Invitation time

Welcome back to another creation for Card A Day Blog.  This week we are showcasing Invitations.
I've been dying to find an opportunity to use the Prima Doll stamps that I received at Christmas.

This Wedding  Shower Invitation was perfect!

I stamped the doll with Memento black ink onto a large white doily first, then again on white cardstock so I could use my Spectrum Noir markers to color her hair and skin.  Gathered at the bottom is some white tulle that I also used for the veil.  I finished her off with some Prisma glitter and bitty sparkles from Close To My Heart. I used white pigment ink and a retired stamp set for the title. The typical who, what, when and where are printed on white cardstock and attached to the back.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to share your cards with us this month at Card A Day Blog for your chance to win a great prize!!

debi

Wedding Party

I'm back again today with my next creation as guest designer for Sketch With Color.  I was really inspired by the sketch this time, but found it quite challenging to come up with a color combination.

I finally settled on Monaco Blue, Violet and Linen...two of the three colors were ready for me in this nice collection from Quick Quotes.  I added the Violet chicken wire design on the base page with a bit of ink and a stencil....a technique I've learned to enjoy quite a bit recently!  I love being able to control the placement of the design on the page as well as the intensity of the color! 
You might have been looking at this thinking "Darn debi, you could've used a better picture" but I've done the blurring intentionally...you see, I am pre-designing layouts for my daughter's wedding when I find a pose that I really like so our photographer can have an idea of what I'm looking for on wedding day - thank goodness the photographer comes from a scrapbooking home so she understands completely my quest! So, this is NOT my daughter OR her wedding - but it will be replaced this fall with the real thing.
Thanks for joining me today - don't forget to upload your sketch creations and share them with us!

Today's designed brought to you by:
Paper - Quick Quotes
Flowers & Lace - Mon Ami Gabbi
Rhinestones & resin flower - Close To My Heart
Stamped Images - Bo Bunny and Close To My Heart
Sizzix Dies

Let them eat Cake!

Today's theme on the Card-A-Day Blog is weddings.  My card celebrates the day with one of a wedding's more important parts.

I love the detailing on the cake, created simply by running a piece of cardstock through an embossing folder, cut into graduated length strips and rounding the corners.  How you decorate your cake depends on your couple.  With no one in particular in mind, I chose to use purple rhinestones to match my iridescent purple background paper.  With the addition of some tiny flowers, pearls and bits of lace my cake is complete.

Today's project is brought to you by:

Cuttle Bug Embossing Folder

Close To My Heart Tiny White flowers and Purple Rhinestone

Want 2 Scrap & Recollections - Pearls

Lace & Purple paper from the stash

Themed Events - Invitations

Today I'd like to share with you this invitation and save the date card for an upcoming themed event.

When hosting a themed event, I like to give the guests a little hint of the theme with the design of the cards they receive.  This is a very special event at our house.

The save the date card is a simple white note card printed from word.  I made the fairy on the front by punching a heart shape from velum, then cut it in half and added a large blue rhinestone.  I outlined the wings with a metalic pin on the card so they show up better.


The inside of the bifold card reveals the invitation to my daughter's wedding.  I cut the scroll on the Cricut that I used the Cricut Craft Room program to get the size I needed for my invitation.  The poles holding the scroll are scraps of chocolate cardstock that have been stamped with a tone on tone technique then inserted in the opening. The band holding the card shut is cut from scraps of cardstock. I printed the  invitation here on velum, but I might try printing on the actual cut out for the rest of them. I've got about 75 of these to make, so the easier I can make it the better!

By the way, can you guess the theme of the wedding?  There will be some guests who will have no idea what it is, but those who know Jess and Del well will know as soon as they open the envelope!

Are you inspired to create your own themed invitations?  Be sure to share it with us for our February challenge at Card A Day Blog