Wedding Card using new kit by Fifi the Papercrafter

 Hi friends!

After a summer enjoying time with her family Fifi the Papercrafter is back at it making beautiful pages to be used for junk journals, and other paper projects. I couldn't resist making a wedding card out of these beautiful flowers. 

Fifi recently released this kit and you can see more here ====> London to Paris

I started this project by printing 2 of the same page that contain these flowers. They run down the side of the page. I could cut them down so I could make a traditional A2 size greeting card that is very popular in the US but I decided to go with a slimline card. They are 3.5x8.5" and fit in a normal size 10 mailing envelope. I cut the flowers down to 3.25x8.25" My card base is ivory and it will add a nice frame around it.

I smear some pink Distress Oxide on my table and squirt with water to make a water color. I paint the flowers on only one of the pages. 

 

I cut the flowers out. I wanted them to be a different color that the originals.

I distressed the edges of the panel.

I chose a sentiment and gold embossing powder.

This is my favorite sentiment for wedding cards. I think I will use it for a long time. It is by Diamond Press but they don't sell it anymore. 

 

I glue the pink flowers to the card to add more color and dimension by using foam adhesive. I also added green pearls. Having other elements popped up with foam helps protect the pearls during mailing -- so bonus embellishments!

~Paula

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Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from.

 

Spinner choice

 Hi Friends! 

Today I used two methods of creative motivation for help to create this card. The first is the spinner. I created a digital spinner that has all products, themes, techniques, etc. that I can think of on it. I spin the wheel and go with that. It can help with creative block but most importantly it helps me not to do the same thing with the same products all the time. It helps to use things I have. 

 

The spinner gave me: flower 

The second thing I used is this basket of card panels. These are left over from previous projects or I sat down and just made a whole of bunch of panels using a certain method. 

 I picked the first flower stamp set I saw and sat down with the basket to pick out the perfect panel. 

I chose this pink watercolored background.

I stamped the design on. I could have just left it at that but I was in the mood to add some color to it. I used Tim Holtz's watercolor pencils. I love how pigments these are and they are a dream to use. 

I wasn't sure how well they would cover the pink and they did well. The black ink that I stamped with claims to be waterproof when dry. I heat set it before painting and it still tried to smear. I just tried very hard to keep the brush from dragging through it. 

Now to add a little bling. I love Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors too. This palette is one of my most used art supplies and look at how new it still looks!

Just add some water, grab a brush. The fan brushes work very well but you can use others. 

Little specs of gold, so pretty. 

I decide to use the sentiment that came with the flower stamp. I stamped it in black and then in clear so I could add clear embossing powder. 

I love the beauty of heat embossing!

It adds texture and shine.

I used a black background panel and a white card base. 

~Paula

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Please Note: This post contains product links so you can easily find any supplies and/or tools you may be interested in. As an Amazon Associate, I may be compensated for a purchase made using my link. However, no additional cost is extended to you. The other links are just to help guide you in the right direction. I am not affiliated with those companies but I encourage you to shop small businesses as much as possible.

Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from.

The stamp set is by Honey Doo Crafts in the UK. I bought it at a trade show but I cannot find this set on their website. They have many really beautiful sets to check out at Honey Doo Crafts