Wedding Bells

 

I felt in the mood to make some wedding cards recently

It must be that spring is in the air

or perhaps that we are planning a wedding in the family for later this year!

These are always lovely cards to design and make

Especially using embossed backgrounds and the 'happy couple' silhouette die  that I have had for years!

Having a Play

 

Having finished all my Christmas cards and with plenty of time on my hands, I got out the Cosmic shimmer polishes to have a play with. The Blushed Peach opal polish is great because on black card ( above) it comes out pink, but on white card it goes on as a peachy cream! Two shades for the price of one.

I also wanted to make some some masculine cards, as they make great metallic type backgrounds used on embossed black and kraft card stock

More Embossing with Gilding Wax

Now that I have made most of my Christmas cards, the pressure is off and I can play and experiment a bit more! So I dug out my gilding waxes and embossed some black card. This embossing folder was a freebie a couple of years ago and the stag stamp and die were from the majestic moments from Simply cards magazine.

You can't see the glitter in the photo, but this card really does sparkle!

The waxes are a mixture of alchemy waxes by Imagination crafts and and metallic wax from Creative Expressions

This card was going to be for Christmas, but I was a bit heavy handed with the gold gilding polish, so covered it up with a die cut spaceship!

Rediscovering Gilding Wax

I bought 3 pots of gilding wax a couple of years ago at a Papercraft fair, but apart from decorating some wooden shapes, have never used then and they languished at the back of the shelf

I then spotted someone demonstrating using them on a piece of embossed black card, whilst flicking through the crafting channels on TV, and was impressed with the effect they had! I dug mine out and had a play.

The 3 colours I have are lavender, teal and spring green - but now I am very temped to get silver and gold in time for the Christmas makes.

Gone to Seed

It's been a long time since I got my heat gun out and did some embossing! 

I love this delicate Woodware stamp 'Gone to Seed', and it comes out well if you use a fine embossing powder to bring out all of the details.

Joy to the World

A card made with the stamp and embossing set from Simply Cards and Papercraft  Magazine - loved the embossed village scene!

Day 27, March ATC Challenge - A Little bit of vintage

I've heat embossed the letter background in gold using a very old and neglected stamp to help offset the purple flower. Finished off with a couple of  contrasting brads in the corner

Day 21 Little Lion ATC - March Challenge

This little fella was heat embossed with a fine gold powder then coloured with Promarkers. 

He is propped up against my Italian Puzzle Box that I inherited from my Grandparents.

I love a good Wedding...

.... and we have one coming up in the family soon when my niece Rachael gets married to Jamie.

 Rachael is not a fussy type of person so I wanted to make them a card which she would like - hope this fits the bill!

A Herd of Reindeer

I've now had a bit of a Rudolf phase in my Christmas card making as you can see!

Simple Sympathy Card

I had to make a sympathy card for a friend who has just suffered a bereavement and I wanted to do something simple but elegant. The drooping flower stamp is by Hero Arts and was heat embossed in silver on black card and layered against silver mirri card with a small red ribbon and circular sentiment. I hope it is suitable.