The heart was cut from pearly white card using a filigree heart die, from the Romance Collection by Precious Marieke (PMI 0027)
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Friday, 17 June 2016
Wedding time
Back in April, we were invited to a friend’s wedding. It was a beautiful day and thankfully the weather played nicely. I made them a wedding card and also an A4 sheet for their time capsule – you will have to wait for that as they won’t be opening it until their 1st anniversary.
The heart was cut from pearly white card using a filigree heart die, from the Romance Collection by Precious Marieke (PMI 0027)
The heart was cut from pearly white card using a filigree heart die, from the Romance Collection by Precious Marieke (PMI 0027)
Monday, 27 October 2014
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
De Bruiloft (the wedding)
As my regular readers will know, DH and I are keen ballroom & Latin dancers: we have lessons every week. The dance school arranges balls throughout the season and the most recent was de Bruiloft (the wedding). The idea behind this theme was that the students would be the wedding guests. We were split into to various groups: family of the bride/groom; colleagues of the bride/groom and so on – a great way of getting people to know each other from the different year groups.
Now, whilst we weren’t expected to bring a gift for the (pretend) bride & groom, we were encouraged to bring a card. An opportunity that I simply couldn’t miss, and the bonus was I got to make two cards: one from DH and me and one from my DS and his dancing partner.
The one on the left used a combination of embossing (Swiss dots and hearts) and a bride & groom embellishment that I found in my stash. The one on the right also made use of embossing, this time the wedding cake (Sizzix textured impressions – Wedding set 655845). Using a gold ink pad, I carefully swiped over the embossing, just to give it a bit more oomph.
I also made a wedding cake. Not a real one of course, but one from boxes,ribbon, ribbon & paper flowers, washi tape and oasis.
Now, whilst we weren’t expected to bring a gift for the (pretend) bride & groom, we were encouraged to bring a card. An opportunity that I simply couldn’t miss, and the bonus was I got to make two cards: one from DH and me and one from my DS and his dancing partner.
The one on the left used a combination of embossing (Swiss dots and hearts) and a bride & groom embellishment that I found in my stash. The one on the right also made use of embossing, this time the wedding cake (Sizzix textured impressions – Wedding set 655845). Using a gold ink pad, I carefully swiped over the embossing, just to give it a bit more oomph.
I also made a wedding cake. Not a real one of course, but one from boxes,ribbon, ribbon & paper flowers, washi tape and oasis.
Friday, 28 September 2012
Finally
A friend of mine from my school days (we started infant school together) recently got in touch.
It was great to hear from her after many years. We had an awful lot to catch up on and then came her surprising news – she was getting married!! My first words were “congratulations!!” and then she surprised me again by saying that I knew her husband to be. It turns out that he was one of boys we went to school with, way back when, and it truly is the stuff that fairy tales are made of. They should have got together when we were at senior school but both were to shy to do anything about it. Years later, they met again, discovered they felt the same way about each other and finally got married in July – great eh?
A good excuse to try my newly learnt Pergamno skills on a wedding card!!
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Anniversary
Our dear friends are celebrating their anniversary today and as usual I made a card for them.
I wanted to do something a little different. I started with one of my favourite stamps – a vintage style bride and groom.
I began by adding colour to the stamped image using my lovely Copic markers. I then punched lots of tiny, tiny flowers and from these I made the groom’s buttonhole and the bride’s bouquet and headdress. I used the left over flowers for the background (in the style of confetti).
The image was then trimmed, the corners rounded and I punched two holes for the ribbon. Colour was added to the edges of the image with a Copic marker. I threaded the ribbon and before tying the bow, stuck the completed image to a pale blue card blank. I then tied the bow, trimmed the ends and the card was complete.
I wanted to do something a little different. I started with one of my favourite stamps – a vintage style bride and groom.
I began by adding colour to the stamped image using my lovely Copic markers. I then punched lots of tiny, tiny flowers and from these I made the groom’s buttonhole and the bride’s bouquet and headdress. I used the left over flowers for the background (in the style of confetti).
The image was then trimmed, the corners rounded and I punched two holes for the ribbon. Colour was added to the edges of the image with a Copic marker. I threaded the ribbon and before tying the bow, stuck the completed image to a pale blue card blank. I then tied the bow, trimmed the ends and the card was complete.
Friday, 24 December 2010
A Christmas Wedding
Friends of ours are getting married today. How lovely – a Christmas wedding, but not in all this snow and cold but in warmer climes in South America!!
Using one of my wedding themed rubber stamps, I stamped the image onto parchment. I then spent hours (well, it felt like it!) carefully embossing on the reverse to raise the image. I then added the colour. The parchment piece was then mounted on the silver frame and the whole thing was glued to a self-cut aperture card blank.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Wedding present – with a difference
This weekend my cousin’s son got married. We were invited to the celebrations but unfortunately we were unable to go. We didn’t know what to get them so I decided to make a wedding present with a difference.
Take salt & pepper mills, 6 tea towels, 4 napkin rings and a basket.
Make a bouquet, veil, collar, tie & jacket front and this is what you get.
Cover in cellophane, add some ribbon & hearts and it’s ready to go.
Hope they had a wonderful day and fingers crossed that they liked their present.
Take salt & pepper mills, 6 tea towels, 4 napkin rings and a basket.
Make a bouquet, veil, collar, tie & jacket front and this is what you get.
A bride & groom!!
Cover in cellophane, add some ribbon & hearts and it’s ready to go.
Hope they had a wonderful day and fingers crossed that they liked their present.
Friday, 31 July 2009
Wedding time
A colleague of DH is getting married next week. The date and time have been carefully chosen - 09-08-07 at 6.05pm giving the following: 9-8-7-6-5!! How memorable.
Once again it back to the drawing board to come up with something different.
Chosing my materials was the easy bit (for a change), the design took longer and this is what I came up with.
I cut an oval aperture in a pearly white card and used acetate to fill the gap.
The flowers were made with my favourite flower punch. The cake was made from an envelope stiffener, finished off with die cut hearts. It was my first time using acetate and I found it a challenge with the glue but all in all I was pleased with the results.
Once again it back to the drawing board to come up with something different.
Chosing my materials was the easy bit (for a change), the design took longer and this is what I came up with.
I cut an oval aperture in a pearly white card and used acetate to fill the gap.
The flowers were made with my favourite flower punch. The cake was made from an envelope stiffener, finished off with die cut hearts. It was my first time using acetate and I found it a challenge with the glue but all in all I was pleased with the results.
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