Wedding Invitations for Shaun and Shell

Hi All!

Yes, I know its been a looooooong time since I last updated the blog but I plan to be back for good now!

Let's get started with my most recent creation. Well actually it was a joint effort with my friend Monica - these are invitations for her son's upcoming wedding. They had the colours already in mind and wanted something simple and elegant and here's what we came up with:

We stamped the rose in Versamark and embossed with Gold Powder. The card is standard size but we sliced about 1cm off the edge and adhere a strip of gold paper that had been punched with the Eyelet Border Punch. This lines up with the edge of the card when its closed.

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Sincere Salutations

Inks: Versamark

Paper: Textured White cardstock and gold paper (not from Stampin Up)

Accessories: Gold Ribbon (not from Stampin Up), Gold Embossing Powder

Tools: Heat Tool, Eyelet Border Punch

Well, there you go, my first blog post in many months but hopefully the start of a more regularly updated blog. I also have a new camera (Canon G11) so it will be interesting to learn how to get some nice shots on it and hopefully you will notice the difference as I start to improve my photography skills.

Hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Years. I'll be back tomorrow with some shots of the lovely hand made Christmas Cards I received this year. They are really great and I was so impressed with so many of them!

Carousel Notes Wedding Card

The Carousel Notes are a new product from the Summer Mini catalogue. They are single sheets of scalloped cardstock. At first I wasn't quite sure what to do with them but then I came up with this:

I applied rub ons from the "Love Bird" set (in the Summer Mini).  The are a great fit for the Carousel Notes.  I also sponged the edges lightly with Soft Sky ink.  Doesn't really show in this photo.

I cut a cirlce (but not completely, I left a bit uncut on one side) with the Colluzzle Circle Cutter. This is a circle cutting system I purchased from a Scrapbooking shop but you could use any circle cutting system that allows you to leave a small bit uncut.  You could even trace around something with a craft knife.

I cut another circle, slightly larger, from Whisper White cardstock and adhered it to the back so that I would have a space to write on.  I stamped the dotted journalling lines from the stamp in the "Live Your Dream" stamp set in Soft Sky ink and wrote my message with my Chocolate Chip marker.  I cut a notch out with a small circle punch to make it easier to open the card.

The couple getting married had organised a Wishing Well instead of gifts so I cut another circle from the "Afternoon Tea" DSP to make a pocket for a gift card to go in the back.

The envelopes that come with the Carousel Notes are gorgeous square Chocolate Chip coloured ones.  I decorated the envelope very simply with the word Cherish from the "Cherished Memories" rub ons and a flower from the "Love Birds" rub ons.