A Clean & Simple Bridal Shower Card

Welcome to a new KCRR challenge!

Clean & Simple

Rain or Shine Stamp Set

Delicate Doilies Sizzlit Die

As you already know, clean and simple is usually not my style, so this was a challenge for me! However, this simple sketch from Viva La Verve was the perfect start to my card design:

It's hard to say if this card falls under "clean & simple", but I really like how it turned out! The Card Concept defines "clean and simple" quite well:

• One main image
• Lots of open space (uncluttered)
• Limited layers & embellishments
• Quick & easy to recreate

The designer paper strips and the delicate doilies really add some detail to the card. To make the doily stand out against the busy background, I sponged the edges with Smokey Slate ink. The rhinestones add the perfect embellishment to the sentiment. 

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to visit Karly's Creations to see how she used these elements in her card!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Rain or Shine

Paper: Smokey Slate, So Saffron, Whisper White, Eastern Elegance DSP

Ink: Smokey Slate

Tools: Delicate Doilies Sizzlit Die

Accessories: Rhinestones (Michael's)

End of Summer and a Bridal Shower Card

Another road trip has come and gone and the summer is quickly coming to an end. But what a fantastic summer it has been! I've enjoyed many adventures with Kevin and family, from a road trip down to California, to a visit with my sister and brother-in-law, and several mini vacations in between. So many awesome memories that I will never forget! Looking forward to scrapbooking the thousands of beautiful photos!

Here are a few photos of our weekend in sunny Okanagan:

Kal Beach on Kalamalka Lake

Sitting on the pier enjoying the sunshine :)

Sun peaking through the trees on our campsite

 

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A couple weeks ago, a friend asked me to make a bridal shower card with the bride's wedding colours: lime green, black, and purple. Well, I have to say, this was a bit of a challenge for me! Bridal shower cards are not always the easiest to make, but I did some brainstorming and Pinterest-browsing and came up with this design:

 



It took a while for this card to grow on me, but now I really like it! I created a square 5" x 5" card and used Lucky Limeade, Basic Black and Elegant Eggplant for the colour combo. I hung a couple banners from the 'clothes line', one with the stamped sentiment "bridal shower" and the other with a heart clip embellishment. I stamped an umbrella from the "Rain or Shine" stamp set and added small flowers in purple with pearls in the middle of each flower. The sentiment "celebrate" is stamped on a decorative image that is clipped on with a mini clothes pin.

 

As you can see, I've also added some detail to the inside of the card. Here's a closer look:



 

And finally, a handmade envelope to go with the card:

 

 

 

Tomorrow I will share with you the wedding card I made in the same colours!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Fabulous Phrases, Rain or Shine

Paper: Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, 2011-2013 In-Colour DSP

Ink: Black Staz-On, Lucky Limeade

Tools: Itty Bitty punch, Distress tool

Accessories: Cute Clip, Pearls (Michael's), Mini Clothespin, Black bakers twine (CTMH), Hemp twine

Inspired By... Eye Shadow!

This week is getting busier and busier! So much to do and so little time. But that will make our vacation that much more worth it in the end!

Today we introduce a new "Inspired By..." challenge!

Karly chose a fun and colourful inspirational photo this week!

At first I wasn't sure how I would design my card using this photo as there is quite a few different colours and shapes! I decided to pick one of the squares and use that as inspiration. I chose the 4-colour eye shadow in the bottom right corner. I like how soft and subtle these colours are together. It's perfect for a wedding card or bridal shower card. I used a fun sketch from Sketch Saturday and a wedding theme from Stampin Up Only.

SUO Challenge #72 – Time for June Weddings!

 I pulled out my Love & Laughter stamp set - my new favourite for wedding cards and used the dress stamp as the central image. I used Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla for my colour combo. My card came together so nicely!



I used the rock n' roll technique for the dress to make the edges stand out a bit more. I added detail by embossing the card front with little hearts, adding some crochet ribbon and scattered pearls. I just love how this card turned out!

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to visit Karly's Creations to see how this photo inspired her!

Note: We will be taking a 3 week break from KCRR and Inspired By as I am going on a road trip and Karly will be on vacation as well!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Love & Laughter

Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede Pink Pirouette

Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Tools: 3/4" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch

Accessories: Victoria Crochet Trim ribbon, Pearls (Michael's), Small Hearts Embossing Folder

KCRR #14 {A Bridal Shower Card}

Yesterday was a somewhat eventful day in Prince George. A bomb threat was called in downtown, businesses were evacuated and most of the street was blocked off for the morning. They had dogs sniff the area, but nothing was found. Kind of scary! I had to drop off my hubby at the surgery centre downtown. The building happened to be right next to the area that was blocked off. Luckily they had not been evacuated and he was still able to have his surgery (Kevin injured his knee a couple years ago and had to have a minor surgery to remove the cartilage). I'll be giving him lots of TLC the next couple weeks! Here's hoping its a speedy recovery!

Well it's Friday (finally!), which means it's time for a new KCRR challenge!

This week we randomly chose the following two elements, which happened to both be stamp sets:

Rain or Shine

Tiny Tags

It took me a while to figure out what I was going to do with these two elements. I thought 'bridal shower' would be a good theme. I was inspired by Friday Mashup's sketch challenge this past week and decided to use part of it. I struggled a bit with a colour combo (I changed my mind on thecolour of the base of the card 3 times!), but after choosing More Amore designer paper, I worked around it. In the end I love how it turned out!

 



I love the colour combo of Basic Gray and Pool Party together. I stamped 'raining' small hearts around the umbrella for the bridal 'shower' theme - fun, right? I used the tiny tag sentiment 'love' and stamped it in Real Red to make it stand out a bit. Pool Party striped bakers twine is a nice added embellishment to this card.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking! Make sure to hop on over to Karly's Creations to see how she used these two elements in her card (I've already seen it and it's a fun and colourful card!)

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Rain or Shine, Tiny Tags

Paper: Basic Gray, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, More Amore DSP

Ink: Real Red, Pool Party, Basic Gray

Tools: Tiny Tag punch, Scallop Border punch

Accessories: Pool Party bakers twine

A Bridal Shower Card

Yesterday, I came home to a box full of Stampin Up goodies! Most of my order was paper, but I got some exciting new stamp sets, a couple embossing folders and lots of ribbon. In fact, I used one of my new stamp sets in my card today :)

I decided to play along with the new Retro sketches challenge and the Friday Mashup this week. I also used part of the Colour Q colour combo. I was too late to enter this card in the challenge, but I just loved the colours that I decided to play along anyway, leaving out one of the colours, Blushing Bride.

And here's my card...

I love the challenge this week at Friday Mashup! Umbrellas made me think of the new stamp set called "Rain or Shine" from the Spring Mini Catalogue. I made sure that was on my last order and it arrived just in time :)  I love the umbrella! And, as you can see, I matched it with the polka-dot designer paper. I added a yellow button and bakers twine to embellish the card, and embossed a stitched design next to the sentiment (it may be a little easier to see in the photos below).

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Rain or Shine

Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Floral District DSP, Tea for Two DSP

Ink: Calypso Coral, Soft Suede

Tools: Needlepoint Embossing Folder

Accessories: Calypso Coral bakers twine, Chocolate bakers twine (CTMH), Daffodil Delight button

RS #50 {Bridal Shower}

It's already the middle of the week! Oh how I love 4-day work weeks :)

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a customer. I used the new Retro Sketch challenge this week:

Retro Sketches is one of my favourite sites to turn to for sketches. They are unique each week, from simple to challenging. I created a bridal shower card using this sketch. For a bridal shower, I think soft pastels and elegance. Pool Party seems to be the colour I've been turning to lately. I love it! And it's perfect for this type of card:

 

The card front is embossed with elegant lines. I added a strip of Pool Party designer paper with white doilies to add to the elegance of the card. A heart is punched out and the edges are sponged with Pool Party ink. it is embellished with two rhinestones. The strip of Pool Party cardstock is embossed with hearts - I love this embossing folder! Finally I added the sentiment "for your shower" and popped it up with dimensionals.

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White, Beau Chateau DSP (ret)

Ink: Pool Party

Tools: Full Heart punch, Hearts accent embossing folder, Elegant Lines embossing folder

Accessories: Rhinestones

 

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to stop by tomorrow to see what I made my hubby for Valentine's Day :)