Tuesday, November 06, 2012

ScrapMart: 20 Years!

Today my hubby and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary!! We have plans to go to our favorite French Bistro restaurant to pound some oysters and drink champagne :0)

We had a traditional Japanese wedding ceremony and a western style champagne luncheon at Chicago's Swissotel (overlooking Lake Michigan)...it was a LONG but WONDERFUL DAY!

20 Years of Love by Margie Higuchi
Supplies - Patterned Papers and Stickers: Authentique Papers (Thankful Collection); Ink: Ranger; Bling: Want2Scrap; Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts (S2-003 Fantastic Flourish Three, S2-020 Medallion Five, S5-152 Fancy Lattice, S5-123 Asian Accents and LF-015 Grand Decorative Circles One); Adhesive: ScraPerfect (the Best Glue Ever) and SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L (Black 3D Foam Squares)

We started with a morning wedding ceremony, a luncheon reception, a KARAOKE cocktail reception (younger crowd) and a post party in our two story honeymoon suite! Friends came from around the world so we made sure to spend time with them all.


In this page, I added NEW Spellbinders™ Die D-Lites™ S2-003 Fantastic Flourish Three and S2-020 Medallion Five die templates. This special collection are smaller in size but they have all the function you expect from Spellbinders - cut, emboss and stencil. Perfect for those smaller size projects up to larger sizes including my page. The price point you cannot beat and Scrap-mart.com made it hard to resist...just sayin'! Heehee!!


Next I pulled out these swirly bling from Want2Scrap - they were PERFECT in color and style. To fit the corner of the page, I cut them apart and placed as shown. I also used some bling around the circle (seen in finished picture).


I decided to use Authentique Paper's November Sketch Challenge for my page design - appropriate as I am using their Thankful Collection! LOL!! The circle die cut and the page edges were inked.



For the cluster, I cut/embossed S2-003 Fantastic Flourish Three die twice (a single die cut and one solid shape) and assembled. Stickers were used as my title and subtitle. Using Black 3D Foam Squares, I layered a few of the sticker pieces (a smaller circle was added later) and topped it with a little bling.

Here's another look at the page...


If I had to do it all over again, would do this in a heart beat! WOW, 20 YEARS!! Love ya, Hosho! Thanks for putting up with me ;0P

Thank YOU for stopping by!! xo
MargieH

18 comments:

Michelle Hernandez said...

LOVE those wedding shots WOW!!! Beautiful prints and color on this page- the cluster embellishment is gorgeous!

Margareta Carlsson said...

Happy Anniversary! That page is gorgeous!

Mary Pat Siehl said...

what a truly lovely layout! love the two pictures next to each other!

happy anniversary

Heidi said...

Love the colors and the flourishes.

Lisa Rukin Swift said...

Beautiful in every way, Margie! This is awesome with the side-by-side shots. Happy, happy anniversary! Here's to 20 more and beyond. :)

Christina said...

Gorgeous layout-that you for the step by step pictures.
Happy anniversary!!

Suzanna Lee said...

Congrats on 20 years Margie! Wonderful layout and I love your wedding pictures!

Lisa Dickinson said...

Happy Anniversary - and what a beautiful page to commemorate it!

laura said...

Happy Anniv, great layout. Love the colors and it matches the style of your event perfectly.

Mona Pendleton said...

Yahooo! Huge congratulations Margie! You are such a beautiful bride and your husband looks so handsome :) Lovin' all the elegant details! Thanks for sharing :)

Fleursbydesign said...

Happy Anniversary, love the layout and photos

Mariangeles M said...

Great LO and CONGRATULATIONS for your anniversary :)

Michelle McClure said...

Great layout, love the eastern and western photos.

Marisa Job said...

Congratulations on your 20th ANNIVERSARY!!! You layout is perfect for such occasion!! Great wedding pictures!!

Anonymous said...

Happy Anniversary!!!!

Rita Barakat said...

Wow -this is so fab- I love the tradtional look what a gorgeous couple! Congrats on your anniv girl! ((hugs))

Mary-Ann Maldonado said...

Happy Belated Anniversary! Hope you have many many more. xoxoxoxo

Connie Mercer said...

Gorgeous LO and a BIG Congrats girl!!!!