Neil and Kath's Wedding Stationary

I'ts been entirely too long since my last post!! I’ve had so much going on with work and in my social life- all good stuff, just keeping me too busy to post here and too busy to do much in the way of crafting.

However, I have made a ton of Christmas cards this week, that I’ll post in a little while in a different thread. I also spent yesterday at the hobbycraft fair at the SECC and have lots of new goodies to play with.

Here, however, I have what I have been promising to share for quite some time- pictures of the stationary I made for my brother’s wedding, which was three weeks ago!

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7 cards to show today...

I have 7 cards here to show- 3 quick kanban cocktail decoupage cards I made a few days ago. The large Happy Birthday one has gone to a good friend whose birthday is tomorrow.

Also here are 4 from last night's card class- the theme was paper lace and because we'd finished early there is also a wedding decoupage in there too! Perfect timing really as I wanted to make a card for my friends Ian and Vic who are getting married in Sept.

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Christmas- LMC Issue 35

This Let's make Cards magazine is the last in my subscription and I absolutely LOVE this pack! For the first time ever, I've really been able to use everything in it- usually there are a few papers or embellishments that I don't like/ would never need to use! I've managed to make 13 cards out of this one kit already and still have some bits and bobs left for me (I've even used the white packaging card and two card blanks from a previous LMC!) Definitely worth the money this month.

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Wedding Invite Ideas

My best friend, Gilly, is getting married next year and has asked me to design her invites. Here are three I've made today to give her some ideas to work from- all very different, but with a pink theme, since this will be the colour of our bridesmaid dresses. The last card has vellum over the front, with the words Wedding Invitation on it, the other details are on the white card below (the pink boxes have been placed over the location, date, rsvp address etc for the purposes of privacy on the internet)

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Lots to show...

Quite a few cards here- 3 more Christmas cards and 3 birthday/general cards. The fairy decoupage still needs to have a sentiment added to it. I love how the kanban one has turned out- this was the off cut from the kanban aperture decopuage I did last week and it's worked really well.

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Evening Acceptance & Birthday Card

Two cards today, both made yesterday afternoon/evening. No crafting today as yet- have been into school doing some work ahead of the new term and also checking exam results! My pupils did very well- so pleased for them all!

Anyway, back to the cards :-)

The first one is an evening acceptance card for my friend's Ian and Vic, who are getting married mid September. I came across the backing paper at the card class I went to on Tuesday and knew I wanted to use it for this card when the invite arrive yesterday. The heart embossing folder is from craftsulove, and is made by Crafts Too. It just arrived in the post yesterday- perfect timing! The stamp on the right was a RAK from a friend on Crafts Beautiful forum. The swirly frame stamp is by My Paper World- £3.55 for a set of 10 different swirly silicone stamps- love them! Finally the heart pins (perfect colours to tie in with the backing paper) are from bunny zoes.

The second card is for Martin's sister's birthday. I've used a pyramage decoupage, that came from papercraft inspiration magazine a few issues ago. I've made it into an easel card and embellished with pearls and flowers and ribbon.

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More Christmas...

I can’t quite believe I’m making Christmas cards in the summer, but I appear to be on a bit of a roll. One more embossed tree, in blue this time, and there will be some green ones to share soon as I bought more core-dinations cardstock last night, in green this time!!

I’ve also been playing with some of the black card that has a pink core and made this little card with a swirly pattern frame, with a wee embellishment in the middle that was a RAK from someone on here- can’t remember who- sorry and thanks! It still needs a sentiment, but thought i’d show what the card is like when sanded down.

The other one is a quick decoupage that was made as a wee extra at card class last night, as I got through the other 3 pretty quickly.

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Craft Class Makes

Since it’s the summer holidays, last night I went along to the card class Martin’s mum goes to on a Tuesday night (it’s a bit too far to travel to and from during the working week but I don’t mind being back late when I dont have work the next day)

Here are the three we made last night- the theme this week was ‘wildflower cards’.
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Christmas in July

I’ve also managed to make 3 very simply Christmas cards this evening.

The tree is embossed using a papermania stencil, which I bought earlier in the week. It’s embossed on core-dinations cardstock, which i’ve sanded down to reveal the core colour which is slightly paler than the outer colour and, therefore, highlights the design.

Thanks for looking
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