It is a lovely day here today and I have achieved very little so far! The good thing about blogging is that no one knows your currently sitting in bed and still in your pj's while you are writing your post. I haven't really done any crafting over the last week as my desk has become somewhat over run by things....... So today I'm featuring a card I made a good month ago for a friends wedding.
Materials:
- White card, sliver glitter paper, pearlised rose patterned paper (Rosie's studio), vellum
- White ribbon and round ribbon charm (Bella Bling)
- Embossing ink (Versamark) and silver embossing powder (Ranger)
- Congratulations stamp (a set from a magazine)
Directions:
- Cut the white card to form a square card base. Cut the sliver glitter paper 5mm shorter in both height and width than the base. Cut the pearlised paper 5mm shorter in height and width than the glitter paper. Punch or die cut a medium size circle from the middle of the glitter paper for the rosette. Cut two strips of vellum 4cm wide.
- Take the two strips of vellum and either score with a scoring board or with an embossing stylus, lines 1cm apart perpendicular to the longest side of the strip. Accordion fold both pieces along the scored lines. Adhere the strips together at both ends to form a circle. Punch a circle out of scrap card and cover with a strong liquid glue. Holding the rosette together so that there is no gap in the center, place it over the glue covered circle and either hold it or weight it down until the glue dries.
- Stamp and emboss the congratulations stamp onto a strip of white card. Use an embossing tool to create scored lines either side of the stamped image so that the strip can sit snugly over the circle of glitter paper. Create one more scored line on each side 1cm along from the first line. Fold the strip to form a shape of a banner and cut a small triangle from each end. Adhere onto the glitter circle with dimensional foam and then adhere the piece to the top of the rosette also with dimensional foam.
- Cut the ribbon so that you can wrap it around the patterned piece of paper. Slide on the charm and adhere the ribbon on the back with tape. Place some adhesive behind the charm to stop it from sliding around.
- Adhere the glitter paper to the card base, followed by the patterned paper (with a strong adhesive, glitter paper doesn't like to play fair). Adhere the rosette on top.
There you have it. Please make sure to use a liquid glue or an adhesive that is strong when adhering both the patterned paper to the glitter paper and the rosette to the card. I used double sided tape under the patterned paper and it fell off with the weight of the rosette and the glitter paper underneath. Thankfully this happened well before I gave the card to the happy couple but I did end up sticking it on a bit wonky in the end when I was piecing it back together.
It is certainly not a quick card, but weddings allow you to be fancy and complicated because they demand a certain level of elegance. I used this card as an excuse to buy some (rather expensive) pretty paper and embellishments I wouldn't normally get and to use them on a card rather than hiding them away (I have a problem with that).
Till next time.
Stacey
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