Sunday 26 February 2012

Wedded Bliss

Spent a lovely afternoon making a wedding card, the problem is, its not quite the card I set out to make.  I was going to do a 'shoe' card. I like to match the card to the colour of the bride/bridesmaids dresses, however, the dresses for this wedding are ivory (bride) and black (bridesmaids) and I just couldn't get a 'shoe' card to look like a wedding card in these colours.  (Wedding isn't till next Saturday so I may give it another go in the week.

So, I have a reserve card, so to speak, just in case.  I really love easel cards and it seemed perfect for this project. The main card is ordinary white card and I have softened the black by using grey as a backing paper.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenge: WOW! Embossing Powder
The stamp is a Matilda stamp and the bride and groom have been embossed using silver embossing powders and coloured in using Promarkers. I have added a little glitter to the brides dress which doesn't show up very well in the picture.
The circle is a die from Sizzix (circle scallop/lace).
The flowers have been made using a flower punch and tiny round stickers have been used all way around the die cut image.
The large flower that holds the easel up is also from a Sizzix die - Flower layers #9. I have used my Crop-A-Dial to attach the flower to the base card with an eyelet.

19 comments:

  1. A lovely card, great colouring and great to see some heat embossing in there too. Thanks for entering the Wow! Embossing Powder February Challenge :)
    Neil

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  2. Very pretty card, the grey was a good idea. It can be so difficult to make a card to colours you're not wanting to use and you have done a great job. Maddy x

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  3. Love the colouring of this card, well done. Tinaxx

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  4. Great card, it's funny how they never turn out how you expect.

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  5. Arahhh that is a lovely card and I am sure that the couple will be over the moon....the colouring is great. Sharon xxx

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  6. Gorgeous card,love the colours and image
    just hopped over from DC
    Lorna xx (craftinglorna)

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  7. Lovely card, hopping along, Linda x

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  8. Mornin' this looks very pretty. I love this image and the embellishments look fantastic.

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  9. Great card, lovley image.xxxx

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  10. Really pretty card, nice bold colours xx Hopped over from DC

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  11. This is really lovely Chris xx

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  12. lovely card wish I could cut around images that neatly xx

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  13. oh my goodness this is a super wedding card ... love the design ... well done ... just doing a bit of blog hopping ... thank you for visiting me happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  14. Very pretty and cleverly designed card :-) Happy leapblogging! Elaine-xxx-

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  15. beautiful card lovely colouring xx

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