Another beautiful day shaping up here in Ontario – but more rain and a thunderstorm
predicted for tonight and tomorrow. Strange, strange summer weather.
The friend that requested the 50th anniversary
card that I made for her (and she loved it by the way – whew!) also requested
two personalized wedding cards for her grandsons, who are cousins. She wanted the emphasis
on the groom instead of the bride, but still have it suit the bride. Hmmm. What
to do, what to do? Here’s the first card I made.
The stamp is a .99 stamp that I stamped with black Archival
ink and coloured some with Prismacolor Pencils and gamsol and in the white
parts with Ranger liquid pearl and then white Stickles over the bride-bird. The
bride bird has white pearls on her side and the groom-bird has clear gems. All
dies are Spellbinders from various sets. The background paper is from my stash
and I don't remember buying it so it likely came with the mixed pile of
scrapbook paper I bought at the thrift store – I was a huge lot of paper and I've
already sorted and filed it with my own.
To emphasize the groom I found one top hat sticker left over
from the same thrift store paper stash but I needed two, so I scanned it into
my computer, opened up Word and copied and pasted it several times and changed
the size and printed it out. Then I backed it onto black cardstock for some
stability before adhering it with pop-dots. The small pearl hearts came from
the dollar store I think. The sentiment was computer generated.
The reason I wanted to post this card is the ribbon
technique. Do you notice how the ends are crinkled? Here’s what I did. I made
the bow using my homemade bow maker and left long ends. Then I held onto the
bow with an old knitting needle and got the heat tool close, but not touching
the ribbon. The heat from the tool melted the ribbon and left it permanently
scrunched. I just moved the heat down the ribbon until I liked the look and
trimmed off the remaining bit. I saw this technique on YouTube but I don’t
remember who posted it. Be careful if you try this – don’t get too close to the
ribbon or it will melt into a mess – or start on fire. My friend liked this one
too and I’ll post the second card another day – it is not the same at all….of
course it isn’t.....I usually make one of a kind cards!
Enjoy your day
Cheers
Violet
the bird looks so shiny and pretty! Well done!
ReplyDeleteLove this card Violet! Just feminine enough for the bride with a nod to the groom. LOVE it! Hugs! deb
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