A Perfect Fall Wedding CARD, The I Do Photos and LIM95



This post is kind of long but I'd think you'll like it.  Please forward & share with friends for those who love the Owl Builder punch & also pretty weddings.



A big Congratulations to Kelly and Ian on their Happy I Do day back in late October.  It was a perfect Fall wedding at The Old Homestead in scenic Crockett, CA (wedding photographs below).  So on with the card ...

My owl wedding card. The owl dress draped with a string of pearls and a touch of one glamorous rhinestone!

A close up photograph above of the owl bride's dress and ivory tulle veil.  At Kelly & Ian's wedding, the couple made the sweetest wedding favors I've have ever seen.  They were a mason jar filled with delicious oatmeal cookies adorn with beautifully laced & ivory satin picot edge-ribbon draped all around (sorry, no picture).  On the owl card I personalized it by adhering a piece of the picot-edge ribbon from Kelly's favors and adhered it onto the veil for the owl bride card "something new". 

 A string of pearls!

Below are a few of my favorite photographs I took of the Happy I Do couple Kelly & Ian.  Hope you enjoy them.

Bountiful Hydrangea Flowers

 Kelly and her Dad (love this pic!)

The Wedding Vows

A big congratulations to Kelly and Ian on their Happy I Do day!

A Perfect Fall Evening Wedding it was!

 A photograph of my little grown up family. My son Matthew, Marian (me), my daughter Mandy (who was in the wedding party as a bridesmaid/brides hair stylist and by the way who caught the bouquet) and her sweet boyfriend Damon.   Mandy is wearing my favorite pearl necklace "something olde" given to me from my God Mother from when I was born.   Every year my God Mother would add a pearl and then when I turned sweet 16 she finished off the necklace.  God Bless my sweet Nina Lucy.   Doesn't Mandy look great!

LQQK there's more!  Over at Less is More Chrissie & Jen created some inspiring

Glamour and Glitz. 

Rich royalty gems a string of pearls and a sparkly rhinestone! 

 

 I know my card might be too intricate to some for this challenge but I really like it a lot and hope you enjoy it too! Would love to hear what you think ... thank you!

 

All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...

Stamp: Word Play, Autumn Days-retired
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Ruby Red-retired, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede
Paper: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Basic Black, Blush Blossom-retired
Accessories: Owl Builder Punch, Bird Builder Punch (for the branches), 2 1/2" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch (for the bottom drape of the dress), 1" Square Punch (for the top hat), Textured Impressions Folder Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Textured Impressions Lace Brocade Embossing Folder (dress), Prettiest Kit (flower)-retired, Sponge, Dimensionals, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Pearl Basic Jewels, Glue Dots and non-SU Wedding Ivory Tulle (for the veil).

Enjoy!

Mason Jar Thank You CARD

Happy Thanksgiving, little turkeys!! Hope your day is great!!

I made this sweet make n' take over at my upline Brenda Keenan during our monthly unit meeting. Brenda cased the sample shown on page 28 of the Holiday Catalog.  I love mason jars!  Everything about them brings back happy memories of my mom in the kitchen canning her special apricot jam.

  

This fresh and delicious 14-piece stamp set gives you as many choices as a roadside fruit and vegetable stand! How many can you come up with? Coordinates with the Small Oval Punch and the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies.

Perfectly Preserved Clear Mount Stamp Set #126692 $20.95

All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...

Stamps: Perfectly Preserved
Ink: More Mustard, Early Espresso, Rasberry Ripple, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade
Paper: Orchard Harvard DSP, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Small Oval Punch, Baker's Twine, Dimensionals

Enjoy!

Gift Certificate Holders Petite Purses to Go!

My daughter Mandy is a hair stylist and for her business she needs a lot of gift certificate/any occasion holders.  I was trying to think of something outside the box, so instead of a normal card to make I decided to think outside the purse.  I made a whole line of petite purses for her and her colleagues using the Snow Festival Designer Series Paper and used some of my retired scraps of DSP as well.  *Please note a business card will fit just fold it in half.

Snow Festival Designer Series Paper pack #126908 a playful winter images. Versatile colors. 12 sheets: 2 ea. of 6 double-sided designs. 12" x 12". Acid- and lignin-free. Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Soft Suede, and Whisper White.

These two purses above in pink are from a former DSP called Sending Love glitter paper. These make a great birthday gift certificates.

 

Create a perfect little purse in a snap with the Petite Purse Bigz L Die #125606 $32.95

Here above I used the Curly Label Punch.

Looking inside the purse above I lined themed each DSP piece using the extra large-oval punch to cover up the scallop circle DSP piece for edging.  Inside each purse I inserted adhesive sticky back velcro 5/8" clear dots for easy closure.  The velcro dots can be purchased from any stationary supply store. 



Using some retired scraps of Bella Rose DSP. 

Label Collection Framelits #125598

SHOP ON-LINE Extravaganza Nov. 19-28 ONLY!

All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...

Stamps:  Computer Font
Paper: Snow Festival DSP 2012 Holiday Catalog #126908, Bella Rose & Sending Love retired DSP
Accessories: Petite Purse Bigz L Die, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Extra Large-Oval Punch, *For stronger bond recommend using Multipurpose Liquid Glue #110755 instead of Sticky Strip for stronger bondage, Glue Dots for the buttons, Assorted Colors Satin 5/8" Ribbon, Curly Label Punch, Label Collection Framelits #125598 and misc. buttons purchased from PTI. 

Enjoy!

Living on Island Time Birthday CARD & One day SALE

Everyday should be a Tropical Holiday!

Stampin' Up! is doing a one-day sale on almost all of our stamp sets! Every single set is 15% off, on Monday ONLY. Look through our catalog and let me know which sets you need for Holiday projects, or any sets that have been on your wish list. Now is the time to order them!

This means all stamps in the current catalogs including

• Background stamps
• Personalized name stamps
• Cookie press stamps
• Single-image stamps

This DOES NOT include

• Hostess sets
• Bundled stamp sets
• Digital stamp brush sets

Shop On-Line HERE  15% off Monday only, October 29th, 2012 


All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe:

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Tropical Party-retired,  Silouette Sentiments-retired, Amazing to Zany-retired, PTI-Signature Greetings,
Ink:   Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip,
Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise,
Accessories: Polka Dot Melon Mambo grosgrain ribbon, Jewelry Tag Punch, Twine, Bayer, Sponge
Technique:  Brayer Sky, Sponging
Square Card 5x5


Enjoy!

Where Blue Birds Fly CARD, OLW89

Trilled to be playing along with the "Less is More" ONE LAYER challenge team using a design of card with clean lines, minimal elements, areas of white space and few or no embellishments. This week's theme is using Wings.  So, I am bringing back Nature Walk stamp set using my favorite colors different shades of blues. 

I was thinking outside the box by brayering in a angle vs. the traditional way of up & down along the edge of the card stock.

All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...

Stamp:  Nature Walk, Live, Laugh, Love-retired
Ink: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Brilliant Blue-retired
Paper: Whisper White
Accessories: Sponge, Brayer, PTI Hemp
Technique:  Brayer Sky, Sponging

OLC One Layer Card One piece of card folded in half with no additional layers and minimal embellishments, where the image is stamped or printed directly onto the cardstock.
 

Enjoy!

Up, Up & Away Thank You Butterfly CARD



All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...
Stamps:  Note of Thanks (mini note set-retired)
Ink: Crumb Cake, Basic Black
Paper: Floral District DSP, Natural Compoistion Specialty DSP, Cardstock Vellum, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Natural Hemp, Adhesive Pearls, Marvy Balloon Punch, Modern Label Punch

Enjoy!

A Spooky Night Owl/Bat CARD

My card was CASed and INspired with slight changes whose original can be seen by talented artist: Jill Coleman at Jill Stamps blog.  Fun, quick and easy.

Happy Halloween!

 All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...

Stamps: Wicked Cool
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Rich Razzelberry, Polka Dot DSP, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Owl Builder Punch, Bird Builder Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Spider Web Embossing Folder, Googlies eyes, Basic Black 1/2" Scallop Dot's Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals

Enjoy!

Pink Foliage, OLW 107 masking

Karen is hosting the One Layer Wednesday challenge this week; create a card using the masking technique.   That's simple.  I've been in love with SU French Foliage so I created a One Layer card, masking and a bit of pink foliage.

Lay your Post-It notes down on the card stock as shown below.  Make sure the Post-It notes are lined up evenly.  Use the SU Grid paper as a guide, a must have.  Start by sponging Melon Mambo onto the Post-It note, then off onto the card stock with a small circular motions. Don't rush.  Repeat the above step to your liking of shading. With the Post-It's still in place stamp what ever images you like and them remove the Post-It's. Add sentiment.

 

My swaps for September, made a bunch. 

 

 

Here are my other French Foliage Favorites (click on image)!

All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Stamp Recipe: French Foliage, Curly Cute
Ink: Melon Mambo, Gumball Green, Pink Pirouette, Stazon Jet Black
Paper: Whisper White
Accessories: Sponge, Post-Its notes 3" x 5".
Technique:  Masking, Sponging

Enjoy!