Celebrating 22 Years {Happy Golden Birthday}

Hello and welcome, friends! My darling daughter celebrated her 22nd birthday this month! A friend of mine told me about 'golden' birthdays about 11 or so years ago and described it to me like this: the year you turn the same number as the date of your birthday. Some of my kids had already had their 'golden' birthday before I even knew it was a thing; my son born on the 2nd, my son born on the 10th, etc. So....this was the first one I was able to celebrate and of course a special card was in order! I bought a couple rolls of wrapping paper from various companies to create the vibe I was going for, so her card was inspired by the wrapping paper.

To begin, I got to work on the gold numbers; I used the Fancy Floral Numbers Die and cut the numbers from gold cardstock. They definitely look yellow in the photos, but it is a beautiful gold foil cardstock. I used the Fancy Floral Numbers Stamp Set to stamp the numbers. I used Versamark and then added the gold embossing powder, heat set and let it cool.

For the greenery, I used the Rosemary and Berry Die from The Greetery and then added different color wildflowers that were cut using the BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix Die. This combination is so fun because the little bulbs where the berries should go are the perfect place to add the wildflowers. I chose colors that matched the wrapping paper; you can see a photo at the end of this post.

I cut a panel of gingham pattern paper using the Love to Layer: Arches Die and then stamped the words with black ink. The numbers are added using foam squares for dimension. It looked a little bare, so I added another sentiment that is heat embossed over the top. It is one of my favorites from the Just Sentiments: Tagged Stamp Set and works so nicely for my daughter!

I picked a black background because that is what the main floral wrapping paper used. I embossed an A2 panel of black cardstock with the Spellbinders Mandala Blooms 3D embossing folder and then added a FRAME over the top. I layered everything up on the background using foam squares and liquid glue.  

Here you can see the wrapping paper that was the inspiration! Thanks for fluttering by!