Sunday 12 August 2012

Wedding Card

Here is a card I made today for a wedding reception we are going to in a couple of weeks, the couple actually got married this weekend in Italy. 




The heart and sentiment is by papermania from their confetti collection.  I 'inked' it with flitter glue and stamped onto black card, then I added chariots of fire gliding flakes by IndioBlu.  I cut a strip of black and gold paper for the side panel and a black card matt for the card blank, everything was edged with the flitter glue and the gliding flakes.
I layered it all up and gave the heart and sentiment a little extra definition by adding foam pads.  At the very end I decided to add in two little golden pearls to the top right corner.
The gliding flakes I've used are a lovely gold shade, I realise that the photos kind of have a bleached look to them due to the sun and the flake looks slightly silver??  I thought taking my photos outside would improve them as I think that is my biggest weakness when blogging :(

Anyway, I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

The Stamp Man Challenge Blog - Angela has set the theme this time: Precious Medal/Metals - Olympics - Gold/Silver/Bronze.  All the challenge details can be found HERE

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - this week the challenge was set by Helen who chose the theme of Gold, Silver or Bronze. All the challenge details can be found HERE

Ink On My Fingers - Hels has decided to make this week a shiny challenge!  Her excellent blog can be found HERE

CAS-ual Fridays - CFC65 is square cards.  All the challenge details can be found HERE 


Thanks for visiting my humble little blog, please feel free to leave me a comment so I know you stopped by - any advice/suggestions are very, very welcome :)

Claire xx


13 comments:

  1. gorgeous creation, just perfect for our challenge at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
    Hugs Kate xx

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  2. Wow! What an elegant and striking design! The heart image you used is absolutely stunning, Claire :)
    Thanks so much for playing with us this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  3. Fabulous wedding card Claire, I'm sure the couple in questions will love it ! Thanks for joining us at The Stamp Man. Sue C x

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  4. Very shiny! A lovely card, the couple will treasure it.

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  5. Perfect for a wedding - beautiful heart & love the gilding. Sx

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  6. Gorgeous, very classy, I love black and gold together... Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x

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  7. Lovely card. I haven't been brave enough to use my Indigo Blu stash yet - I want to now!

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  8. Gorgeous classy card, a reception following the honeymoon sounds like a great idea. Have a great time at the reception and thank you for sharing your card with us at the Stamp Man XOXO Zoe

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  9. What a beautiful card!! Incredible thought, detail and work went into your lovely treasure...I'm sure the happy couple will treasure it:)!

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  10. This is so pretty and elegant! Love the sponging around the edges - adds such a beautiful effect! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays! We're so glad you did!

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  11. A really stunning card, I love black and gold together, it is so classy and so is your card. A x

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  12. Gorgeous card!
    Thanks for playing with us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge!
    Helen x

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  13. This is fabulous, I really must try out this Flitterglue.
    Thanks for joining our Precious Metals challenge at The Stampman.
    hugs Kimx

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