You're the best catch anniversary card

Handmade anniversary card featuring colorful fishing lure stamps and the text 'best catch of all'
You're The Best Catch Of All anniversary card with five colorful fishing lures on whitewashed wood, Honey Bee Stamps.

Hi friends! It's Keiko from Happy Tree Studio and today, I have this fun anniversary card to share with you. It looks like a wooden box filled with these colorful fishing lures. I have to admit my husband does not fish and I have no idea how these lures are used. But they are so cute (especially with these googly eyes!) I had to use them on the anniversary card.

To make a 'wooden lure box', I used a pattern paper from Grain & Grunge paper pad. I cut a piece to two A2 sized panel and die cut out a smaller rectangle from one of them to make a frame. The other piece is adhered to an A2 card base and this will be a base of the box. I then backed the frame with a piece of acetate and stamped the sentiments from Hooked On You set and Mini Messages: Everyday set with black Staz On ink. To make the frame thicker, I applied two layers of foam tapes.

Angled anniversary card with red, blue and green lures hanging from twine on a wood plank frame, by Honey Bee Stamps.

I then die cut whole bunch of elements using Lovely Layers: Lures from colored card stocks (and silver card stock for the hooks) and put them all together. These are so super easy to assemble: you can just follow the embossed lines for layering. Since the dies add so much texture I decided not to add any inks or markers. To make these elements look a little dimensional, I added three additional layers on the back.

Card inside with a blue fish, a red heart and an I'm Hooked On You sentiment, a Honey Bee Stamps project.

After adhering all the elements in the box, I added the frame and tied a piece of twine on the top. For the Inside of the card, I die cut a hook and a fish using Lovely Layers: Rod & Reel set and added some ink to the fish. The "I'm hooked on you" sentiment is from Hooked On You set and I stamped it with blue ink. I die cut a heart using Heart Hugs set and adhered it on top.

Straight-on fishing lure anniversary card with a twine hanger and Happy Anniversary sentiment, made with Honey Bee Stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful week!!

Keiko Ichikawa for Honey Bee Stamps designer signature in black script with a small flying bee.

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