Pop-up Wedding Card Featuring Magnolia Stamps

My sons' principal got married recently. I tried to finish this card in time for her cupcake party with the school children but I didn't quite made it in time. I didn't want to abort the project. So i pushed through with creating this card just for her.

It has been a while since I created this card, and there were more cards created after this. I'm very behind blogging my creations. I am not going to the specifics on how I created this card. You can leave me a comment in the comments section if you have any questions on the elements of this card. For now, enjoy the shots I took of the card.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Have a blessed and brilliant day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Shaker See Though Wedding Card

My son's 5th Grade teacher is getting married at the end of this month. I volunteered to create a card for her. I am on a time crunch since my promise day is Wednesday. Between fulfilling a promise to my pre-schooler and helping my 5th Grader create his favorite book character pumpkin, I was left with Tuesday night to create the card.

I made a little research on the would-be couple. Thanks to the web, I saw her wedding announcement. Thanks to my friend, Lindsay. for helping me out with the color theme of the wedding which are the colors of the couple's online wedding announcement.

I cut the wedding rings using Cricut Life's A Party cartridge. I cut 6 pieces of this image with one as a mirror image. I cut this on a gold Recollection cardstock. I stacked the 5 wedding rings on top of the other. I adhered a vellum and acetate to the back of the first layer. I adhered another acetate to the back of the mirror image. The vellum was stamped using a gem stamp from Studio Calico. I cut off the excess after I adhered it to the gem portion of the ring.

To create the windows, I used a circle die slightly smaller than the rings from the My Favorite Things Stacked Circle dies. I used the negative cut as a guide for positioning the circle die. I cut this on a navy blue cardstock and a cream cardstock which is the base of the wedding card. This is a card slightly larger than an A2 card. I embossed the navy cardstock with a Li'l Inker Designs embossing plate. My initial plan was to have the card front all covered with the navy cardstock. The embossing folder is smaller than the navy panel. I tried to continue the embossing but the plate shifted, so you know how that turned out, right? I was left with this navy cardstock that is slightly shorter than the card. This time, I was able to continue the pattern without any shifts. I would have pursued the sides of the panel too but since this is what is left of my navy cardstock, I just left that portion plain.

I adhered the navy panel to the card base. I adhered the mirrored ring die cut to the inner panel otf the card base. Working on the front of the card, I poured some clear Martha Stewart hear sequins to the center of the ring. I adhered the stacked rings to cover the window and create the shaker windows. I was using Ranger Multi Matte Medium to adhere this but I was having little luck on sealing the edges of the ring even if I applied a clear block on top of the rings while the glue is drying. I think one of the reasons why it is failing is because I have a groove in between the stacked and mirror imaged rings. I used a thin double sided tape, and finally, I can shake the card without any sequins falling.

This is a trifold card. I cut another card base using the same cream cardstock, with the score on my right. I cut the largest heart from the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hearts die on a Navy Pearl cardstock, also from Recollection. I stamped the panel using a garland stamp from Studio Calico. I used a Hero Arts Soft Vanilla dye ink. I adhered the heart to this panel making sure that the navy color is showing thru the ring window panel. I die cut the sentiment from Paper Smooches Always and Forever dies using the reverse side of the Recollections gold cardstock. I applied copper Wink of Luna to the words Always and Forever for highlight since these words are overlapping the ampersand.

For the middle panel, I stamped the names of the bride and groom, and added the homerooms of the kids for a personal touch. I didn't add the photo to this post. I want to save that portion for the couple to view first and hopefully, enjoy. I used a  Concord & 9th Sophisticated Script stamps. I used the Misti Stamping Tool to re-stamp the letters for a bolder impression. These kinds of stamps are on trend now a days. To connect the letters, like it is handwritten, I put an acetate on the area to be stamped on. I position the letter next to the already stamped letter, making sure that the tip of that letter is covered by the 'to-be-stamped' letter.  Then, I pick the stamp with a block or in this case, I use the Misti. The acetate stabilizes the letter since it is hard to sometimes hold these single letter stamps upright.

And what is a handmade card without a handmade envelope?

Congratulations, Miss Goehring! 

Thanks for viewing my blog. Have a blessed & brilliant day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Shaker Wedding Card

 

I created this card with a snow globe as an inspiration. After watching Laura Bassen's video tutorial (http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/meowy-christmas/) , I got an idea based on the partial die cutting of the circle on her card to use this technique in creating the shaker snow globe. I don't have a snow globe die. This sure is a way to stretch your dies. I used an Ellen Hutson woodgrain cardstock for this.

I also utilized my Cricut cartridges to create the base of the snow globe. I used the Create A Critter cartridge, with the image being the platform of the seal. I cut off the top portion of the platform which I saved for later use. Since this was cut with tick marks for layering, I flipped the die cut to use the back side wherein the tick marks are not so heavy.

Working on the base card, I traced the partial circle onto a white note card. This will let me know where to blend my inks which will be the background of the snow globe. I stamped the groom and the bride initially onto the base card using Studio Calico I Do! by Kelly Purkey. Instead of paper masking these images for ink blending, I applied Molotow mask to it. After I blended the colors, I was upset to find out that the Molotow mask stained the stamped images blue. Instead or starting all over again, I stamped the bride & groom onto a white cardstock, then fuzzy cut it. I adhered this with foam tape directly on top of the blue tinged stamped images. I also added some details to the bride & groom's clothing. I also die cut a blue heart and adhered this on the middle of the couple, sort of like they are holding the heart with one hand each. I applied glitter to the heart and Glossy Accent.

Now, it's time to work on the shaker. I adhered a clear plastic to the back of the woodgrain windowed cardstock. I ran a dryer sheet on the back side of this. I applied foam adhesives around the window, doubling this up since my bride & groom are raised by one layer of foam. I always make the mistake of putting the shaker elements to the plastic film when it should be the other way around. Pour the shaker elements to the base card, then adhere the shaker window panel on top of it.

Working on the base of the snow globe which was cut on gray cardstock, I trimmed the sides of the platform to make it match the snow globe window. I sponged the ends of the cardstock with Tim Holtz Distress Marker in Black Soot. I stamped the Congratulations sentiment, also from the same stamp set, by first, curving the sentiment, with the help of the die cut platform, onto a plastic film (the one that comes with the stamp sets.) I picked up this curved sentiment with an acrylic block. I applied anti-stick powder to the portion of the platform I cut earlier. Then I stamped  the sentiment using Versamark ink. I embossed this using white embossing powder. I trimmed this by tracing the platform onto it to create the same curve as the platform and stamped sentiment. I sponged this using the same Tim Holtz ink but I made it darker than the platform. I buffed the embossed sentiment with a rag to remove the black ink. The platform was adhered flushed to the window while the sentiment was adhered using foam adhesive.

As a finishing touch, which I should have done first before adhering the acetate and the platform, I splattered Prima Color Blooms in Storm Cloud. I just covered the acetate and the platform using a scratch piece of cardstock. I dabbed the excess using a rag.

Thanks for viewing my blog.

Maria Giselle B.