Z-Fold Heart Anniversary Card

A sweet couple from my church have a wedding anniversary coming up soon, and as they are part of the shut in group I send weekly cards to, I thought this week I would make them a special anniversary card. The husband is in his 90s and has some very serious health problems, so hopefully this will cheer them both up a bit to have something to celebrate.

For the card base and layers, I used a Silhouette Design Store cut file. I chose some pretty floral paper and some cardstock with red on one side and black with a spotted design on the other. I stamped the magnolia flower from Hero Arts Hero Florals Magnolia twice in Versamark ink and embossed the flowers with gold embossing powder. Then I colored them with my Ohuhu Honolulu alcohol ink markers. I adhered the first magnolia flower to the front of the card with foam tape and then stamped "Happy Anniversary" and fussy cut the sentiment and added it with foam tape, too. For the inside of the card, I stamped "Congrats" from Hero Arts' Congrats & Happy stamp & cut set, but I thought it looked a little flat, so I die cut the word from the same set using black adhesive-backed foam and then adhered it over the stamped word. For the back of the card, I added a couple layers of hearts and then another magnolia flower. I left some white space for the message I wrote them thanking them for their example of Christian marriage. They have been happily married for over 60 years.  

View of the card when opened:

Side view showing the z-fold:

Front view:

Views from above the card:

Back of the card:

A few more views:

Challenges I'm entering:

Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: May 2023 Challenge | Hero Arts: Dance of the Flowers. I used Hero Arts Blessings stamp & cut set as well as Hero Florals Tulips stamps (ends June 4)

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #58 (secretstamper.com): ATG with a fun fold (unlimited entries; ends June 9) Winner 6/9/23; received Flowering Tulips bundle 6/12/23

Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (3/3; ends June 8)

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG with twist of using dies (I used a die for the word "Congrats") (1/3; ends June 8)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends June 18)

We Love Stamping: CAS or ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focal point (4/6; ends June 15)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog (cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month) DT Favorite 6/30/23

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge: ATG (3/5; ends June 9)

613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG with twist of "Good old summertime" (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles (welove2create.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

{Cupcake Inspirations}: ATG (1/3; ends June 9)

Double D Challenges (daranddiane.blogspot.com): Flowers (1/3; ends June 4)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (5/10; ends June 7)

Art Impressions Blog (artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com): Fabulous Flowers (2/2; ends June 7)

As You Like It Challenge: Pastels or brights and why: I really like using both, but I prefer to use bright colors for the cards I make for elderly people because they often have issues with their vision and can see the bright colors better. (1/3; ends June 14)

Crafty Catz (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends June 9)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends June 16)