A Matching Wedding Card

Yesterday I promised to share with you a wedding card that I made to go along with the bridal shower card (to see this post, click here). I used the same colours (lime green, black and purple) and created a tri-fold card.

I love this fold! It's fun to decorate and looks fantastic in the end! I used Lucky Limeade DSP to cover the inside panels and the two outer panels were embossed with Elegant Lines embossing folder (I often turn to this embossing folder for wedding cards). Candy dots embellish the inside panels and rhinestones adds that extra detail to the embossed cardstock.

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Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Bloomin Marvelous, Petite Pairs
Paper: Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, 2011-2013 In-Colour DSP
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade
Tools: Delicate Doilies die, Circles nestabilities, Elegant Lines embossing folder
Accessories: Elegant Eggplant candy dots, rhinestones (Michael's), purple grosgrain ribbon (Michael's), Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon (ret.)

Gift Tag Set with a Fabulous Colour Combo

What a productive weekend it has been! I made several Father's Day cards, mini baby cards, gift tags, birthday cards, gift card holders... I'm well on my way to being ready for the craft fair next weekend! Still hope to complete a few more projects this week. :)

For today's post, I will be sharing a set of gift tags that I made using the fabulous colour combo challenge from The Paper Players.

Isn't it lovely?? I drew inspiration from a card I made a while ago and converted it to a tag. Here's the original card:

 

I love the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set! I may have over-used it already... but it's so pretty! I used Island Indigo designer paper and a scallop border on the one side of the tag and then stamped flowers, popping up one of them to give it some dimension. A humming bird is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and also popped up. I completed it with stitched ribbon.

 

See how easy it is to convert a greeting card to a set of tags? I'm definitely doing this more often with some of my other designs!

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

Gift Tag Ingredients:

Stamps: Bloomin' Marvelous

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Summer Smooches DSP

Ink: Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry

Tools: Scallop Tag Die, Scallop Border punch

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry stitched ribbon

In Memory Of...

Happy Easter!

Today is a day to be joyful and a day to mourn. I think of Kevin's Oma. It will be a difficult day for his family, but I'm so glad they can all be together to celebrate her life. And as Kevin's brother said, it is fitting that we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord this weekend. We can be comforted to know that Oma is now with her husband, and with her Heavenly Father.

Today's post is a sympathy card for Kevin's parents. I followed the Deconstructed Sketch this week. It has potential for lots of layers! I also picked the colour combo from The Play Date Cafe, but added one more colour as I had a hard time incorporating just 3 colours in this sketch.

 

 

This is a nice soft and subtle colour combo - perfect for a sympathy card. I used Perfect Plum, So Saffron and Very Vanilla. I saw light green in the inspirational photo, so I decided to add Certainly Celery as the 4th colour. I added strips of designer paper for the top half and embellished the bottom half with Certainly Celery ribbon. The sentiment is stamped in Elegant Eggplant within an oval embossed frame. Stamped flowers and leaves border the frame.

 

 



 

Thanks for visiting. Have a blessed Easter!

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Love and Sympathy, Bloomin Marvelous (Sale-A-Bration 2013)

Paper: So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, Subtles DSP

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Tools: Embossed Oval Frame, Bird Builder punch

Accessories, Certainly Celery ribbon (ret.), pearls (Michael's)

Happy Birthday Wishes for a Friend

It's the start of a new week -- with the first day of spring coming up in a couple days (yay!) We had a great weekend  (so nice to be able to spend some time with my hubby!).

Today is my friend, Steph's birthday! Steph and I were super close friends in highschool. We did almost everything together! Since then we have drifted apart, but still keep in contact every once in a while. I do miss our friendship. We created some great memories together! Here's a couple pictures of the good times we had:

Sunbathing at the beach on Lake Erie

Lake Michigan - on a SERVE mission trip

 

I made a bright colourful card for her birthday, playing along with Try Stamping on Tuesday. They have a sketch for their challenge this week.

 

I really like this sketch! It's clean and simple but has potential for layers and patterns. I used my favourite colour combo - Island Indigo and Pool Party and this is what I came up with:





 

I love the added touch of Calypso Coral to complement the teal blues. The humming bird and one of the flowers are popped up to give it some dimension. I added rhinestones for some 'bling' to complete the card.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Bloomin Marvelous, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP

Tools: Apothecary Accents Framelits, Large Oval punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Boho Blossom punch

Accessories: Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon, rhinestones (Michael's)







Monochromatic Teal Blues

As we were driving to work yesterday morning, the sky was gorgeous! I knew it was going to be a beautiful day!

It also turned out to be a very productive day! I tackled all the piles of paperwork on my desk at work and am now down to 1 small pile! I love days like that. I came home feeling like I accomplished something. Often my days consist of many incomplete projects. I love being able to complete tasks and move on to the next.
My evening was spent catching up on writing messages to a couple friends and getting my dose of exercise at Zumba Fitness.

I say goodbye to my hubby this morning for a week. :( He gets to go to southern Queen Charlotte Islands for work - lucky guy! We had the opportunity to go there a couple years ago and I absolutely loved it there! It's so beautiful! Here's a couple of my favourite photos from our trip:

Bonanza Beach

 

Sunset on North Beach (view from Toe Hill)

 

 

Today's card was created for Kevin's coworker/friend, Melissa, for her 30th birthday. She loves humming birds, so I thought I'd use the Bloomin Marvelous stamp set, which is becoming one of my favourites!

 

I played along with two card challenges: Dynamic Duos and Retro Sketches.

 

Dynamic Duos has my ultimate favourite colour combo for their challenge this week:

 

 

It is the 52nd challenge at Retro Sketches. This week we get to pick our favourite sketch to re-do!  I chose the following sketch:

 

I thought the flowers in the Blooming Marvelous stamp set would be perfect for this sketch! Here's what I came up with:

 

I randomly stamped the flowers in Island Indigo and Pool Party on the left side of the card. I extended the flowers a bit further than what the sketch suggests, only because I didn't like the white space at the top of the card. I also added stamped leaves in a neutral colour (Crumb Cake). Some of the flowers are popped up to add some dimension.l It's easier to see in this picture:

 





I also popped up the humming bird to make it stand out against the flowers. Island Indigo bakers twine is wrapped around a strip of cardstock and tied in a bow. I added the sentiment "happy Birthday wishes" and rounded the corners of the card base to complete it.

 

 

 

I love how this card turned out! As I said earlier, this colour combo is my absolute favourite! I'll be sad to see these colours retire this summer :(

 

Thanks for visiting! Make sure to stop by tomorrow for a new KCRR challenge!

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Blooming Marvelous (Sale-A-Bration); Petite Pairs

Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Crumb Cake

Tools: Corner Rounder Punch (Creative Memories)

Accesories: Island Indigo bakers twine

This Week's Highlights and a New KCRR Challenge!

This has been a great week so far! With the stat holiday this past Monday, it feels like this week has whizzed by! In addition to a shortened work week, here are a few more highlights from this past week:

#1) My "Tea for Two" card was chosen as one of the winners for Mojo Monday #279!! To see the original post, click here. To see the other winners, visit Mojo Monday. They are all beautiful entries! As a bonus, I got to choose a free stamp set from Verve Stamps! How awesome is that??

#2) I "rocked" last week's Friday Mash Up Challenge! I am so thrilled! To see my original post, click here. This was a good challenge - it inspired me to think outside the box and be a little more creative. To see the "Mash Up Glamette" winners, visit Friday Mashup. Their cards are awesome!

#3) Yesterday, for Valentine's Day, my husband, being the sweet guy that he is, surprised me with a gift! He had beautiful feather earrings custom-made for me! I LOVE them!

These gorgeous earrings were made by the very talented Amanda Jean of Orange U CreativE (make sure to check out her facebook page - she has so many creative pieces!) .

To end the day, we enjoyed a delicious dinner out at North 54, a local restaurant in Prince George. We both had caesar salad to start (probably the best ceasar we've ever tasted!), then Kevin had Veal as his main course (loved it!) and I had Penne Carbonara (also very good!). Topped it off with wine and white chocolate mousse cake and we were stuffed!


Now for another card challenge (can't get enough of them!:)):

The two elements that were randomly chosen this week are:

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set

Natural Composition DSP

This stamp set is a Sale-a-Bration item so I was able to earn it for free! It is a great stamp set and I'm happy it was one of the items this week because I haven't had a chance to use it much yet. The Natural Composition designer series paper is a great collection. All of the sheets are a 'Kraft' colour and have embossed designs on them. I thought these two items were a perfect combination. They would make a nice "nature" card. I chose the woodgrain embossed paper and the flowers and leaves from the stamp set and this is what I came up with:

KCRR #5

I sponged the woodgrain embossed paper with Soft Suede ink to make the embossed design stand out a bit more. The sentiment "oh happy day!" is stamped in an oval frame and embellished with three rhinestones. The flowers surround it. They are stamped in Rich Razzleberry and are popped up using dimensionals. I added loops of Rich Razzleberry stitched ribbon to complete the card.

Take a look at Karly's Creations to see what Karly has created with these elements!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Blooming Marvelous (Sale-A-Bration)

Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White, Natural Composition DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Tools: Oval Frame embossing folder

Accessories: Rhinestones, Rich Razzleberry Stitched Ribbon

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