...not that i usually send greeting cards to all my friends anniversaries...but this time...it was a bit different...first of all, i was surprisingly invited to the wedding and not only it was a really amazing celebration...it was the start of a sincere friendship with both the bride and the groom.
while looking for some inspiration for gift wrapping and birthday cards for two birthday parties this month, i came across the turquoise fairy lights and thought this is quite a broad hint.
...i had to take it and started thinking of how i could make use of it.
as i mentioned earlier, i was about to make a couple of birhtday cards so i decided to make an anniversary card in the same style...
...a laminate sample and a heart (makes a lot of sense for a marriage anniversary)...and of course the turquoise fairy lights.
and this is what i made.
...how i made it, you can see in the following pictured tutorial.
this is what you need
- laminate sample
- heart template
- fairy lights
- matching sequins
- transparent fabric
- pen
- scissors
- kraftpaper
- glue
- pins (not in the picture)
this is what you have to do
- get your fabric, template and scissors ready
- place the template onto the fabric
- cut out two hearts
- in case you need to line your fabric, repeat with your lining
- you should have to hearts of each fabric
- hold the hearts in place with your pins...inner fabric inside and outer fabric outside
- sew the hearts together
- leave an opening for the fairy lights
- insert the fairy lights
- close the opening
- close the seam with your sewing machine
- here it is
- a see-through fabric heart filled with fairy lights
- lightened up
- get the laminate sample and your scissors ready
- make a small cut above the hole of the laminate sample
- insert the cord of the fairy lights
- here we go
- doesn't it look beautiful already...???
- some sequins added
- illuminated
- the backside of the greeting card...not that beautiful
- get your kraftpaper and your scissors ready and cut out a piece slightly smaller than the laminate sample
- write down your kind wishes
- get your laminate sample and your glue ready
- adhere the paper onto the backside of the laminate sample
- just underneath the pre-cut hole
- the paper covers the battery pack and enables the presentee to lighten the fairy lights
- and done...an amazing wedding anniversary card for a turquoise anniversary of eighteen years of marriage
- i hope you have enjoyed my tutorial and the idea of a greeting card with fairy lights...thank you very much for stopping by...best regards...silke
