NYC Wedding Day

This is for the son and his new bride of a good friend.  He and his bride had been engaged for a while.  They recently got married at city hall in Manhattan because they researched their "lucky day", and quickly got married. 
It was a small ceremony.  They plan to have a big party when her parents can attend.

I had actually made the background a while ago -- just playing around and having fun.  So I don't really remember exactly how I made it.  But I think I used distress inks and a sun stencil.  I think I may have spritzed water through the stencil -- I know it's on water color paper.  And you can see a bunch of water splats.  Whatever -- after that, I used a skyline stencil from The Crafter's Workshop (Urban Landscape) - which has 2 options -- the solid buildings and the lined buildings.

So after that was done, I set is aside for quite a while.  Never sure what I should do with it.  Until now.  So I stenciled in some hearts, and black embossed the Congratulations.  And done -- a different but very personal wedding card. 

I'm putting this into Cardz for Galz - the theme is  WEDDINGS

It is certainly not the usual wedding card.  But it worked for them!

Thanks for taking a look.  Hope you are all well and safe.

Mr and Mrs

finished size - 5 x 7

This is going into Atlantic Heart Challenge .  I was inspired by the sketch

And I was also inspired by the this card by Cathy's  HERE

This is also going into Penny Black Photo Inspiration Challenge

This is going into Double D Challenge Flowers Galore:

And into Time Out Challenge Flowers and Friends make life a garden - This is for one of my best friend's son's wedding. 

The inside of the card - also used a bit of the Concord and 9th stamp on vellum.  The sentiments are from 2 PTI sets.

Stamps:  Mr and Mrs = PTI,  Wood Grain = Heidi Swapp, flower (large cluster) = Concord & 9th, flower (small cluster) = Sweet Impressions

Papers: watercolor (for wood grain), colors = PTI, vellum (for flowers)

Techniques:
1) wood grain - stamped with distress ink, then embossed with clear embossing powder - watercolor washed over with a light gray distress ink
2) Mr and Mrs - cut stamp apart - embossed with a mix of embossing powders
3) vellum flowers - white embossed, colored on the back with Stampin Up markers - ala Jennifer McQuire HERE , then fussy cut - adhered with liquid adhesive - a few "pearls" and rhinestones to embellish.

Thank you for taking the time to look.  Hope your day is going well.

Happy I Do Day

My son and new daughter-in-law's wedding was last Saturday.  We had a GREAT time -- I am still talking about it and going over pictures! Here is the happy couple during their first dance.

Here is the card I made for them:

I copied Linda's card seen here .

I still have out-of state company, and the get-togethers continue this weekend.  I hope to be able to really start creating cards again soon.

In the meantime, I am on a high of the wedding festivities and all the family fun!

Hope you are having a great day!

 

 

Old Lace

As some of you may know, my niece recently got married to a very nice man.   This is for their wedding. Her colors were purple and green.  She wore a very lovely dress with lots of lace and pearls.  She was beautiful!! 

I am posting this onto Catered Crop Arsenic and Old Lace Recipe Swap. 

Please also take a look at the creations at 52-Card Pick Up .

supplies:
paper - cardstock: PTI; patterned paper: Basic Grey
sentiment stamp: PTI
other: score tape and art glitter; lace and pearls: JoAnn's Fabric
ink: Stampin Up

Thanks for looking.