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It's official: I have a new sister-in-law! I am so happy for my brother and his new bride! It was a beautiful and unique wedding, and I was thrilled to be such a special part of it! Their ceremony was a handfasting, and I was the officiant (this means I solemnized their marriage). This is the wedding card I made for them. I'm not even sure if they will have opened it yet when this posts, but I used this gorgeous sketch from Creative Stamp Friends (#77) and I wanted to be able to enter the challenge.
Here is the happy couple with my son, Kayne, who was their ring bearer. The wedding was Fantasy/SciFi themed and costumes were encouraged. When I asked him what he wanted to dress as he kept saying "cowboy". We decided it was best to let him be what he wanted to be because after all Cowboys and Aliens is totally SciFi!
I thought that this bride and groom image of Eric and Christina from All That Scraps looked like them so I bought the digi for their card. I'm so glad that All That Scraps took over carrying the Tickled Pink Stamps line! These images are so quirky and fun! I used my Copics to color it and cut it out using the Romantic Rectangles Nestabilities from Spellbinders. This sketch was a busy one, but I loved it for that very reason! I added die cut corners, lace, flowers, a rhinestone flourish, rings, a piece of filmstrip, and the Mr. and Mrs. sentiment stamped on a Fancy Tags die (also from Spellbinders). Bride Christina has Stickles on her veil. Papers are My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing - Bluebell.
What a whirlwind the last couple of days have been! It's a long weekend here in the US, and I plan on relaxing for the next two days! And I think the relaxing needs to start now! I will not have a new Corrosive Challenge project for you unfortunately but a new challenge does start in a few hours. Pllease pop over to see what the theme is and view the eye candy the team has created!
Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, RV10, RV19, N0, N2, N4, N6, N8, BG10, BG72, YG11, YG95, E23, E27, E31, E79).
Thanks for visiting!
{hugs}
Regan
Happy Mother's Day to all you maternal type people out there! I will be celebrating later at a family cookout, but for now I have a new Corrosive Challenge, a new sponsor, and a new card to share with you! This fortnight our sponsor is none other than the sensational queen of sentiments: Cheri of Graphicat Designs! She specializes in sass and snark, but there are plenty of options to choose from in her online store! She has generously offered a $10 gift voucher for our winner this fortnight! She has also provided each DT member with a sentiment to use for our new challenge: My Sentiments Exactly! Simply use a sentiment on the outside of your project to qualify. Since I am on the DT for her sketch challenge I simply chose a sentiment from my collection. This one is actually one of four freebies currently offered HERE on the Graphicat Sketches blog! I paired it with my All That Scraps image which was supposed to be used for the previous Corrosive Challenge. She was all colored up, but I was so busy that she never made it to a card. I figured better late than never since she is a beauty. This is Butterfly Willow from The Tickled Pink Lil Lads and Lolitas line at All That Scraps.
Willow is colored with Copics. I distressed the edges of my layers with a pair of scissors and add a few stamped elements (from Stampin' Up) to my image panel. Add flowers, bling, hat pins, and a punched butterfly from my stash to finish. The papers are My Minds Eye The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine. I used the current sketch from Sketch N Stash (#113) for my layout. I like these as they are very basic and leave all the additional embellishments up to you!
I hope you'll head over to the Corrosive Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team has created to inspire you!
Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, R20, R24, R27, R29, E23, E27, E79, BG10, BG70, BG72, YG93, YG95, Y38, YR15, YR18).
And since I'm here I might as well take care of today's Blog Every Day in May theme as well. Today's theme: What do you miss? (a person, a thing, a place, a time of your life...)
Thinking about this one I couldn't settle on one thing that I miss... I miss my two black cats, Loki and Poe who both have passed on - one from old age, one from illness. I miss the care-free days of my youth. I miss the 80s and all that went with it - cheesy movies, hair bands, big hair, and the totally awesome fashion. I miss living in California where I would wake up to the sound of sea lions barking. And I miss having someone special in my life. I'm okay with being a single mom 99% of the time. But every once in a while I get the crazy idea in my head that I should start dating again... Maybe one of these days I'll actually be brave enough to do it! What about you? What do YOU miss?
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy your day!
Challenges:
- A Gem of a Challenge: #79-Things with Wings
- My Sheri Crafts: #110-Flower Power
- My Time To Craft: #221-Show Us The Inside
- Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: #41-Angels & Fairies
- Creative Corner Challenges: #18-Things with Wings
- Jelly Park Challenges: Girly Girl
- Left of Center Creative Challenges: #5-Use a Digi
- Card Makin' Mamas: CMM69-Punches
{hugs}
Regan
