Wedding Card Class

As I mentioned yesterday, a group of us "regulars" got together for a wedding card class last night. Quite a few ladies had requested that we make wedding cards as they had upcoming weddings. Well, here is the first of two cards we made...

I love the elegance of the For the Bride stamp set, which we teamed with Whisper White, Pretty in Pink & Basic Black. The flowers from the One of a Kind stamp set have been punched out with the matching Boho Blossoms punch, popped up on dimensionals & little rhinestones adhered to their centres.

This was the second card of the night...


Again, we used the For the Bride and One of a Kind stamp sets, but this time with the soft colour combination of Whisper White, Sahara Sand & Pretty in Pink. This time the main image was stamped onto the Whisper White cardstock & then stamped again on a separate piece, cut out & popped up on dimensionals. The sentiment is from the now retired hostess set, So Many Sayings, & was punched out with the Window punch.

As usual, we had a great time crafting, chatting & eating last night.

I'll try to be back soon , but I'm currently working on invitations for the girls' party, which yes, I know is not until March next year, but's that's just me. I have a great idea & I'm striking while the iron's hot!

Well, bye for now & enjoy this great weekend weather.

Andrea.

For the Bride Engagement & 40th Cards

I have so many retired 12 x 12 papers that I thought I had better put some into use before they can be labelled "vintage" - ha ha!

So here is some Certainly Celery DSP in action with the divine For the Bride stamp set. First up is a card I made for friend's 40th birthday that we have this weekend:


For this card I also used Whisper White and Pretty in Pink cardstock, Certainly Celery & Versa Mark ink pads, clear embossing powder, Small oval punch, Certainly Celery ribbon, my Big Kick with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, a non-SU number stamp set, mulberry paper flowers, & adhesive crystals from my stash. I think that's it!

Now for the second card...




For this card I used the same supplies as for the previous card except that this time I used the Heart Blocks embossing folder.

And that's it for today! Hope to be back soon. Thanks for stopping by!

A productive night!

Good morning, everyone!

I managed to get quite a bit done last night as the girls slept over at their cousins' house, & my husband was occupied with 'the boys' who all came over for a Poker night. The girls very rarely sleep over anywhere (I think this is only Demi's second time sleeping away from home) so it feels quite strange. I miss them ever so much but it was qo nice to craft without any interruptions. I managed to get all my packs ready for my Mother's Day Class, and all my packs for my first official demo! What would normally take me a week to do, I managed to get done in one night! Yeah me!

I also got to use the For the Bride set for the first time...

I particularly love the bride image in this set as it is really versatile - you could use it for a wedding or bridal shower card, or for a teen's card, depending on the colour scheme. I hope to try a few different colour schemes soon.

For this version I used Whisper White, Basic Grey and Basic Black cardstock. I inked my stamp with Versamark ink, followed by the Basic Black ink & stamped the image onto Whisper White. Then I heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and mt heat tool. I did the same thing with the sentiment. Using the Versamark ink prior to the coloured ink pad is a simple way of turning all your dye ink pads into pigment stamp pads that will hold the embossing powders for heat setting.

If you have any questions about this or anything else for that matter, feel free to contact me.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!