Anniversary

It sounds like a cliche, but boy does time fly! We've barely finished the "Z" task over at the Alphabet challenge, and already we start all over again with the letter "A", meaning we'd like to see your "anniversary" themed creations this fortnight. 

For my DT inspiration, I contemplated the usual anniversary things like hearts and swans and rings, or silver/gold for certain jubilees, but I have no specific events coming up anywhere near me, so I decided to create a rather generic love/anniversary card. 

And for this occasion, I'd like to introduce the newest addition to my stash: a cute little gnome I've received from SheepSkiDesigns just last week. The forget-me-not indicates rememberance, and seemed suitable for the challenge theme (I hope!).

After settling for the motif, I went through my stash looking for a suitable cardbase and background paper. I opted for a red tri-fold card, which results in a design that might remind you of my recent Easter card. Still, I tried to create something that wouldn't be  the exact copy of the bunny project. 

The digi itself is coloured with coloured pencils as usual. However, I only painted it after I've picked everything else for the card - a rather unusual sequence of events as I'll normally finish the main motif first, and only later search my stash for things that might go with it. 

The heart-themed pattern in the background seemed a nice addition to the red card base, and the love theme in general. However, I can't help thinking it distracts the attention from the main motif. Maybe I should stick to the "motif first" thing in future?

In the end, I lined the image with a silver sticker, but it just didn't seem to work for me. After sleeping it over, I replaced the border with a string of tiny white pearls, which seem to fit much better with the overall design. Also, I decided to add a sentiment which could be translated with something along the lines of "still forever". 

challenges: 

- 613 avenue create: ATG with optional twist "in the garden"
- a bit more time to craft: ATG
- gem of a challenge: ATG
- allsorts challengeblog: ATG

- craft-alnica: Slovene inscription

- crafters castle: ATG
- crafty catz: ATG
- crafty sentiments: ATG
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper

- creative moments: ATG

- friendship challenge: ATG

- love to craft: ATG 

- morgans artworld: ATG

- pennys papertake: ATG
- scrapping4fun: ATG

- through the craftroom door: ATG

- wortartwednesday: ATG

- worldwide open design team challenge: ATG