Wedding cards

I thought my idea would be a piece of cake! But even after I narrowed it down to 5 colors and just a handful of stamps it was a little bit overwhelming (did I spell that right?). Sometimes my head overflows with ideas and I don't know where to start. But I survived and this is the first card I made:

My card base is Soft Sky but I covered the whole front with Whisper White. I used my Forever Flowers wheel to make the strip and colored the image in using my blender pen and Soft Sky ink, I then covered it with Versamark and Irridescent Ice and heat embossed it. The main image I drew on a piece of Soft Sky paper and cut out. I then used one of the stamps from Baroque Motifs to stamp on it. I then covered the pieces with Versamark ink and Irridescent Ice and heat embossed them. The flower and the pearls are from the Pretties Kit. My final touch was using the Print Pattern background stamp to stamp the diamonds in the corner. I had the card ready but felt something was missing so I covered up the card with scrap paper except for that corner and stamped the diamonds in Soft Sky.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Forever Flowers, Print Pattern
Paper: Soft Sky CS, Whisper White CS, Basic Black CS
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Pretties Kit, Irridescent Ice
Techniques: heat embossing
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2



I've got this stampset in my starter kit when I signed up as a demo. I've hardly ever used it but I think I did ok here. I stamped the image with Versamark and covered it with black embossing powder, I ten heat embossed it. I used my blender pens and ink pads to color in the image. The strip of pattern paper I made using the flowers from Fabulous Flowers.

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Fabulous Flowers
Paper: Soft Sky, Basic Black, Perfect Plum
Ink: Versamark, Soft Sky, Perfect Plum, River Rock
Accessories: Black EP
Techniques: watercoloring with ink, heat embossing
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2


This is actually the last card I made, but not the last one I showcase here. I stamped the image with Versamark ink on Whisper White and used clear embossing powder to heat emboss it. I then sponged over the image with my Perfect Plum ink. The image is glued to the left half circle. I used my Coluzzle circle template to make the half circles and the matting under the image.

Stamps: Fun and Fast notes, Print Pattern
Paper: Whisper White, River Rock, Perfect Plum
Ink: Versamark, River Rock
Accessories: Clear EP, Black Ribbon, Signo Pen
Techniques: Gate fold
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2


This one is pretty simple. I used River Rock Designer Paper for the dotted background. The strip is done the same way as on the first card, heat embossed with Irridescent Ice for a little sparkle. The River Rock circle is also heat embossed with Irridescent Ice. I used Crystal Effects to stik the glitter to the flower. I used a sponge and Basic Black inkpad to dye the flower black. The flowers and the pearl are from the Pretties Kit.

Stamps: Forever Flowers
Paper: River Rock cardstock, River Rock DP, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Pretties Kit flowers, Black ribbon, pearl, Irridescent Ice EP, Coluzzle Circle
Techniques: Heat embossing
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2


This one is my favorite. It's simple. The only difficult thing about it (for beginners) is the heat embossing I did on the dress. Again I used Versamark and Irridescent Ice. The flower and pearls are from the Pretties Kit. Here's a close up of the dress:


Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Print Pattern
Paper: River Rock CS, Basick Black CS, Whisper White CS, River Rock DP
Ink: River Rock
Accessories: pearls, ribbon, irridescent ice EP
Techniques: heat embossing
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2

I think it's challenging and fun to make my own images by making shapes in paper if I don't have a stamp that fits with my idea. I don't have the stampset "To have and to hold" but it's on my list of sets I want to get from the catalog. It's new and should be available through out the year.

I do not have a special this week. Next week I'll be making something with Carousel Notes from the Occasions Mini Catalog.
Check out the challenge on my other blog!

TFL