Mussel Shell Anniversary

This anniversary card is for a good friend of mine from high school.  When we were down in Florida in February, we met up with them, even though they live in Minnesota, too:)  We walked on the beach and had an awesome day of "shelling."  So, I thought this stamp from Repeat Impressions would be appropriate.  This first picture shows the most true color.

I stamped the shells on vellum with Stampin' Up! Basic Black ink.  I used SU! because it has always looked purple to me!  I colored the shells with four different colors of SU! markers and cut them out.  When the ink was pretty dry, I added sparkly embossing powder and heated it.  The sentiment is stamped on PTI Kraft cardstock and embossed with a Fiskars texture plate.  I mounted it on Perfect Plum.  This picture shows the texture.

This picture shows the partial sparkle on the shells.  Happy Anniversary, Inez and Gregg!


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