A wedding jar!

Dear friends...

I have a very special coworker who will get married tomorrow.  He is a great man and has a beautiful girlfriend.  I wish them the best in this new path in life.

I wanted to show you the card I made for them.

Their wedding is going to be celebrated in outdoors and as far as I know they will have key vintage country elements in the decoration and theme of the wedding, such as mason jars, photos, etc...   So I thought it would be appropriate to use this beautiful stamp from Unity Stamp Co. showing this big jar.

I used the word "love" in Spanish to fill the jar (this is a wood embellishment from Latina Crafter), and added the wedding colors with embossed cardstock and paper straws.

I will give this to them tomorrow, since I have the honor to be one of the guests... :)  Actually, I made their wedding invitations and I will share them with you tomorrow.  Stay tuned.

Leave a message today since I will be linking this to Unity Friday Friends with Flair.  And come back tomorrow to see the invitations.

More Cards...

Hello... It's Friday... woo hooo!!!! My favorite day...it is...

Today I want to share some other cards I've made lately...

This one was for a friend who resigned recently and went to work somewhere else... I wanted a colorful card (like his personality) but without complications or too much embellishment...

So I stamped this little heart and painted with color pencils to make it look like it was draw.

It hast the letters of his name and I finished it with some Glossy Accents (love this tool)... The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co.

And this card was an additional card I made for a friend's wedding... Used "Pearl" collection from AC Specialty Paper and also other patterned paper from other brand. The wedding flowers sticker is from EK Success (Jolee's Boutique).

And this other card was also for a baby...

The lion is a stamp from Autumn Leaves. I painted the face with Copics, but the rest with color pencils... Sorry... I only have Copics color for the face...hahahaha... but it's a way to practice... I love the difference created anyway because even though in the photo is not really appreciated, the image looks nice because the face calls the attention. I also used Glossy Accents in the nose so it stands out from the lion's cute face.

And here's the whole card:

I hope you liked my cards... Keep visiting me... Keep in touch... :)

Wedding Card for my friends...

Hello...

Oh... weddings! Lovely weddings!

I went to my friends' wedding last night. We had such a good time sharing this event with them. They are a very special couple. I met her at work and at a given point we worked very close as a team... so I've got to know her well. She's personally and professional great! And her boyfriend is such a kind person. Together they have fought to pursue their dreams and yesterday was the big wedding.

I give them my blessing and hope this marriage lasts forever... (sounds kind of "cliché" but I really mean it). I cried when I saw her starting to walk down the isle because she was just as I imagined her as a bride... the dress, the hair, how radiant she looked... just as I imagined... And then I felt like it was me accomplishing something. When you care about someone and he/she accomplish something, you feel it's you achieving it...

So I wanted to make a delicate and simple card for their wedding. I decided to use similar colors from the invitation to maintain the same mood...

I used for the first time the only spellbinders dies I have... yeah!!!! And I also used this little plate/pendant I have from a class, with a gorgeous bird in a cage and a gem.

I didn't want the card to open traditionally so I made a side shorter than the other and positioned the scalloped circles in the middle...

In the inside the left side when opened leaves space for the message and the smaller flap at the right serves as a pocket where the gift (check) will be placed.

I loved the result, because it was simple to assemble but at the same time required to be placed delicately and without messing with glue or anything. The cardstocks used are from the American Crafts Specialty Paper, the "Pearl" collection, and they are beautiful... they do have "pearl" appearance and nice textures. So sad you probably can't appreciate it in the photos, but the minimalism and simplicity of the card is really worth it so the paper can stand out.

The day of the wedding I decided to change the orientation of the card so it be opened up instead of to the left. So I carefully removed the plate and repositioned, so when my friends open the card they'll see the message in the top, and the check in front (into the pocket). If you want to visualize it just rotate the photo of the inside of the card one time to the right... hehehehe...

I hope you liked my card... and probably this post made you remember a friend's or relative's wedding... or yours... I think no matter how complex or simple the event, one should have a wedding to remember... It could be just a dinner, or maybe a get together at home... or a big party as the one I attended last night... but the important thing is to have a moment to remember... As someone said... "we don't remember the dates, we remember the moments"... so let's the moments count to be remembered... Don't you think?

Tell me about your wedding... please?

Wedding Card

Happy Day!

We went to a wedding the other day... Ceremony and reception were celebrated in a valley at the top of the mountain... fresh air... nice people... music and family. The bride was beautiful... so simple, natural beauty, so authentic....

So sad it rained all and by the time of the wedding the floor was so saturated... But we had a good time anyway.

And I made this card for the newly wed, and wanted to share it with you.

I used the same colors from the wedding invitation: white, cream/beige and green...

I embossed white card stock with the Cuttlebug, and combined with border punched cream card stock over the green base. I stamped a sentiment and embellished with a pre cut figure, ribbons and bling bling.

I hope you like my card... and leave me a comment. Share something about your wedding or other's. Tell me about how was the celebration... was it at night? In a house? A hotel? Nothing fancy or you had the best for the occasion? Do you have a nice memory you want to share?

(cardstock: Stampin' Up, Bazzill; stamp: Spanish Memories; pre cut shape and border punch: Martha Stewart; ink: Staz On; bling bling: Recollections; adhesives: Scotch; miscellaneous: Cuttlebug, ribbons)