autumnal wedding

I think it should be safe to share this card with you. The wedding took place today, so it's OK to show this. I was asked to do an autumnal theme with leaves, so out came the gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamp.

I've used Stampin' Up More Mustard cardstock with Bo-Bunny 'Wine Dot' and 'Beau Jardin' patterned paper, gotta love all those swirls.
The text stamp behind the bride and groom is 'french script' by Stampin' Up, discontinued now. The 'two hearts' sentiment and the word 'love' on the carriage are by Hero Arts from a set of clear stamps. Metal wedding bells are by Making Memories, flowers and fern leaves by Prima. I dusted off my Martha Stewart fern punch and another leaf punch that I've had for donkeys years to add a bit of variety. The 'love and cherish' charm is from the USA, don't know the make of these.

And the close-up...

This time the hair colour is brunette, true to the couple IRL. I lost count of how many Copics I used to get the effect of the autumn foliage. I used a combo of Spica clear glitter pen and glamour dust, but as usual, that's very hard to capture on a photo. Just trust me, it's tastefully blingy!
And a decorated inside, using the Hero stamps again.

And the box.

Now I must tell you, it's a good thing this isn't being sent in the post - it would cost a fortune. Why - well, normally I use foam pads for dimension, but I thought I'd use silicone instead. I think I can say I used too much. Honestly, it weighs more than a card ought to, LOL.

The couple had lovely weather for their big day, hope it all went well.

TTFN!

I guess it's safe..

to show you the wedding cards!

Michelle and her mum were over the moon with these, and they're going to Ireland to a big family wedding later this week.

Michelle has chosen to give this acetate card...

Being acetate, it's a bit of a nightmare to photograph well. The bottom right hand corner has two champagne glasses with bubbles (stick-on pearls) fizzing out. I also added a few more pearls to the top corner after I'd photographed it.

and here it is with it's very pretty matching box...

That doublesided Papermania PP is gorgeous, with a gold shimmery motif. I'd originally intended this for christmas projects! Embellies are all dug out from my wedding project stash.

Oh,the nightmare I had making boxes - I had a confused-dot-com moment or three!

First I made the square box too small.

Then I made the next box and ended up with two bases. And I'd used up quite a lot of time and Cosmo Cricket paper decorating it...and I'd used very strong glue on said decorating...So it all went in the bin and I started again!

Lesson learned - make a template for your card and write the measurements down!

So without further ado, here's my favourite...(you may need to sit down, it's so gorgeous LOL)

Cue drum roll...

and the second box that I made. I checked the card fit before I decorated this time!

Now just catch your breath there!

A little close-up of the happy couple...

And at a funny angle to see the shimmer I added to the flowers, the bride's veil and the groom's cravat (sp?) I know it hasn't photographed that well - just use your imagination at how much more lovely everything looks with bling!

And of course, with my usual last minute fiddling with cards, I added a little charm to the ribbon.

As you've probably gathered, I love this Whiff of Joy stamp. I had to await it coming back in stock - I even bought extra, extra stamps in case it didn't come back in stock! LOL

I used the 'Happy ever after' Cosmo Cricket papers, some SU 'So Saffron' designer paper.

The couple are stamped and coloured with Copics (sorry, didn't write down what colours I used). I then masked the image and stamped 'French Script' (SU) in gold. Shape cut and embossed with Nesties, rub-ons used for the greeting..

The label shapes at the bottom and on the box were cut with my new toy - Cuthbert Cricut!

I tried the image with flower soft over the garland - I'd seen it done on a couple of blogs and it looked lovely. Not at all keen on the effect on my attempt though - currently that's in the reject pile!

Go 0n, have a cuppa now, that was such a long post, I'm sure you're exhausted!

TTFN!