Gown and Tux Shaped Wedding Card

Normally when I've been invited to a wedding, I made a special card to reflect the colors or theme of the wedding. I didn't know what either would be for a wedding I recently attended, but suspected it may be a sort of country theme. The invites were a simple cream card in a kraft envelope. I was going to use that as a starting point for my card and had several ideas. In the end I decided to make this gown and tux card since I have always wanted to make one after seeing the idea several years ago.

The pattern I used was found here, but there are many other versions to be found online.

Since the invite was cream and kraft, I made the gate fold card base kraft with a cream insert to write on. I made my card slightly taller than a regular A2 size to hide a check I was giving the happy couple.

The insert is a very old die cut item that was in my stash.

It came in a grab bag of items long ago. I think it was meant

to be folded in half as a gift card or place card for a table ? 

I liked the elegant corners so used it as a base

to stamp a sentiment on (oldie from Stampin' Up!).

After I cut the dress pieces out, 

I ran them through an embossing folder.

The trim on the waist of the dress is

some really, really old plastic

crafty stuff I came across at a yard sale

many years ago. It was on a roll like ribbon.

I should have made the waist on the dress a bit

wider than what was on the pattern to fit the plastic trim.

I added teeny, tiny paper punch buttons

and a hand cut collar to the original tux pattern.

A little bit of doodling with a marker, too,

for extra detail. 

This was a fun card to make.

Thanks for looking =) 

Although the idea is not original, I'm entering my card in the following challenges "just because":
Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs November Anything Goes