fun With Shapes & More ... Animals
Frosted Designs ... HandMade Embellishments (roses)
Delicious Doodles ... All Stitched Up
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge ... Furry Friends
Little Claire's Designs ... Animals
Totally Gorjuss ... No Patterned Paper
The Secret Crafter ... Stitching Real or Faux (mines real)
Our Daily Bread Designs ... No Colouring
A Gem Of A Challenge ... Pearls and/or Swirls