Wedding Cards for a purple and silver wedding theme

One of my daughter's friends was married over the weekend, and I made a card for her and her new husband. I've known Candice since she was in 1st grade, and was her Brownie leader.  She and my daughter, Alyse, have been friends from 1st grade on, and were roommates at college for four years.  I wanted to make a special card, and wanted to incorporate her wedding colors of purple and silver.  

I had found instructions on making a cascade card, and thought that would make a perfect card.  After several attempts over a couple of days, I finally got the base finished, and it didn't look too bad.  I proceeded to add silver hearts on thin strips of plastic (liner from a stamp set ), and purple hearts scattered on the  card front.  I decorated the flaps with a silver designer paper, and made a bride and groom from card
stock.

Cascade Wedding Card for Candice and Andy

It turned out pretty well, I thought.

When I showed my daughter, she loved the card and said she'd like to give it to Candice and Andy with her present.  That worked out well for her!

Front of wedding card

I then made another card, a little plainer because I didn't have much time to get it done.  It came out pretty nicely, and I finished it in time to take to the wedding.  I used a couple of embossing folders to add a little interest, and the silver ribbon for a little bling.

Inside of wedding card

When my husband I arrived at the reception, I was surprised and delighted to see my cascade card on display on the gift table!  When Candice and Andy had opened the card they loved it!  Alyse told Candice I had made it, and Candice was impressed that I could do that.  She showed it to her parents when they got there, and she decided it was so cute, she wanted to use it as part of her wedding decoration!  So as much trouble as I had with that card, it was worth it!

Sunday Afternoon

Today I decided to spend a couple of hours making a set of cards with a new stamp/die set I just bought.  It is called Joe To Go by Taylored Expressions.  When I ran across it online, I thought it was a cute set, and it was made in the USA, which was a plus. I had some Christmas money left, and it was burning a hole in my pocket, so I ordered it!  I wanted to make something when it arrived Saturday, but already had plans, but knew Sunday afternoon would be perfect for making a card.

I thought it would be nice to use it for something that would work for Valentine's Day, but wouldn't be limited to just that.  I decided the coffee cup, with the heart accent, would be perfect.  After stamping and die-cutting the cup, I colored the wrap area with a R29 Copic.  I then stamped and die-cut a lid from red card stock, and die-cut a wrap from brown card stock.  I glued the cup/lid/wrap together, and thought it looked pretty good.

I decided to use one of the sentiments from the set, stamped it on white card stock and matted it with the same red I used for the lid. I added the leftover heart from cutting out the wrap for a little accent on the sentiment, attaching with a pop dot for dimension.

I made a card base from the brown card stock, layered with red card stock and added a white embossed layer (Darice Beach Waves) which I thought looked a little like steam when turned sideways, attached the cup with a pop dot, and was done with the front.

Inside, I just added white card stock to write on,
and added a red heart to accent it.

Holiday Card Workshop Day 1, Part 2

Had a little time this afternoon and made another card from the lessons from the online class.  This one uses washi tape to define the sentiment.  Inside, a gift card envelope also uses the washi tape from the front to pull it all together.

I used a Darice embossing folder, and the stamps were from Hero Arts.  They were stamped with Black Tuxedo ink from Momento.

The house was colored with Copics, and a little Frosted Lace Stickles was added to the snow to give it sparkle.   It was attached with Popdots to lift it off the front of the card.

I really liked how this card turned out.  It looks so much better in person, the photo just doesn't do it justice!