Try Stampin' Challenge #114 {An Elegant Wedding Card}

I had a busy evening of crafting last night! Finished off some gift tags, made a few masculine cards and a couple wedding cards. I'm well on my way to having lots of variety for the upcoming craft fair this Sunday! Although, I must say... my craft room is a mess! Scraps of paper everywhere! I have one little spot on my desk, just room enough to make a single card. Can't wait to clean and organize everything! Once all this craft fair craziness is done, I plan on doing a series of blog posts on how I organize my craft room - stay tuned!

For today's card, as I'm building up my stock of wedding cards, I decided to follow the new sketch by Try Stampin' on Tuesday.

I just got a new wedding stamp set with my last Stampin Up order called "Love and Laughter" It's so elegant and fun! I decided to use the 3-tier cake stamp as the central image in my card. I used the colour combo of Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla for a softer look - perfect for a wedding card! Here's how it turned out:

I love the burlap ribbon I got from Close to My Heart. It's perfect for cards just like this one. I decided to overlap two different types of ribbon and I love the look! I added little punched out flowers on the cake with pearls in the centers and embellished the card with ivory roses -- this has become an essential embellishment on my cards lately!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Card Ingredients:



Stamps: Love & Laughter
Paper: Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla
Ink: Baja Breeze
Tools: Circles Nestabilities, Itty Bitty punch
Accessories: Pearls (Michaels), Burlap ribbon (CTMH), Victoria Trim ribbon, Flower Trim ribbon

Inspired By... A Beautiful Vintage Headband

It's the weekend! So happy Saturday is finally here - I get to see my hubby today! It's been a long week filled with ups and downs (yesterday, especially, dragggged on!). Hoping this will be a productive weekend! I need to build up my stock of crafty items!

Saturday means a new challenge with...

It was my pick this week and I came across a photo of a beautiful headband that I found on Etsy.

Isn't it gorgeous?! I love the spring colours and the vintage style. The lady who made this headband is so talented! Take a look at her Etsy shop: Aldona's Boutique.

I was so inspired by this photo! I incorporated the colours, as well as the vintage style into my card. The elegance of it is perfect for a newlywed greeting card!

 



I just LOVE how it turned out! It is somewhat different than what I usually create. I may have to incorporate this vintage style into more of my cards. I started off with a sketch from My Favourite Things. And my creative imagination went from there!

I wrapped Victoria Crochet trim ribbon around the card front - I thought it was a perfect resemblance of the head band itself. I cut roses from the Flower Trim ribbon and sponged each one with different colours. Strips of flagged ribbon are added. I stamped the Ribbon Cotton with Bloomin Marvelous stamps in Tangerine Tango and Old Olive and sponged them lightly to give them some colour. I then added pearls to embellish the roses. I am also entering this card in the Stampin Royalty challenge this week. Their theme is "Ribbons and Pearls".



This is definitely one of my favourite wedding cards!

Make sure to check out how this photo inspired Karly by visiting her blog, Karly's Creations!

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your Saturday!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzaz, Old Olive, Summer Smooches DSP, Brights DSP
Ink: Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
Tools: Little Leaves sizzlits die, Circles Nestabilities, Word Window punch
Accessories: Pearls (Michael's), So Saffron grosgrain ribbon, Ribbon Cotton, Victoria Crochet Trim ribbon

Mojo279: {Tea for Two: Me & You}

A couple days ago was Groundhog Day and Punxsutawny Phil and he made his prediction. He expects an early spring! While the legend of the groundhog may be somewhat hoaky, it gives me hope that spring is on it's way!  It's been quite mild in Prince George lately. Snow is melting, it's raining instead of snowing, and signs of spring are in the air. I know I am probably speaking way too soon, but part of me is getting really excited for a new season. As you can probably tell, I'm not a huge fan of winter. Even though the snow can be quite pretty, by the end of February I'm ready for it to melt and for the spring flowers to bloom:)

The card I created for Mojo Monday this week has a little touch of spring in it. This sketch has a great layout. At first I wasn't too sure what to do with it... what stamp set to use, what type of occasion, what colours... But, after a lot of brainstorming and sketching my ideas out on paper, I knew exactly how I was going to design my card. Here is the sketch:

I love the layers in this layout. It gives lots of opportunity to use coordinating designer paper. I pulled out a designer paper collection that I haven't had a chance to use much: Tea for Two. And the stamp set that I thought of right away was Tea Shoppe. Both have the "tea" theme - perfect! With lots of playing around with paper and embellishments to see what coordinates best together, this is what I came up with:

I love how it turned out! This has easily become one of my favourite cards! After layering the designer paper, I embossed and cut out the oval frame and layered it on the apothecary accent stamped image. The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso, the edges are sponged and the oval is popped up within the embossed frame. I added small roses and leaves to embellish the sentiment. Small pearls are placed in the right corner to complete the card.

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Tea Shoppe, Everything Eleanor

Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Tea for Two DSP, Early Espresso DSP

Ink: Early Espresso

Tools: Extra-Large Oval punch, Little Leaves sizzlit, Oval Frame Embossing Folder

Accessories: Rose ribbon, pearls (Michael's)

 

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