A Ruby Wedding

I've been waiting to post this card because I wanted to make sure that the recipients had received it.  Unfortunately they haven't!  I sometimes wonder about our postal system. 

UPDATE:  Card arrived ... a week after posting 1st class!

Anyway, dear friends of mine, Greta and Roger, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Sunday.  I didn't find out about it until the early part of last week and I didn't have much time to make a card.  Firstly I had no working room as my crafty space was doing a good job of hiding itself under all the 'junk' I'd piled in it and secondly, we had our night away and I had Dad to deal with amongst the normal 'stuff' I don't normally have to do but have at the moment - until OH is able-ish again.  I managed to get crafty space cleared and, after getting home and having a 'rest' from out night away I set to work .... trying to find mojo!  I had a sketch to follow for a challenge on the forum but I had no idea what to do.  I cobbled something together which I hated so it all came apart and I started again.  Hubby is thinking I'm mad 'cos he liked what I'd done but I didn't.  Still actually didn't like what I ended up with - mojo well and truly left me, or I never really had any in the first place and I can only make cards when I go to a workshop and told what to do :0(  Fact was, I'd run out of time as it had to go in post to get there on time .... or not, as it turned out 'cos they're still waiting!

Ingredients:

Plain white card blank.

Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder Tiny Bubbles.

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Set - Wedding.

Woodware clear stamps - Anniversaries.

Red ink pad for distressing card edges.

Red mirri card.

Ribbon from stash.

Gems from stash.

Thanks for dropping by .....