Bespoke Wedding card

I was asked by a friend if I could make a wedding card to match the 'save the date' and invitation she has received and this is what I've come up with.
The 'Save the Date' card was tied with string and the invite was on a coloured spotty card, with brown writing and presented in a vellum wrap printed with the directions (see photo top right)
For the card I started off with a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, made an oval mask with some copy paper and positioned this onto the card. I used a stamp from Gorgeous Grunge with Blushing Bride, Wisteria Wonder and Crumb Cake to stamp the 'dots'. After removing the mask I paper pierced around the oval using a template from the piercing pack and my piercing tool. The sentiment from Sassy Salutations and Love & Laughter were stamped using Early Espresso. This was matted onto a square of Crumb Cake cardstock and a band, made from Vellum and the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, was placed around and tied with Linen Thread. (the sentiment on the band is a retired stamp). The card was finished by matting onto a Crumb Cake card blank.

Margaret x

Card Swap Group

 

This is what I've made for my Card Swap Group card this month. Jane has set the challenge to use oranges & yellows to cheer us up and whilst these are not my favourite colours, I'm not one to give up on a challenge!!

The tag was made with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and stamped with a sentiment from Simply Celebrate and Petite Petals flowers, using Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight. The background is a piece of DSP, from the new Watercolour Wonder pack, matted onto Daffodil Delight cardstock and a white card blank. A piece of Bakers Twine was threaded through the tag and three Petite Petals flowers, punched with the co-ordinating punch, were added with tiny Basic Pearls for the centres.

I hope Zoe likes it! Back soon

Margaret x

Card with a Difference

Today's card is one that was inspired by a card I saw on Jenni Pauli's blog (here). I used Island Indigo for the card base, punched with the new Scalloped Tag Topper Punch available in the Spring/Summer catalogue from today, and the DSP on the front panel is from Watercolour Wonder which is also in the new seasonal catalogue. The Whisper White panel on the inside of the card has been stamped in Smoky Slate with an image from Summer Silhouettes. The sentiment is punched with the Word Window Punch and matted onto a Modern Label Punch and some (retired) Island Indigo ribbon was used to tie the card.

Margaret x

Gift set

My apologies for the lack of posts recently but I am trying to get back into the 'work' routine after quite a long Christmas break! Being back at work also means I see very little daylight for taking photos so today's set has been taken using a daylight lamp and I don't think they've turned out too badly.


This is a little thank you gift set I have made using some retired Twitterpated DSP and Island Indigo ribbon but the cardstock and 'tools' are all current.
The chocolate bar treat holder below was made using the Envelope Punch Board, the tag with a new punch coming soon - the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.



The matching card above was made with the same supplies but, this time, the Tag Topper Punch was used for a decorative panel on the card and layered with the DSP, also shaped using the punch. The tiny flowers on both the treat holder and the card were punched with one of the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and have a Basic Rhinestone added to the centre.

Hopefully I won't be away for so long next time :0)

Thanks for stopping by

      Margaret x