2012 unblogged: Wedding cards Day 2

Hi there,
here is my second 2012 wedding card. The hot pink/ black of the wedding colours made me feel like glamming it up so I played around with adding some glitter and then added a scored diagonal background for a touch of elegance.

The colours are a bit off, as I didn't photograph it in the best light, but you get the idea. And here is the inside.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: My best guess
Stamps: Mr and Mrs, Baroque motifs (SU!)
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Basic Black
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Versamark
Accessories: Boho Blossom punch, jewels- rhinestones, Iitty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Timeless Type alphabet sizzlet, Simply scoring board, Black satin ribbon (R), Pink Pirouette pleated satin ribbon (R), Pink fine glitter (R), Mat pack and piercing tool, Black embossing powder, Mat Stack 5 and mat stack 5 layerz dies (PTI) 

JAI 77 - just add a sketch

Hello all,

welcome to  another Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have an interesting sketch for you. A good sketch I might add but it might take some thinking ;) Want to see? Ok here you go.

And here is what I did with it.

The inside

Hmm now that I compare my card to the sketch well it looks like I took a bit more lee way with it than I intended - thats what you get for working from memory instead of actually looking at the sketch! This might be my first official Christmas card for the blog this year - but then Christmas has been on my mind for the last couple of months as for the first time I am running Christmas card classes this year!! So I have been busy prepping designs for that and this card arose from that. One motivation being to create a green and purple Christmas card. So I translated the zig zag element going up the card into the Plum swirls from which I could hang my ornaments. I arranged my ornaments to represent the three staggered blocks of the sketch (well I thought I had - see what I mean about not looking at the sketch when I was putting it together). I actually knotted some silver cord and threaded it through a hole pierced in the top layer for each ornament, then mounted each ornament up on dimensionals. The Christmas sentiment represents the flower element coming up from the bottom of the sketch. My own personal addition was to add a extra section to the card at the bottom, using some Perfect Plum Pattern Stack DSP and Saffron grosgrain at the division. You can probably tell - but the card is quite a bit longer than the standard A5, 10.5 cm x 21 cm (4 1/8 x 8 1/4") in fact (to fit a business sized envelope). I haven't made a card this size for ages and I must admit it was nice to play around with that size for a change! 

Well thanks for visiting :) If you can give the sketch a try and have some fun this week.

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Contempo Christmas, Baroque Motifs

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White

Ink: Wild Wasabi, Perfect Plum

Accessories: Ornament punch, Modern label punch, Subtles Pattern DSP stack, So Saffron wide grosgrain ribbon (R), Silver cord (R), Purple rhinestones (Kaiser), Double sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals