Hello Everyone!
We've got a very timely new challenge over on the Sparkles Monthly Blog..."Wedding!" and I decided to go with a pretty bride-focused design using one of my favorite die sets from Ellen Hutson, Julie Ebersole's "Hands"! This versatile set features two pairs of hands-only dies and this well-manicured gal is just about to toss her wedding bouquet!
I scored a piece of rosy pink card stock every 1/2", trimmed that panel to size and cut out a center frame with a large stitched heart die. I also die cut a piece of heavy white card stock in the same way, glued these pieces together and backed this framed panel with a piece of craft foam. A piece of dark rose card stock was also glued to the front of a 6"x6" square card base.
The bouquet was watercolored and fussy cut to fit the smaller hand die. I made the scalloped edge sleeve by trimming a piece of die cut white card stock down to cover the arm underneath and added small pearls to the cuff. I painted the fingernails with pink pearlized watercolor, added a gem for the ring and adhered the dress sleeve to the arm/hand.
I glued the bouquet to the hand, added several layers of foam tape under both and adhered this to the dark rose base; the scored top panel was glued on top. The embossed sentiment strip was attached with foam tape and an assortment of pink sequins finished the design. There is so much depth created with this fairly simple imagery and it's so pretty for a contemporary bride! We can't wait to see your wedding-themed projects in our Sparkles Monthly Gallery!
Thanks so much for joining me and I really appreciate all of your comments!
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Rachelle ♥
love this Rachelle, great to see a "different" style of wedding card
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Rachelle! Such a great ‘non-traditional’ wedding card. Love all the details you added to your card – pink pearlized watercolor and a gem for the ring, so awesome! Thank you for joining us at Creative Knockouts and hope to see you again soon. Hugs, Jinny
ReplyDeleteYour card is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at the Sweet Stampers and i hope to see you again.
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This is really gorgeous Rachelle. A very different creation, love those dies.
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Cathy
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Oh what a cute wedding card Rachelle! I love the dies you used and the fabulous heart window! Awesome details, the tiny pearls on her dress and the gem for the ring is sooo cute!
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Oh Red! It's destined to be a keepsake, my friend!! That bouquet was meant to be held by our EBE hand, I think!! Absolutely fabulous!
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Oh hat a fun card Rachelle!
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing along with us at Creative Knockouts! Good luck!!
Hi, Rachelle, so glad to see your pretty wedding card is our gallery. Love the sweet bling details!! Thank you for playing with us at the Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge and hope you will join us again soon.
ReplyDeleteOh I love this card!! I have had my eye on that hand by Ellen! LOL
ReplyDeleteI love that this is boldly coloured. I'm a bit samey with colours on wedding cards. I need to take a leaf out of your book. Love Dawn x
ReplyDeleteWhy she even has a ring...what a fabulous card. Lovely colours and design. Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin. Pat K xx
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful and what a clever design! LOVE IT! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Sisterhood of Crafters challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Absolutely stunning bride's card! The bouquet is beautiful; the framing, pretty; the ring, OHMY! Wish I had a diamond that big *grin* Thrilled to see you in the JUGS gallery!
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I absolutely adore this beautiful card! So nicely done!
ReplyDeleteWhat an unusual card with those unusual dies but how stunning! A great way to display the hands too - thanks for sharing with us at Sweet Stampin
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