Wedding Congratulations for PP793

Hello friends!  For those of you in the US, I hope you enjoyed a wonderful 4th of July celebration.  My husband and I sat in front of our house, along with some neighbors and watched all the fireworks that were being set off around us.  Loud, but pretty chill.

But now, onto the business of a new challenge at the Paper Players!  It's the amazing and lovely Ann's turn to host and she has come up with a wonderful theme to inspire you.

Paper Players

This theme came at a perfect time.  My dear friend recently got married in June and this is the wedding card I created for she and her new husband. 

My friend loves lace so of course I pulled out some of the last remnants of long retired Stampin' Up! lace trim (think 2013!).  I settled on using the beautiful Butterfly Ranunculus Layering die set from Altenew, which includes all three flowers and the leaves on the card.  Originally it was going to be an A7 card, but I settled on 4.5" x 6", which was more proportional.  

The flowers and leaves were cut from white cardstock, then colored with ink blending.  Gold centers looked elegant and coordinated with the foiled congratulations sentiment.  I cut a panel for the background that was a bit on the peachy side, so I lightly ink blended a dark pink around the edges before adhering the embossed panel.  I used glue behind the solid parts of the lace design in order to add it to the embossed section, then added the flowers with foam squares and tucked the leaves underneath.  I did finish things off with a few pearls but that was a last-minute decision which didn't get photographed.  

Thanks so much for taking time to stop by and I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog for some gorgeous inspiration from my talented teammates.  The challenge will remain open until Friday, July 10th at 3pm EDT.  I hope you'll have a chance to play along!

Stef

• Altenew Butterfly Ranunculus Layering Die set
• Spellbinders Petite Tufted embossing folder
• Spellbinders Betterpress Fancy Sentiments plate and die
• Altenew Strawberry, Raspberry Sunset, Matcha Tea and Reindeer Moss ink

Salty Kisses for The Paper Players

Hello friends, welcome back and  I hope you're doing well.  It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players!  The lovely Laurie is hosting our theme challenge, wedding or anniversary.

PP 502

I decided to go with the wedding theme.  I have had a cute Waffle Flower stamp set for two or three years but have never used some of the images, which are perfect for a rather untraditional wedding card.

See what I mean?  It would definitely work best if the bride and groom are dog owners/lovers, so I'm not sure how practical this card is but I think it's pretty sweet for the right couple.

The entire card was colored with Copic markers.  I started with the "bride and groom" and the wedding arch (I think that's what it's called??).  I wanted the fabric to remain white, so I just added a bit of subtle shading with light gray markers.  After the coloring was complete, companion dies were used to die cut the images.

Then, onto the background.  I kept the coloring very simple using light brown with dots of darker browns for the sand, two-three colors of blue for the ocean and the two lightest blues for the sky. A white gel pen was used to trace along the ocean waves. After the panel was die cut with a stitched rectangle die, it was adhered to the card base.  When the arbor/arch was added, it partially hid the little sail boat, but of course the newlyweds would be be able to see it. 😊 The last bits were to add some Bridal Mix jewels (of course!) and use a shimmer pen to add sparkle to the flowers and flowing fabric.

Thanks for visiting, I always appreciate it so much!  Be sure to head over to the PP blog to check out all the beautiful cards by the other DT members and hopefully be inspired to join us this week!

Stef


Stamps:  Salty Kisses (Waffle Flower)
Paper:  Neenah Solar White
Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam, Versafine Clair Nocturne (sentiments)
Other:  Salty Kisses matching dies, Stitched Rectangle die (Simon Says Stamp), Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen, Bridal Mix jewels (Lucy's Cards Little Things)
Copics:  B24, 12, 00, 000, 0000, E47, 44, 42, 39, 37, 35, 33, 30; G28, YG45, 41, RV34, 32, Y08, 04, T4, 2, 0