Forever After Fusion

Hello Nomad friends.   I do enjoy making wedding cards.  This one was inspired by a sketch and 7 Gypsy papers.  

It all started with that spellbinders stitch die panel cut in black and red and the marianne designs wedding couple silhouette.  Goth wedding me thinks, but then I found these lovely 7 gypsy papers and the background went a bit vintage.  Used scraps for the tiny tag, those cute little heart envelopes at the bottom, the vertical stripes, and the just married and mr and mrs words were hanging off a partial cut sheet.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz  

 

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Getting Hitched

Hello Nomad friends.  A quick post for a wedding card I wanted to share.   I bought a lovely die from Honey Bee stamps called Radiant Heart which cuts the heart aperture and the radiating lines.  It's so pretty!!  Then I just added a Kort og Godt die cut bridal couple.  

I thought the yellow dotty paper gave nice contrast to the red background.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Happily Ever After

Hello Nomad friends.  Summer is coming and it's prime time for weddings.

The pretty rose paper is by ScrapBoys and the bridal couple pic from Lexi Design.  I've added some goldline stickers from Craft Creations and a printed congratulations.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

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Spring Wedding

Hello Nomad friends.  For some reason I have been wanting to make wedding cards the last few days.  Here's the first one I've completed using Unity Couples stamps.  

 

The plain cardstock is Bazzill, two linen texture and the dark green is a hammered type card.  I also used some scraps of card with yellow flowers on it for the sentiment banner, heart and patterned side panel. The couple were stamped on scraps of white card, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut. The heart is a Simon Says Stamp die and the banner was cut with some fishtail dies which have a lovely fine pierced edge detail.  I don't know the maker but I do love the chance to use them.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Glamorous and Dramatic

Hello Nomad friends.  Happy Easter.  Hope you have chocolate eggs.  I settled for real ones from my own hens, but such pretty colours!!!   Despite having visitors I am carving out a few hours for myself for crafting.  Starting with another wedding card today.  This one is a bit more blingy and dramatic using a beautiful dark paper with spring flowers from Lexi Design Home Sweet Home.  

I used Tonic pink glitter card and the bridal couple are a Marianne Designs die. 

Eggs from my lovely hens.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope to be back soon......   Hugz

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Wedding Season

Hello Nomad friends.  Spring is a wonderful time for new beginnings and weddings are popular.  Always nice to have some cards in hand.  I've made this one with some Lexi Design papers from their Loft Christmas and Home Sweet Home papers.  

The design with the ripped layer was inspired by Endless Passions Easter Scrap day 7 wedding LO.  I added some die cut hearts and wooden heart embellishments.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Country Wedding

Hello Nomad friends.   I got a lovely Memory Box die from a friend the other day.  Love Memory Box and this Country Road Oval scene is just so pretty.  I decided to make a wedding card and use greens and blues for a pretty summer feel. 

Isn't that adorable!!   I just grabbed scraps from the desk and used a dark green textured base card.  The stitch rectangle frame was hanging around so I decided to incorporate it into my design.  The blue embossed bit seemed perfect for an interesting sky.  Really like this die.  I am sure it will be making another appearance soon.  The dear bridal couple is from Kort og Godt and cut from gold mirror card.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Double Promise

Hello Nomad friends.  I have made a wedding card using brusho's and Paper Discovery dies.  

I thought it would be fun to have the engagement and the wedding on the same card so after I made my brusho background I used the eclipse technique for the engagement couple.  Then I cut the bridal couple from black card and the sentiment from silver mirror card.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Summer Down Under

Hello Nomad friends.  Gosh, me again!!  So, I been trying to get my head around this one for a few days.  I treated myself to some Paper Rose dies and papers for christmas.  I have had my eye on this beautiful Romance Arch and the Scandi Texture Plate dies were so cute and scandi I just had to have em.

I also bought some paper Rose Easter Sunday 6x6 papers and they had these plaid pattern in blue, pink or yellow.  Messing around I finally settled on the blue.  I die cut the Romantic Arch from black card and there is some lovely cut detail on the couple but my camera lost it.  I backed it with the blue plaid and cut the row of hearts using the scandi plate die and backed that with red.  Some card mats to layer it up and a wedding/engagement/valentines card is in the bag. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Wedding Dangles

Hello Nomad friends.  I've made another paper clip tag.  This one has a wedding theme.  These are great for using up scraps.  I am using 7cm wide paper clips for these.  

I used a navy and a pink scrap, cut them to layer on top of each other with a fishtail shape.  The word Bryllup, which is Norwegian for wedding, were a printed border on the edge of a designer paper sheet.  I cut Poppystamps silver bells from a scrap of script paper and fussy cut a pre-printed Craft Creations wedding couple.  The metal heart is from Korthobby and I did a twine wrap around the top to add a little extra interest.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Life and Renewal

Hello Nomad friends.  I was inspired by the CASE at Timeout to make this wedding card.  I've used Poppystamps Holiday Mistletoe die to cut my foliage.   I thought it was appropriate to the theme as it is considered a sign of life and renewal.  I also really like the shape of the leaves.  

I cut the mistletoe and the hearts from pink and white scraps and layered them on my linen textured base card.  The Dear Bridal Couple is a Kort og Godt die which I cut from a slightly darker shade of pink.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Parisian Wedding

Hello Nomad friends.  The weather has been lovely here in southern Norway so I have been out in the garden much.  Maybe yesterday was a bit too much sun so I decided to catch up on a little crafting this afternoon and go out in the garden again this evening.  The light evenings are so lovely.  This weekend there is another online meeting.  These have been wondrous and the Norwegian groups and shops have been fantastic keeping us entertained. 

Here's my card.

Used that lovely Quarto Fold from Mrs A again for a wedding in Paris.....

I used Prima En Francais papers for the tag, tickets and folded pocket.  The Dear Bridal Couple die is from Kort og Godt.

Inside I used a couple more tickets from the Prima pad and I've added some fancy heart staple brad thingies that I've had forever and a day.......

A half folded card base and a little more of the Prima paper to finish the back.

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a wonderful Sunday.  HUGZ

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Weird Wedding

Hello Nomad friends.  Having a strangely satisfying afternoon with the gloriously weird Humanoid stamps from Katzelkraft.  Also inspired by the CASology cue word of Pool, and the wedding challenges out there.  I went with Gene Pool bwahahahhhhaaaaahaha

I simply stamped Katzelkraft Humanoids on a sheet of green paper, die cut with a stitch die and added some gel pen and Promarker colours.  I mounted the panel on a dark green base card and generated the sentiment on the computer.  Bwahhahahahhaaaa.   Just waiting for an appropriate wedding.  Bwahahhahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.   Think I need a little lie down.......

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Antique Silver

Hello.  Welcome.    I've made an anniversary card.  It's a bit elaborate, but then 25 years of marriage is something to celebrate. 

Everything silver, of course.  I cut the ornate shapes using three Marianne Design dies from silver mirror card then covered the cuts with black pigment ink, had a cup of tea and wiped the ink gently off.  This gave a more antique look.  The black and silver pieces are all die cut embossed paper embellishments.  Maker unknown.  The key is a metal charm from Korthobby.  I mounted it all on a piece of Marianne Designs patterned paper and added a silver mirror card diecut 2 and 5.  Happy, happy.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Wedding Season

Hello.  Welcome.  Janis reminded me today about the Unstampabelles challenge. I have been meaning to join this all month!  I even found the perfect metal charms a week or so ago.   They have been sitting on my desk and amazingly have not been stolen by gremlins.  Then some new to me Marianne Design dies came and I decided it's now or never......

Actually love this!!   I used two Marianne design sets and cut two doilies from silver mirror card and layered them.  Then I added the two metal charms from Korthobby.  The intricate square and heart looked so pretty together.  A Kort og Godt die cut sentiement, which means dear bridal pair, and done.  Simple, but beautiful. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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In Ter Res Ting

Hello.  Welcome.  There is a curious little challenge going on over at the Unity Show and Tell fb group where they want you to stamp an image and leave it uncoloured, then use some patterned paper and let that be the star.  No high art here but some nice results and I decided that you might be interested in the idea, maybe also being an owner of a small stack of patterned paper, and that I may wish to remember this technique myself at a later date.  I actually made two cards.  

 

 

Here's the sheet of paper I started with...

 

This came from Nille (read woolworths/target type shop) a few years ago.  I picked up a few themed packs of 5 or 6 30 x 30 papers.  Some parts are embossed or have glitter on them.  This one is obviously wedding themed.  The first thing that caught my eye was the lovely border on the RHS

I cut a section of the border and added to a white card that I had stamped the image from Unity Big Time Special and then ran a chili red Promarker around the edges.  I think it works quite nicely with the heart balloon and the red glittery hearts on the patterned paper. 

Then I did this.  I liked that panel in the top left of the paper sheet with the two champagne glasses on it.  I stamped Unity George and Scarlett on white card and fussy cut them.  I cut out the panel and cut along the top of the lower frame so I could tuck their legs behind the frame.  I also cut along each side of the stem of the champagne glass so I could thread Scarlett's skirt behind the glass.  Love how that gives dimension to the glasses.  I mounted on a brown card base and used another piece of paper from the set t stamp the congratulations sentiment.  

As I said, interseting technique and a great way to use a bit of patterned paper.

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz

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Into The Future in a Pink Cadillac

Hello.  Welcome.  Taylored Expressions are celebrating their 9th anniversary with a fun sketch challenge.  I decided this was a great opotunity to make a wedding card for my pink loving friend.  

Isn't that just such a cute image!!!  I used Taylored Expressions Lifetime of Love set 4 for the happy couple in the car and the sentiment.  

Just wanted to share this gorgeous die cut, which got mostly covered up as my card came together.  This is Taylored Expressions Southwest Cutting plate, cut from silver glitter card and mounted on a pink card base. 

I used Taylored Expressions Tag Stacklet 1 set to cut a tag from white card and music printed vellum.   I stamped one of the sentiments from the Lifetime of Love set on the white tag so it shows through a gap in the printed vellum.  The main image was stamped and cut out using a Sizzix circle die.  I coloured with distress inks and added some glitter tape to the tag top and sides of the circle panel.  I also cut some tiny hearts from the glitter tape and scattered them down the side of the card.  

This was such a fun card to make.  I am sure I will be using this sketch again and I'm all set when the wedding comes around in the spring.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Going to the Chapel and....

Hi everyone and welcome.  A special welcome to Connie who has just joined the Nomad following.  Hope you are all having a fun and mojo filled Saturday.  The end of the month is looming and as usual there are projects I have been working on, or at least thinking on, that are due for submission.  Luckily the weather is a bit so so, a chance to be in and craft.  The weeds will still be there later.  Or maybe even more weeds!!  You can't tame nature, just bully it a little.....

Over at Cheery Lynn this week it's all about weddings.  This gave me an ideal opportunity to use my art pads from LOTV.  I love these, a bit of a cheat but fab for us what can't colour.  Quick if you are in a hurry and a nice variety of images.  I was also lucky enough to win the weekly candy draw last week so I got myself a set of their brand new Madame tags.  These are so pretty.  I expect they will be appearing all over the place.  Well, all over my place anyway.....

I wanted to go a bit vintage.  Not my strongest style.  Not that I'm sure I have a particular style.  I'm a bit mix and match maybe?  Anyway I found this nice old parchment coloured card and cut a Cheery Lynn English Tea party doily from it.  Then I had this gorgeous rose printed card which I cut the same doily from and matted onto the first card.  I backed the aperture with Basic Grey Colour Me Silly paper COL-389, which is so not vintage but I loved the bright red and orange to lift everything a bit.  Then I mounted the doily cut from the parchment colour card on sticky pads over the aperture, with a slight twist.  

I cut the LOTV Mr & Mrs image from the art pad and added some iridescent glitter to her veil and dress.  I made a double rosette from the rose card and added some die cut and gold embossed flowers using COL-389 from Sizzix Flowers and Vine #3.  The tag is from the LOTV Madame tag set, coloured with DI Walnut Stain and Barn Door.  I used glossy accents on the heart.  I thought the 'With Love' sentiment fitted perfectly.  

A bit of a closer look at the central details. 

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Thanks for dropping by.  Leave me a little love so I know you were here.  It looks like the sun is trying to shine so off to pull a few weeds.  Have a great day everyone.......