Wedding cards with Bravo Stampin' Up! Set

Last week I took part in the Stampin' Up! Mediterranean Cruise Achievers Blog Hop. Wow trying said that after a glass of wine or two....! The theme was wedding dreams and you can see my entries in my Wedding Dreams post, but I also made this card at the same time. Wedding season is here and so I thought I'd share this one also.

It's very simple using a collection of heart stamps from different Stampin' Up! sets including A Nice Cuppa, Tin of Cards and Beautiful Ride. Additionally I used the mini heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

I've added the faintest touch of silver thread and a handful of rhinestones along with whisper white punched hearts raised on stampin' dimensionals for a little depth.  I used the paper piercing mat from long ago, but the current  Updated Essentials set on p168 of the annual catalogue would be even better to add some detail to the border of my top layer.  You can't really see it, but the black layer is a piece of embossed card from the Colour Me Irresistable Designer Series Paper.

The sentiment in black archival ink says it all and is part of the Bravo stamp set which is full of congratulations and well done stamps.

Weddings are such happy times and let's face it the world needs happy right now.

Zx

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Stampin' Up! Beautiful Ride Valentine Card for Mojo Monday

Stampin' Up! sets Beautiful Ride and Going Global are my choice today for a Valentine card and for the Mojo Monday challenge #433.  

You can stamp the fab VW Beetle onto patterned paper and then cut it out. I find that cutting in the opposite direction to that which you usually cut helps you keep on the line, but not cut all the line of the image if that makes sense LOL! 

The couple along with the Beetle are from the stamp set Beautiful Ride.  I've also added a tiny brad to each wheel as a hub.  The globe stamp is from Going Global along with the sentiment.  You might not be able to see, but I've heat embossed the globe by first inking my stamp with versa mark and then gently tapping the stamp onto my lost lagoon ink pad. Add embossing clear powder and it's a way of heat embossing in the colour of your choice when you don't have that colour powder.  It also gives a little 'shine' to the image.  I punched the globe out with the 2"circle punch and then put it back in place, but on stampin' dimensionals and then the soft sky piece of card acts as a back drop.  My whisper white strip is stamped with a couple of stamps from the new Timeless Textures which if you like Gorgeous Grunge you'll love this.  Some heart dry embossing with the Happy Heart embossing folder and you are set up for Valentine's day.  

Here's the sketch from Mojo Monday.  You can visit it here.

Why not have a go yourself?

More soon. Zx