DIY Wedding--free Card Making Instructions for Brides

DIY Wedding--Free Wedding Card Project

Craft designer is providing June Brides with instruction for making this card. It was inspired by the bridal bouquet. The three prior posting are variations of this card. Click on Read More below for instructions.

Materials

White Cardstock

DCWV™ The Shimmer Paper Stack™

Stampland Chicago Antique Rose and  Fragile Fern

Impression Obsession Sentiments II WP17

ColorBox® Archival Dye Ink Golf Course, Vivid!® Dye Ink Wild Lime,  ColorBox® Pigment Stamp Pad Limited Edition Berry, ColorBox ® Pigment Brush Pad--Frost White, Thistle

ColorBox® Mix'd Media Inx™ by Donna Salazar Denim and Chiffon, Top Boss® Watermark Inkpad and Embossing Powders—Silver and Pearl

Blender Pen

Royal® Series 1113 Domed White Bristle Stencil Size ¼”

Clearnsnap® Fairy Dust Glitter—Sugar Shimmer

Cosmetic Sponge

Heat gun

Post-It Note

Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue®

Instructions

1. White cardstock was used to create the card base with the folded dimensions of 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. Silver background panel is 4” X 5 ¼”.
2. Create mask of roses
3. Stamp roses in Berry ink on white cardstock panel that is 3 ½” X 4 ¾”.
4. Stamp ferns first in Wild Lime then in Golf Course green to create depth.
5. Use blender pen to add Chiffon color to the roses. After the flowers have dried, stamp over them with the watermark pad and emboss in pearl.
6. To create the baby’s breath flower, apply the white ink with the stencil brush.
7. Use cosmetic sponge to create the background color. First apply the Thistle and then apply the denim.
8. To create the soft flowing dangling flowers, use the blender pen to dot the white ink. After it dries, apply very small dots of glue and sprinkle with glitter.
9. Ink up sentiment with watermark pad, stamp on white cardstock, emboss in silver and trim. Create a mat from the silver paper just a fraction bigger than the sentiment  piece. (fraction larger than ½” X 2” for sentiment)
10. Assemble card.