Hellloooooo friends! What's up with you this first week of June!? Um, yeah, I said JUNE! Another year flying by at the speed of sound! Whizzzzz....there it goes! Sheesh. Today is a special day in my life, a day that we have been celebrating for 21 years! Today is the anniversary of the day my hubs and I had our first date....June 4, 1993! Yikes. It's kinda corny, but we always make a special day out of this day. Tonight I left work on time (which felt weird) and we went out for a nice dinner. I got a beautiful bouquet of peonies delivered to the office earlier. Just a fab day! We met on a blind date! A mutual friend set us up and we went out for lunch. My one and only blind date I've ever been on. That was the day God sent me what I needed....someone to protect me and love me and take care of me. What a blessing.
I have a bright summer birthday card to share today with you today. For summer I love the color combination of blue and orange. POW! These are opposite colors on the color wheel so they go together perfectly. This combo reminds me of popsicles, and the ocean and beach balls.... Here's my card:
I told you it was bright! Maybe I should have warned you to grab your sunglasses! I used products from a lot of different companies on this one. I'll try to remember. The stripes background is from Papertrey Ink. So is the 'birthday' word. The flower dies and the 'happy' word are from Simon Says Stamp. The rest is just pretty Bazzill papers and some gingham and gems...
This combination is soooooo crisp against the white and black. Love it!
Here's a shot of my layers....
I think it ended up being 97 degrees here today.... WELCOME SUMMER TIME! I hope you had a smashing day everyone! XO
I think it's so sweet that you two celebrate the anniversary of your first date! :)
And LOVE that card! The colors just zing and pop, and how could you not feel happy just looking at this? Love those diagonal stripes. Love the flowers with the gingham centers. Just SO adorable!
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 06/06/2014 at 04:41 AM
Love the color combo - so BRIGHT..!!! As always - you rock..!!
Posted by: Chris | 06/05/2014 at 09:15 AM
Love this great combination of colors, papers, and verbiage. Yes! bright, WOW! Love it!!I'm sure you and Mark had a wonderful day and dinner...
Posted by: Fonda Jo | 06/05/2014 at 08:29 AM
Congratulations Wanda and Mark..a bit late..but hope you both had a super great day yesterday!
love peonies such romantic flowers!!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 06/05/2014 at 05:32 AM
Congratulations to you and your husband. It looks as though we have something in common. My husband and I also celebrate the anniversary of our first date. And we also met on a blind date. :) I love your card it is so bright and cheerful. Thanks for sharing.
Mary from NH
Posted by: Mary Cardini-Anderson | 06/05/2014 at 05:08 AM
Super fun card, Wanda!!! Love the bright colors and bold design.
Posted by: Lynn Put | 06/05/2014 at 04:05 AM