Serendipity

My third project as Guest Designer for Stampotique is up at the Stampotique Designer's Blog today and the theme couldn't have been more appropriate. It's "Wedding" and it just so happens to be my wedding anniversary at the end of this month. :)

 

So my lovely hubby will be getting this card:

 

 

I used this great vintage image stamp called Hochzeit (German for wedding, dontcha know?) for my card:

 

 

I made a square card blank from grey cardstock and cut a smaller panel from white cardstock. I stamped the Hochzeit stamp in black Archival ink over one edge of the panel and stamped it again onto a post-it note and cut it out to mask off the image. I then spritzed the card with Dylusions spray inks and splattered watered-down black paint across it.

 

 

I doodled a border with a black fineliner pen and attached the panel to my card blank. I then stamped Hochzeit again onto white cardstock and cut it out, attaching it to the card with foam pads, off-setting it slightly from the image on the panel.

 

 

I finished things off with a layered die-cut sentiment cut from grey and white cardstock and some black gemstones.

 

Congratulations to Susi and Jon

By the time this post goes live, I will be at a swanky hotel in the Cotswolds, celebrating the marriage of our friends Susi and Jon. :)

 

Naturally, I've made them a little card to congratulate them on the happy occasion:

 

 

I used Whisper White, River Rock and Very Vanilla cardstock and took inspiration from this gorgeous card that I came across on Pinterest. I used the Manhattan Flower embossing folder and a piece of vintage lace and, as I don't have the Beautiful Butterflies die used in the source card, I cut butterfly shapes on my Cameo before stamping them with the floral stamp from the Fresh Vintage set and heat embossing with white embossing powder. Such a lovely idea that I had to try out! :)

 

 

Hope you're all looking forward to a nice weekend... I'm very much looking forward to not having to get the kids up tomorrow morning! Tee hee! :D