371- Black Floral Shower Card

One of my favorite ladies is getting married and this is the card that I made for her shower. This card matches the lingerie that I bought her- it is some black climbing flowers on a shiny white background. I wanted to keep it simple and elegant to match the bride.

Not only was there pressure to make a great card for Marni because it was her shower but also she's a fellow stamper. So I tried to add details to the card to give it depth and some added pizzazz without losing it's simplicity

First I did some two step stamping with white craft ink to give it a shadow. I also sponged white craft ink in a oval punch out around the sentiment to frame it.

Recipe:

Stamps: Eastern blooms, for the bride

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Shimmery White

Ink: Basic Black, white craft ink

Accessories: Basic black ribbon, oval punch

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MOJO130 Engagement Card

I have a friend who is getting married and her engagement party is this weekend. I made this card for her with her wedding colours using this layout from Mojo Monday (MOJO130). I love the finished product- Baroque Motifs always makes a card look so elegant

I used my circle scissor plus to make the circles but I still don't really enjoy it- I cannot seem to make a perfect circle yet but it worked since I only needed a quarter of the circle.

I really hope that Marni likes this- it is always a challenge designing a card for a friend but even more so when she is one of the people who introduced you to stamping in the first place!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, For the Bride

Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Basic Black, Night and Day DSP

Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Silver

Accessories: Black embossing, circle scissors plus, clear rhinestone brads, brad punch, black gingham ribbon, scallop trim punch

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355- White Wedding Invite

I have been wanting to make an all white card for a while and was inspired by this card.

It's hard to see in the picture but I embossed the sentiment "you're invited" in white. In person it is quite elegant and to me the perfect invitation to a shower or wedding.

I used the shimmer paper to add some sparkle but thought it needed a bit more so I traced out the embossed image in frost white shimmer paint.

Recipe:

Stamps: For the Bride

Paper: Whisper White, Shimmery White

Accessories: Frost White Shimmer Paint, white organza ribbon, big shot, manhattan flower embossing folder, white embossing powder

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351- Bridal Shower Card

I loved that this splitcoast colour challenge (CC258) used both plums as I have never used them together before but using the soft suede proved to be a challenge. I chose to use it as an anchor for the card and I think it worked.

One of the themes I decided to use in this card was paisley. In the stamp image itself there are small paisleys so I decided to use the paisley texturz plate on the Perfect Plum cardstock.

I embossed the cake with clear embossing powder and then sponged the pale plum around it to bring out the image.

Recipe:

Stamps: For the Bride

Paper: Soft Suede, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Whisper White, Perfect Plum DSP

Ink: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum

Accessories: Pretties kit, big shot, texturz plate, scallop edge punch, crystal effects, clear embossing, sponging, corner rounder

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334- Glee Card

When I went to regionals last year we were told to be inspired with what is around us and I took up the challenge.This card was inspired by the last episode of Glee when they competed at sectionals. This is the look of the curtains behind them. Yay Glee! Ironically when I was making this card You Can't Always Get What You Want come on to the tv- I think it was a sign!

It's hard to tell with the finished product but I actually sponged darkening colours in a half circle outwards hoping you would be able to see it under the clear embossing but it didn't really show up.

The congratulations banner is popped up over the card- I love the final effect

Recipe:

Stamps: Medallion, For the Bride

Paper: Ruby Red, Summer Sun

Ink: More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red

Accessories: Brayer, Clear Embossing

302- Silhouette Congratulations

This is another potential congratulations card for a friend of mine. I tried a new technique on this card that I had not done before- I embossed the sentiment right on the ribbon. I am trying to get to more "simple" stamping- really pretty cards that don't take too long to make. I definitely think this one fits in the category

Helpful hint- make sure you use your embossing buddy and have a q-tip handy- the powder will go into the grosgrain.

Recipe:

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, For the bride

Paper: Rich razzleberry, crushed curry, basic black, whisper white

Ink: Basic black, white gel pen

Accessories: Black embossing, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" 1 1/4" circle punch, 1/2" crushed curry grosgrain ribbon, ticket corner punch


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301- Baroque Congratulations

This is a congratulations card that I made for a friend for the purchase of her first house. I needed to make it fairly gender neutral as it is for her husband as well but I needed to add some flourishes. It is also very eyelet heavy because I feel like I haven't used my cropodile in ages.

I used the congratulations stamp from the For the Bride set- it is my most favorite congrats stamp by far.

Recipe:

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, For the Bride

Paper: Rich razzleberry, bermuda bay, whisper white

Ink: Rich razzleberry

Accessories: cropodile, jumbo eyelets, metallic eyelets, 1/2" rich razzleberry grosgrain ribbon, scallop square punch, white embossing


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279- Wedding Cake Tuxedo Card

I wanted to make a tuxedo wedding card that was really simple and elegant

Recipe:

Stamps: For the bride

Paper: Basic Grey, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Grey

Accessories: So Swirly wheel, corner rounder, silver embossing

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273- Congratulations

I made this card for Marni Shelson, a member of my downline who was resently promoted to Senior Associate. She also got engaged so it's a double congratulations of sorts! Pink is her signature colour so I had to make sure to use it here. This card was made using Baha Breeze and Pink Pirouette- I really miss last year's in colours.

I used glossy white paper and reinkers to make the background. You cut two pieces of the glossy white and put a few drops of reinker in each colour on one piece. you then smush the two pieces together and roll a brayer on top to smooth them together. This will spread out the ink- it will need to dry for about 20 minutes or you can use your heat tool to dry it.

I also died the flower using a technique that was demonstrated at the Regional meeting. You punch out a circle and lay it on your ink pad. Place a flower from the pretties kit on this circle so that it is in the center of the flower. Then use your dauber to push the petals in the ink and die them. You can then put it in the other colour of ink and push it down where the circle had been to die it.

Recipe:

Stamps: For the bride

Paper: Baha breeze, pink pirouette, glossy white

Ink: Baha breeze, pink pirouette reinkers

Accessories: Pretties kit, fire rhinestone brads, organza ribbon, eyelet punch, silver embossing

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256- Never Ending Wedding Card

I wanted to make a wedding card using the Never Ending Card Fold. I love the finished product- I will really really miss these in colours! These colours have been used on many cards that I've seen with the Fifth Avenue Floral set and I just love the look.

It was also a great excuse to use some of my buttons. I'm not a big sewer so I used crystal effects to adhere them to the card.

This is the video that I watched to learn how to make the card:

http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/dawns_stamping_thoughts/2008/02/never-ending-ca.html

One helpful hint- make sure that anything you adhere to the card does not go over any of the scored lines because you won't be able to fold the card into the 4 positions

Recipe:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, For the Bride

Paper: Whisper white, baha breeze, kiwi kiss

Ink: Pacific point, baha breeze, kiwi kiss

Accessories: Button bouquet, crystal effects, silver embossing, 1/4" kiwi kiss/ very vanilla satin ribbon, corner rounder

255- Wedding Cake Magic Card

I love making magic cards and got to demonstrate them for my upline Laura's megameeting. I made this one as an example of a wedding card...and of course it was a great way to use up my retiring in colour paper.

To make this card cut your paper to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Score the paper at 2 1/8", 4 1/4" and 6 3/8". Take your paper cutter and cut in between the two outer score lines at 1 3/4" from the top and the bottom. This gives you slits on the inside. You can then weave two pieces of cardstock that are cut to 2" x 5 1/2". You are left with a gate fold card that when you first open you have one view. You then fold up the card accordion style and open it up again in between the two pieces of cardstock that you wove- this will give you another view.

So much fun!

Recipe:

Stamps: Sincere salutations, so swirly

Paper: Pacific point, kiwi kiss, whisper white, ski slope DSP

Ink: Pacific Point

Accessories: Corner rounder, 1/4" kiwi kiss/ very vanilla satin ribbon, clear rhinestone brads, versamark

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229- Wedding Cake Pop-Up

Here is a card I made for my Big Shot class last night- my first pop-up card!! So exciting! Ever since I saw these dies I knew I needed to play with them!

This was my first card using the new Pop-Up dies and let me tell you- so much fun!! It is a 6" x 6" card because it has the Pop-Up cake inside of it. I based this card on the Tiffany box with the blue and white. I wanted to keep the outside elegant and simple because the main focus is the inside. I also tied the ribbon around the card to hold it closed.

Recipe:

Stamps: For the bride

Paper: Whisper white, tempting turquoise

Accessories: Big shot, texturz plate, corner rounder, Pop-Up Cake die, white embossing, white organza ribbon

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