Celebrating 10 Years with All Year Long

This past Thanksgiving weekend marked our 10 year wedding anniversary.  Falling over the big holiday weekend means our anniversary was a very low key day.  I spent the day in my studio while the Hubs was busy building new built-ins for our mudroom.  Our son, the Lad, was home from university, but had to work all day. No big plans had been made, so we ended up doing a bit of Christmas shopping that evening and going to a pub for dinner with my parents.  In retrospect, it was a very typical “Day in the Life” – low key, quiet, calm, and surrounded by family.  

I knew the card I made to mark the day had to be special, and I thought it about it for a long time.  I was at my wits’ end, when I pulled the All Year Long Project Life Card Kit off the shelves.   The colors were a perfect match for my favorite paper stack, Serene Scenery.  And, the sentiments in the kit were exactly what I’d been trying to say.

I used the Layering Ovals, Circles, and Stitched Shapes Framelit dies to cut the preprinted cards down to size.  Then, I found my Occasions pre-order box, and started adding the wooden Sending Love embellishments , which I colored by placing them directly onto my Early Espresso ink pad.  The collage was really strating to take shape.  Now…for the inside…

The side pannels came together pretty easily – they were more cards from the Project Life Kit!  But what to do in the middle.  Again, I looked through my pre-order and the fell in love with the little ‘love note’ and envelope that are found in the new Sealed with Love bundle.  The little note card, envelope, and even envelope liner are all die cut and the border on the note as well as the sentiment are on the stamp set.  I also used the stamps and accessories found in the All Year Long Project Life Accessory Kit.  

I love the way this came together.  And even better, my hubs and son liked it, too.  In fact, the Lad told me I need to make more cards just like this!  It was really a lot of fun, and I loved the way the Project Life cards made it look professional and easy – all the hard work was done for me. 

I think it’s time to start planning my next one, don’t you?