Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Navy & Silver Wedding


I made this wedding card for my husband's co-worker.  Everyone at his work was chipping in for a gift, but he told them that we would contribute a handmade wedding card to go with the gift.  Naturally, this bit of information came to me at the last minute so I whipped something up quickly -- a bit of stamping and embossing, finished off with some ribbon did the trick.

The gorgeous medallion-like images are from "French Quarter" by Inque Boutiue, a stamp company that is no longer in business.  Does anyone remember Inque Bouttique stamps?  I have several of their stamps because a few months before they went out of business I won $100 worth of their stamps.  Even though they are not current I still love many of those stamps and try to remember to pull them out once in a while.

I'm entering this into the current Crazy for Challenges #131 -- to use blue and white with one other color.

Hope you all are having a wonderful week!






Stamps:   French Quarter (inque boutique), Giga Guidlines (PTI)
Paper:  watercolor paper
Ink:   Paris Dusk (memento), versamark
Other:  silver EP, silver ribbon, enchanted evening button (PTI)

13 comments:

Suzanne said...

SO SO gorgeous! I LOVE the bow, Sara!

Joyce said...

This is such a beautiful card. It does not look like you just whipped it up. Too bad a company that made such beautiful stamps went out of business.

Kara said...

this is beautiful Sara!!

Christina said...

So very elegant and beautiful, Sara! I love every bit of this, but especially the ribbon!

Lynn said...

Absolutely elegant! I love it Sara!

Kim Heggins said...

Such an elegant card, perfect for a wedding. I love how you did the ribbon with the two rows and then that fabulous bow with the gem in the center, so beautiful.

Jennifer K said...

Sara, this is so stunning and elegant. I'm sure they were very pleased to receive such a beautiful handmade card.

Jill said...

Sara! Thank you so much for your sweet note on my blog! I am so happy to be back creating! Everyone else has said it, so I'll 8th the notion: What an elegant card! I love that giant image (I have some Inque Boutique stamps--I didn't know they'd gone out of business!) paired with the *double* row of ribbon and giga sentiment! I can't believe you just whipped it up, it looks so professional. Terrific!

Lorraine said...

Sara, I love your card! The design and blue with silver make it look so elegant! Perfect wedding card!

Karen (carefree creations) said...

Oh my goodness this is gorgeous! I love that color combo and the bow is fabulous!

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Another beautiful card in a CAS style, love it ! Shirley x

JJ Bolton said...

This is so lovely! Love the classic design!

Unknown said...

beautiful! LOVE that bow! :)