Jan 31, 2018 | Fancy Folds, Wedding |
My niece was married on her family property in November. The theme for the wedding was sunflowers – her favourite flowers! They match her sunny disposition and I was thrilled with her news. I knew I had to make them a special wedding card. Here is the result:
Unfortunately, we weren’t able to attend the wedding and I didn’t want to risk sending the card in the post, so I had to wait until they came to pay us a visit the week before Christmas to give them the card. I think they liked it!! The bridesmaids wore navy dresses and the groomsmen had sunflowers in their buttonholes and her Dad managed to find a tie for the day with large sunflowers.
Below is a picture of the card open. It is a real WOW card and got the desired reactions.
I used the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set, which I think is easily overlooked in the catalogue. The colours I used are Night of Navy and Crushed Curry, along with Whisper White and a Silver Glimmer paper. The card was inspired by Angela Lorenz at angscraftycards.blogspot.com.au and Jacinta Argent at jacintascreations.blogspot.com.au These two talented ladies both create beautiful exploding box cards like this one. I hope you like the card and I hope to be back soon with some more creations to share with you.
Netty
Jan 23, 2018 | Wedding |
Above is a card I helped a friend to create for her niece’s wedding. The niece said she was interested in Moroccan decor in her new home. Which inspired the design of this unusual wedding card. We used elements from the Eastern Palace Suite, such as the stamps and dies and tassle. We also used The Jar of Love stamp set, Gold Glimmer paper, along with Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide and Whisper White card and ink.
We then decided that we needed an envelope which did not hide the card, so we created one from this vellum with (appropriately) gold hearts on it, using the fabulous Envelope Punch Board, which allows you to create envelopes of lots of unusual sizes..
Finally, we decided that it needed a special closure, so we wrapped it like a gift using fine gold twine. We were both very happy with the outcome and so was the bride. I’d love to know what you think.
Jan 9, 2018 | Anniversary Cards, Fancy Folds
Hello and welcome to my blog. I have often thought about creating a blog. I recently took up the challenge of taking a course which showed me how to do it. I am still quite scared of the technology!
My blog will be a place to share my papercraft creations. I mostly use Stampin’ Up! products. They are so easy to use as everything coordinates and they are top quality. That’s why I joined as an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in 2006, the first year they came to Australia. I create, mostly cards for family and friends and I hold classes in my home in Canberra. I also do “at home parties” where a hostess invites friends to her home and I show them how to make cards and other papercraft projects and they all get to make one themselves. It’s lots of fun.
I would like to share a card I recently made for a friend who celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary. The card is a style called Easy Desktop Stand Up card which I made using a tutorial from Lyssa Zwolanek you can see here. It folds flat for postage. I used a stamp set called Number of Years. I used gold powder to heat emboss the numbers on black card to get this dramatic effect. Fortunately, I also bought the matching dies to cut the Numbers, so I didn’t have to get the scissors out. The Designer Paper (patterned paper) is no longer available but was perfect for this card.
Thanks for visiting my blog, please come back soon.
Netty
