Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Stamp Review Crew: Work of Art Edition

http://stampreviewcrew.blogspot.com/2014/10/stamp-review-crew-work-of-art-edition.html

Happy October! We are back to review another stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog. This set just came out this spring, and there are so many ways to use it!
If you are following along from the beginning, I am the first stop this time! If you started somewhere in the middle and are following around the loop, then you just arrived from Nancy Smith's blog. I can't wait to see what she made! If you get lost, you can always find your way back on track on the official Stamp Review Crew blog post for this hop, where the links always take you exactly where you want to go :)
I have 3 cards for you today, and I think I used this set differently than you have seen it used a lot.

 For this card, I used the heart and the long streak stamps. I must have been in a hearts and rainbows mood :) The colorful strip is watercolor paper that I stamped a rainbow of streaks, then spritzed with water. Then I used the heat tool to dry it quickly and restamped the rainbow streaks again. This gave the strip lots of fun color with depth.
The hearts are stamped on Pool Party cardstock with Versamark and then Pearl Perfect Pearls was brushed on.
I colored the rhinestones with Blendabilities markers. I love that I can color my embellishments to match this way!
I had to stamp some more hearts on the inside.I think that little heart stamp gets left out of the fun :)

I had an extra piece of this DSP that I made with MDS. I printed one of the patterns from Back to Black onto a 12x12 piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, then cut it into 6 card fronts. I used the other card fronts on a series of cards featured in these posts: Thank You Lines, Fruitwood Birthday, Sponged Fruit Hello, and Dappled Fruit.
For this card, I just stamped over the DSP with several colors and the long streak image. I must have a thing for that image, I sure used it a lot! I then stamped the "thank" and "you" images from the Work of Art set in 2 colors and then punched it out with the 1-3/8" Circle punch. The other 2 circles are from the Circles framelits. More coloring with Blendabilities on rhinestones to add just the perfect touch. I know they look like pearls on the photo but they really are rhinestones. It must be a trick of the lighting.

I added a row of dots down the side of the inside panel, and the "so much" image from Another Thank You.

My last card I actually used as a wedding card this weekend, so glad I had it on hand! Lots of images from this set got used on this card.
I cut out a piece of Strawberry Slush cardstock with the large label from Apothecary Accents framelits, then used Generational stamping with the long streak stamp (again!) in Strawberry Slush ink, and filled in between with the retired Illuminate ink (I love it so much, I bought 2 ink refills for this ink pad). Then I pierced around the label with the coordinating Paper Piercing Pack, and outlined with the white gel pen.
I punched out a few Whisper White hearts and stamped them with the chevron, the circle, and the smaller paint swoosh images in Strawberry Slush and Crumb Cake-again with the generational stamping. I outlined the hearts with a Basic Black marker to make them pop a bit more. I stamped "Happy Together" from And Many More in black ink on the center heart.
Then I decided I needed a couple of little burlap hears, so I took a 3" piece of Burlap ribbon and covered the back with Sticky Strip, then die-cut 2 of the smallest hearts from the Hearts framelits.
This time I colored some pearls with the Blendas, so pretty!
The Crumb Cake panel is embossed with the Arrows embossing folder, and the card base and the Crumb Cake panel have the corners rounded. All of the elements are popped up on dimensionals.

Inside there is more outlining with the black marker, and some more generational stamping with the long streak stamp and Strawberry Slush ink.

That's it for me! It's time to go check out what Ann Schach has created. She is a genius!!

http://www.stampinchic.com/2014/10/the-stamp-review-crew-work-of-art.html

http://iguanastamp.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/stamp-review-crew-work-of-art











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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Dotty Anniversary

I am now in catch up mode, as I have made several projects in the last 3 months that I never had time to photograph and post. This is one of those cards.
I fell in love with the Dotty Angles set and was so excited to use it as soon as I got my first order from the Annual Catalog! And I never have enough wedding and anniversary cards, so that is where I went with this. In fact, I sent this card to my oldest son and his wife for their 1st anniversary before I even posted this :)
I played with all kinds of new goodies on this card! I had not gotten the Dazzle markers when they were in the Holiday Mini last year, so I snatched those puppies up as soon as the new catty went live. It made a lovely outline for me on the card front. I stamper the Dots image several times down the card front creating a confetti look with Whisper White and Coastal Cabana ink. The sentiment is stamped in Silver Encore ink. Love that stuff too! Add some Silver satin and White Cotton ribbons, some In-Color Sequins, and rhinestones, and we are set!

In retrospect, I should have stamped the sentiment in Silver. Oh well! Sometimes we just have to be happy with the results anyway :)


Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Paper Crafters Sampler: Betrothed

http://papercrafterssampler.blogspot.com/2014/06/june-betrothed.html

You are going to love all of the beautiful wedding projects in this month's Sampler! Here is what Melanie has to say:

"Our June Sampler is dedicated to all those lovely couples tying the knot.  "Betrothed" offers beautiful hand-stamped card ideas for the wedding couple, creative tablescapes and a special bridal tea ensemble."
 
http://papercrafterssampler.blogspot.com/2014/06/june-betrothed.html
 
 As you can see in this sneak peek of my project, I got my inspiration from a set of sweet tea cups that I found at my favorite vintage market :) My project is not the "special bridal tea ensemble" that Melanie mentions above, though.
Check out sneak peeks of the other projects, or purchase the sampler here: Paper Crafters Sampler

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Butterflies: A Challenge... and a Special!

Happy September!! I love September. It still feels a little like summer, and the temps come down to a more comfortable level. But there is plenty of time for summery stuff! What is more summery than butterflies? I bet you have tons of summer photos that could use a little butterfly somethin-somethin :)


Well, I needed a wedding card for my dear friend Jill, who got married last night. Congrats Jillie-bean! (forgive the grainy photo) I worked with this lady for 6 years and I really miss working with her. She is a fabulous nurse :) She had to have a bright and happy wedding card. 


I used this sketch from Fab Friday to come up with this:


Now, I know you are looking at this and saying "That says happy birthday. That's not a wedding card!" Well, this is not exactly the card she got. I gave her the card before I took a photo, so I made another one. There is a certain young lady who has a birthday coming up that I thought would like this card design also. 


I also made this envelope gift bag for the Recycled Challenge #2 over at StampinAddicts.com. There is a video there on how to make a little gift bag from an envelope! How cute is that?! I actually made this first, then decided I needed a matching card :)

As for the special I mentioned in the title, here it is!

This month I am going to try something new to me. The Hostess Code! I will have an on-line workshop open for the month of September. If you place an order of $35 with me using the September Hostess code 49PT9E3N
 then I will send you a two-card kit featuring the Butterfly Bundle! 

Do you want to host your own Virtual or Real Life Workshop? I'm game! Just contact me to find out how!

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