Marvelous Possibilities

  I did not want to put off making a wedding card at the last minute this week, which is usually my nature.  The wedding that I am going to for my niece, Elizabeth, and her handsome, Patrick is a black and white affair, with a touch of red.  They asked all the guest to come in black and white attire, and I know that the bride will be wearing red shoes, and a red flower in her hair, and I think the groom will have a red tie, otherwise everything will be black and white.  I started out to make a black and white card, but it turned into a red and white card with a touch of black.  I know Liz will like that. It's hard to come up with black and white paper in my stash, because I am all about the colors.  In fact, I had to dive back into Candlelight Christmas to find some red and white for this card.  I used hearts from More Amore, and the stamps are from Sweet Essentials, Petite Pairs, and Tiny Tags.  It doesn't have a lot of stamping, but ...

I don't usually choose to do a shabby chic kind of card, but when it comes to the new spring catalog, it's got so much shabby chic type products, that I was just bound to be drawn to it.  I've always loved doilies and lace, and I could not wait to start playing with all the fun new embellishments.  The card started with some paper from More Amoire DSP.  I wanted to put a doily on the front and I just did not think it looked right, so I tried a little dark sponging on the paper so that it would show through the doily more, and it really did not work, thus the little dark spots (that showed up much more in the photo than when I looked at the card).  I decided to just use a part of the doily on the left, and to add my hearts from Hearts a Flutter stamp set.  The sentiment comes from the free stamp set, Vintage Verses available during SaleABration. The buttons came from SAB Sycamore Street ribbon and button  embellishment pa...