Anniversary in White

Most of the time when I am making cards for challenges, I try to combine them for an added self-challenge. This time, white and wedding/anniversary was an easy linking, but the challenge still is in making a nearly all white card. White with silver accents limited to the sentiments and a pair of hearts. The background of entwining hearts and the beaded frame of pearls also speak to the theme of love.

Challenges

Crazy for Challenges: All White 
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Saturday: CAS
Addicted to Stamps and More: CAS
Creative Moments: Anniversary/Wedding

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday: Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door: Anything Goes

Supplies

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Putting It Together

I have loved this entwining hearts embossing folder from first I laid eyes on it. It makes a great white on white background for this card full of love.

I recently got a Misti and absolutely love it for getting a crisp complete image. I used Versamark to stamp sentiment from the Sweet Summer Sentiments from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and then embossed it in a bright silver.

Dry fitting after creating the elements: I die cut a stitched rectangle and then embossed it with the entwined heart. I die cut the beaded oval from both the Soft Finish White card stock and the silver. I considered using the silver but it looked too heavy. I did, however, keep the silver hearts I die cut at the same time. Since I still don't have any simple oval dies, I trimmed the oval on the sentiment from the inside edge on the beaded oval.

I used foam mounting tape for the sentiment oval.

I cut one more beaded oval out of Neenah 110 lb and glued the two white ovals together for strength. I used the Recollections adhesive foam circles because they fit nicely on the bigger beaded dots. For the small ones, I cut each adhesive circle into thirds. With both the thicker card stock and the foam circles, the dimension of the beaded circle is subtly different than the sentiment's dimension.

I attached the hearts directly to the card and adhered everything to a card base from Neenah 110 lb Solar White. I added a Stampin' Up pearl to each of the beads in the beaded circle, medium sized pearls for the large beads and small pearls for the smalls.

Matching the silver embossing on the front, I added a simple sentiment to the inside. I debated using "congratulations" but I like font better on this "Happy Anniversary!" (also from a KKS set).

Even with the addition of pearls, the card has a very clean and simple look.

I also used the KKS September sketch to help with the layout.

Truly a sentiment I wish for all couples.