Sarah and Adam as well as two sets of friends celebrated anniversaries in the last several months. The cards went out on time, but were never posted. Like the Fence Line post a couple of days ago, these cards are variations using the same stamp.
Both cards use the Simon Says "Center Cut Heart" which has become my "to-to" stamp for anniversary cards. The center heart pops out of the stamp so you can stamp it separately which I did here. First I embossed the outer portion in gold on Papertrey's Weathervane cardstock. Then I gold embossed the center heart on True Black. After watching multiple videos on Yana Smakula's blog using Polychromos pencils on dark cardstock, I decided to give it a try. I trimmed down the outer edge of the stamped piece so a thin black border would appear when I adhered it to the card.
I took a different approach to Sarah and Adam's card, and ended up just using the center heart.
After coloring it with the Polychromos, I carefully cut it out and layered it on a Reverse Confetti Pierced Round Top die. The sentiment from an old Papertrey Ink set, "Fillable Frames #8" was gold embossed below and the pieces added to a Bazzill textured red card. I think I purchased this at a wonderful scrapbook store near Phoenix, AZ the last time I was there (it's been at least 10 years!) I rounded the top two corners of the card to complement the round top die.
I was hoping the textured cardstock which is subtle but so pretty would show up better with this view, but it didn't happen. This is my favorite of the two (and the reason it went to Sarah and Adam!)
