Valentine...late, but with a good reason!

Please click on the card to see it better, it's really nicer than it looks on my monitor! ;)

So, my husband's been feeling miserable with a flu bug for a week or so. Today he's feeling better, so he went back to work this morning, and we're finally going out for a Valentine dinner tonight. This is my card for him.
The quote is by Robert Sexton. The front of the card reads "Hand in hand I'll walk with you...." and the inside reads "...in deep green forests, on shores of sand, and when our time on earth is through, in heaven too, you'll have my hand."

I collaged a wedding photo of us with a Crafty Individual's pic of the Eiffel Tower (our first major trip together was to Paris in the spring, which just happens to be the theme for this week's "Daily Art Stop" challenge), a picture of "our lake" in the fall (top right), and although you really can't see it well, I also used a Crafty Individuals image of timepieces in the top left corner. This flourish stamp (also from CI!) has quickly become one of my very favourites! I prepared the background paper by spraying Ecoline Watercolour Ink mixed with Winsor and Newton Iridiscent Medium in a Ranger Mini Mister over Arches 140 pound cold pressed watercolour paper.

On Wednesday Stamper, the challenge is to use something shiny (if you click on the card to enlarge it, you'll see the lovely sheen that the Iridiscent Medium gives); on Arty Girlz, it's wire, and this is my first try for the colour inspiration challenge over at Kristina Werner's blog. Thanks for visiting today!