Another... Wacky Wedding Card story

Hi everyone. I want to share another wedding card I made in one day.  A dear friend at work came up to me and asked if I could/would make a "special" wedding card for her OF COURSE was my response... and then I asked.  When do you need it?  She said Saturday... it was now Wednesday. 

Holy Moly! I thought about it and said I HAD to do it TONIGHT! (Wed.... LAST NIGHT).. because Thursday is my golf day... and she was off Friday... and the wedding was Saturday!

 

I shouldn't have asked question #2..... any special colors?  YES if you could! They are deep purple, green and orange! I said.... WHAT?????  Sounds like Halloween.

She also commented if you can't do that, maybe "love birds"?

I said "Can you be more specific on the colors?"

She said I can send you a flower arrangement from the shower.... OK.

So this is what she sent to me.

 

 

I laughed and said there is NO orange in this arrangement?  Then she said her bridal bouquet will have touch of tiny orange-ish flowers. 

 

I softly sighed... whew! I can do that....

So I went home after work, cleaned the kitchen after supper and began my mission....

Here is my results.

 

 

I know it looks black in the photo, but if you zoom... you can see it is really deep purple.

 

Here is peek at the inside... I managed to add a few "love birds" too.

I brought it in today and she LOVED it!  Ahhh success.

Please let me know what YOU think!

Hugs

Diane

May & June Pretties

Hi everyone! I hope you all had Lovely Mother's Day! My post today is show a custom card I made for co-worker request for a wedding.  She wanted an Over-sized card  and colors in Black / White / Gold.  Hmmmm  What to do?

I played around and played around and played around with several ideas. I finally settled on the this...

There is lot going on here... I used the Su framelit dies and circle punches. Plus the Gold CS, and Black & White DSP plus a piece of polka dotted overlay from an old DSP pack.

 

The gold paper under the card is the SU envelope paper. I made a matching envelope as well.

Here is  peek at the inside.

 

The second card we will be making in the June Class.

This card was made using PTI background stencils, Stamps and Dies.

 

Would love to hear what you think.

Diane

 

 

May Class - Treat Box

Just another quick post to show you the treat boxes I made last night for my next class. I seriously was only going to die cut them out and assemble this weekend. Well guess I just got "into" my work and the next thing I knew.... 8 boxes were done!

 

 

Here is my work in progress. First to die cut and adhere two sides together.

Then I  taped the bottom closed.

I was still watching the shows I DVR during the week so I began to make some tags.

When I was finished they looked so plain I die cut and stamped a few flowers and glued to the side of the label. The centers and stems are in green

 

 

I attached to the boxes and was going to quit.... so I closed up the box to see what it will look like. Still something missing.. right?

 

So when in doubt.... Add a Bow!

 

 

 

Hugs

Diane

 

Thanks so much for stopping by. Let me know what you think!

April Fun!

Today is quick post of  a card I made for a girl at work that had to put her little Yorkie down. He was the cutest little guy.... he just got too old. He was falling down and losing his sight. So sad. Here is my card.

The inside has a verse for Pet Sympathy. It's one I save and use all the time for this occasion.

It's hard to see but I used SU Sparkle Washi Tape on the bottom

I also added glitter to the edges of the clouds and halo.

 

 

This next card is one the girls will be doing for the next class. Works for many occasions but I'm using for a graduation card. It's also a great way to use up the PILES of DSP I have.

 

I die cut the "celebrate out of some SILVER cardstock and glued below the pocket. The collar is made from a sun-burst die, and the buttons are simply different sized hole punches. I glued the pocket and collar to white cardstock and trimmed a border to set them off a bit. and...

YES...the 100 bucks is REAL!

 

 

Thanks for stopping and please let me know what you think!

Hugs

Diane

 

Spring is in the Air!

Hi every-ONE ... and You know who you are!

I want to share one of the cards for the April Card Class coming up. I just LOVE,  Love,  love Iris and the many shades of purple they bring. But... it wasn't always that way...  to think when I was young I thought they were so boring. 

I guess that is because they grew everywhere, along our drive and mixed with the Lily of  the Valley around our tree. They also popped up in our yard and my dad would dig them up and move them to the flower bed.... maybe.  

I always wished my mom took more interest in yard and the way it looked.  Our neighbors were the envy of everyone... and the yard was always blooming in another color each year and besides the perennials, they added annuals as well. Where as ours was ... dad threw in a few perennials he dug up on one his job locations (he was a carpenter) and he would dig a hole ... done! No thought process at all... then the seeds took over. They grew where they grew and multiplied each year.  He would even run them over with the lawn mover and you couldn't kill them if you wanted. 

 The first card is more equal purples and the second has several shade of the same.
Below you can see if you zoom in,  I popped up the third flower for dimension.

 

Now looking back... my parents were genius! Right? Not a lot of work and the flowers free and they WERE gorgeous!  Just took me a while to appreciate I guess.

My tulips are popping up as I type this!

 

Hugs

Diane