Swirly Wedding

This is a card I made last week for a wedding we went to yesterday.  It really was a gorgeous day, perfect couple, fantastic venues and a truly enjoyable day.  As I've said before, I seem to have made lots of wedding cards recently so when I was trying to come up with an idea I trawlled Pinterest (love Pinterest!), and found a card that I wanted to CASE. 

The bridesmaid dresses at the wedding were a dusky pink colour so I dug in my stash and found some pearlescent pink card and pink rhinestones to go with the theme.  I didn't have a ribbon that would work so I used a strip of card instead.  For the sentiment I found the "Congratulations" on Google images and then added the other wording myself.

This is my card:

And this is the card I found on Pinterest, which is from this Blog:

I (think) that's our last wedding of the year, so there may be a lull in the wedding card making at least for a while!

Thanks for visiting!

Jacqui x














I bought the Cuttlebug "d'vine swirls" embossing folder specifically for this card, but I love it so I think I'll make good use of it. 

Baby Boy's Christening

I was asked to make a Christening card a while ago, and the card I made I've never got round to sharing...so here it is!

It is based on a design that was found on the internet, but I'm afraid I've lost the link!

I drew the church shape by hand and cut it out of coordinating Boofle papers, it looked really plain without the black lining so I carefully drew around the edge with a marker.  The sentiment I printed directly onto the card.

All of the other drawing I did freehand using a fine liner, except the stars which I drew myself some stencils.

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.  I have been busy busy but have managed to sqeeze in making a couple of cards - I'll share them once I've given them to their recipients!

Jacqui x

Dad's Birthday

It’s my Dad’s birthday on Monday, so of course a card was called for! (I’m not sure he’s ever found my blog so I’m pretty sure it’s safe to share).  I took inspiration from CAS(E) this sketch #38…but I missed submitting it to the challenge as Blogger was playing up last night. Never mind!

I bought some more core’ dinations cardstock that arrived this week, so I grabbed this! I’ve used card from both the “brights” and “dark” sets.  For a coordinating card I cut up the folder that I received my graduation certificate in – thanks University of Southampton, great colour choice =) I stuck the strips I’d cut directly onto the card using some trusty Pritt Stick.  The sentiment and shape I printed onto card and cut out, I stuck it to the card using foam squares.  I finished off with a little detailing with the enamel dots.

Hopefully he’ll like it!

Hope you’re all looking forward to the weekend…we’re moving house on Monday so I have a weekend of cleaning ahead of me!...hopefully I’ll be able to squeeze in some more card making at some point.

Jacqui x