Krafty Chicks challenge #805 - ATG with a twist!

Good morning lovely friends; I hope your week is going well so far. I'm sharing my card for the new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 5; and as it's an extra week this month we have an anything goes theme.  However we are mixing it up this year and adding an optional twist and the twist this time is embossing wet or dry.  Such a fun and easy theme and we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I made my card at the end of December for my sister and brother-in-law's second wedding anniversary.  I don't know why but I always struggle with anniversary cards but I think this turned out super cute. For my embossing twist I used a gorgeous heart swag embossing folder.  The card was 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" as I like to make bigger cards for my family.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel and used the beautiful heart swag embossing folder to create my background.  I also cut a gold mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I stamped the images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I die cut the pretty heart wreath frame from the gold card, cut the image panel from a slightly smaller circle die so that it would fit behind the frame and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiments in black ink and cut them out using an oval die.  I adhered the heart frame in the centre of the embossed panel with foam squares and added the sentiments with double sided tape.  To embellish I used some of the hearts that fell out of the frame and adhered them with liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel and then adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  A fairly clean and simple design but I was really happy with it.  For the inside I cut another white panel and gold mat layer and adhered them with double sided tape.  I embossed another panel of white card and cut two strips for the top and bottom of the panel, adhering them with liquid glue.  I also added thin strips of the gold card to the edges of the embossed pieces to make it look more 'finished' and a few gold hearts to match the front.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and then adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Alphabet challenge - T is for texture

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - must use an EF optional twist all white

Creative Moments challenge - love & romance

Cut It Up challenge - my heart

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (anniversary)

Shopping Our Stash challenge - love me do

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - have a heart

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

The Dream Factory challenge - love actually (love, hearts and/or Valentine's Day)

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'ATG with a twist of embossing' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

Sunny Studio - turtley awesome stamp

Promarkers

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store sadly closed 

Spellbinders - heart swag embossing folder - currently on clearance!

Spellbinders - essential stylish oval dies (to cut sentiments)

Poppy Crafts - heart wreath die

Taylored Expressions - flip the floral stamp (for anniversary sentiment)

Uniko - everyday family stamp

*Gina K Designs - succulent spray stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

gold mirror card from stash

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x