Golden Years

50 years ago today this beautiful young couple started out their married life together full of love and hope and expectations for their future together, they worked hard and made a perfect couple.

They had a baby daughter a few years later and lived Happily Ever After :)

This beautiful Bride and Handsome Groom are my Mummy & Daddy and they are truly the best parents I could ever have wished for x

Happy Golden Wedding Anniversary Jo & Sid you are both amazing and I wish you lots of love today and many more Happy Anniversaries.

So in a manner befitting the occasion I created a card for them ....

I love that whatever the celebration Stampin' Up! has just what I need to make the perfect card, I have used Fancy Foil Vellum with the adorable golden hearts on and Gold Foil too for a luxurious touch, both these products are still available in the Spring Catalogue until the end of June.

I layered up the Labels Framelits with a neutral Sahara Sand and the sentiment is tamped using Memorable Moments totally indispensable as it covers all dates and occasions.

The final flourishes are Papillion Potpourri butterflies, all the stamping was done with Versamark ink and Stampin' Up! Gold Embossing powder, it gives such a rich and professional looking finish.

A few pearls and a Vintage Crochet Trim were added for prettiness.

I hope you enjoyed sharing my Mummy & Daddy's special day and card with me :)

Nicola xx

Easter Makes ...

Hello again everyone, I hope you all enjoying the long Easter Weekend and having lots of quality time with family, friends and of course CHOCOLATE !

I made lots of pretties for Easter and I did intend to share some of them with you a lot earlier but I guess its better late than never!

I wanted to make some cute things and some more vintage things too, this little basket is filled with real moss and some papier mache eggs I bought, I've decorated them with paper that I punched with the Hexagon punch, lots of hexagons all glued together to completely cover the eggs.  

They are decorated with roses made with the Spiral Flower die and Floral Fusions die and a little butterfly from Papillon Potpourri. The trims are Pool Party Seam Binding and Vintage Crochet, I'm really pleased with how they turned out :)

Next is another egg that was inspired by one on Pinterest, this uses Subtles coloured  cardstock punched with Petite Petals punch and fixed to a polystyrene egg with dressmakers pins, again the Pool Party Seam Binding matches beautifully and it hung so prettily from a vase of Pussy Willow stems on the dinner table.

I made some cards and little chocolate bunny holders too , I'll share those tomorrow.

Thanks for popping by.

Nicola x