A Wedding and a Golden Anniversary

Here are two takes on the same style, but for two different occasions.  My neighbor's daughter got married this past weekend with lovely colors of Red and White.  Here's the card I made for the happy couple.  Immediately after the wedding, I was lucky enough to attend the surprise 50th Wedding Anniversary party of some dear family friends.  It was wonderful.  So here, also is the card I made for their Golden Anniversary celebration.  Enjoy.

Stamps: Kind and Caring Thoughts (retired hostess)
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red
Accessories: Big Shot, Texture Impressions Embossing Folder Manhattan Flower, Wide Oval Punch, White Organza Ribbon, Dimensionals

This one is the anniversary version, all in Gold and Vanilla.
Stamps: French Filigree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold
Accessories: Big Shot, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Elegant Lines, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimmensionals.

A boxful of cheerful flowers...

Lots of people seem to be making this flowerpot pocket card these days.  I added my own twist by combining it with the Easel Card Box as a result of a challenge posed by my friend Toni. Thanks, Toni, for spotting this great box pattern.  Here's the photo.  I think it would be perfect for giving a gift of seeds to someone for spring/summer planting.  The box pulls out like a drawer to store the goodies.

Hope this brightens the rainy weather for you.  Thanks for visiting today.
Stamps: Kind and Caring Thoughts (hostess set)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango
Paper: Dusty Durango, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Very Vanilla (inside the pocket card/flower pot)
Accessories:  Designer Brads Flower Assortment (chocolate chip on the drawer pull), 5/16" brads (chocolate chip), Sending Love Epoxy Brads (chocolate chip), Polka dot Grosgrain Ribbon (Bermuda Bay), Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Die Birds and Blooms, Eyelet Border Punch, Sticky Strip, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers

Asian Artistry

This was my "Set of the Day" yesterday.  It's a Stampin' Up! Level II hostess set.  It was also a day for re-discovering techniques that I don't remember to use very often.  The first card is a basic one with markers.  Hope you enjoy them and enjoy your weekend.

The bird card uses the Scallop Trim Border punch (another Sale-a-Bration item) and Perfect Plum designer paper.  The card base is Pale Plum, a color I forget about sometimes.  It makes a great background.  Just light enough.  Background is tone-on-tone using the bamboo-like stamp from Embrace Life.

Stamps: Asian Artistry, Embrace Life, Happy Moments (Sale-a-bration)
Ink: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Markers: Certainly Celery and Perfect Plum
Paper: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Designer Series Paper Patterns Perfect Plum
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch (Sale-a-bration), Soft Subtles Brads, dimensionals

 

This is the second card I made.  This one uses bleach on the Garden Green card stock with Cameo Coral Marker over top.  The actual bleaching left a really nice pink-tone (probably from the paper's dye-lot) so all I had to add was a bit of darker color for shading.  The flower itself is embossed in black first to make the bleaching a bit easier.

Stamps: Asian Artistry, Embrace Life, Kind and Caring Thoughts
Ink: Versamark, Basic Black, Cameo Coral (Ink pad and Marker)
Paper: Cameo Coral, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Garden Green
Accessories: Basic Black 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Black Embossing powder, Bleach, Cotton swabs (to apply), dimensionals

Last card uses another technique I had forgotten:  I used the crimper, but put the paper partially through and only ran it a couple of turns.  This gave a nice vertical line on the card without using ribbon.  Something different.  Again, the Scallop Trim Border for an interesting edge.

Stamps: Asian Artistry
Ink: Garden Green, Markers: Certainly Celery and Cameo Coral
Paper: Whisper White, Garden Green, Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral
Accessories: Vintage Brads, 1/16-inch hand held circle punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, Crimper