Wedding card.

     Just a quick post today showcasing the card I made for my son and his new bride. I just love black & white for a wedding card.

  The sentiment is the same one stamped on their wedding invitations so I thought it would be fitting for their card.

 It took two tries embossing the heart so it would match the embossed background. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Wedding

 My son married a wonderful girl from Brazil recently (June 2nd). It was a very small wedding; basically immediate family. They were married in a gazebo at a turn of the century home a couple of blocks from my house. Initially they were not going to have a cake topper. However, Bruna, my new daughter-in-law wanted something with both the American and Brazilian flags. This is what I came up with.

 Here's a close up shot. (Sorry about the glare) The banner reads Mr. & Mrs.

  The happy couple. Isn't she beautiful? Her gown was all lace.

Since the wedding was so small, I made wine tags for the bottles of wine each couple received as a token of their special day.

A close up shot of the tag.

  My son & I.

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MIM # 69 Take Three

  Nicole has some really neat sketches this week for her Make-it-Monday #69: Inspiration into Unique Sketches.  My 3rd submission for this week is based upon this sketch.

  I made this Father's Day card for my son-in-law. He is an awesome dad. I love the pattern paper, but was short on the main panel, so I  tweaked it a little. Not so sure if I like the flourish streaming behind the star. (It's not PTI but Inkadinkado.)  I have a feeling I am going to re-do this part of the card.

An up close shot.

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Thanks

 Happy Friday! I can't believe that I have posted several times this week. Now that my son's wedding is over and school is out, I have time each day to create a little something. Today's card is pretty simple. It is a thank you that I gave to my sweet neighbor for the PTI gcs she gave me.

  I love this Pretty Peonies stamp set. It is my favorite, I have to keep telling myself that I need to use some of the other stamp sets I have. Thanks for looking. I hope you have a great weekend and find some time to create something beautiful.

MIM # 69 Inspiration to Sketch

  I'm on a roll. After not participating in the past 3-4 MIMs sponsored by Papertrey Ink, I have my 2nd entry already completed for this week's challenge. Nicole has several inspirational photos she transformed into sketches. My masculine birthday card is based upon this.

    I rotated the sketch to produce my card.

       I stamped the chevrons onto Soft Stone CS using PTI's Dark Chocolate ink,  Tim Holtz's distressed ink, Peeled Paint and PTI's Ocean Tides. The vertical sentiment is from Verses Rubber stamps. The green strip separating the sentiment from the chevrons is Ripe Avocado CS crimped.

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MIM # 69 Inspiration into Uniques sketches

      It's been awhile since I participated in a MIM challenge. In fact, I need to go back to the last three videos to view them.  This is one of those cards that did not turn out the way I had initially planned. Not wanting to use a floral image I opted to make a Christmas card. Figured I would get an early start. Choosing the coordinating pattern papers was easy. Finding an image that would coordinate proved to be futile. I initially planned on using the wreath from Wreath for All Seasons, but that didn't work. Next I tried a Christmas tree image; it was too small. To make it easy on myself I opted to stamp the sentiment from Wreath for All Seasons in the opening versus an image.

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MIM Pocket Card

  Today's card is one I received from my neighbor, Elise, a couple of days ago honoring my retirement.  Since she doesn't have a blog, I thought I would post it on mine since the card is sooo beautiful.

   I just love the background she created using the Rosie Posey Stamp set. The color combinations on the Kraft CS is so striking. This card is really swaying me to buy this set

An upclose shot of the inside. Isn't she a sweetie giving me a PTI GC? Love her sentiment too. Perfect!

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