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When your family owns a home on Edisto Island, choosing to host an at-home wedding is sort of a no-brainer. And so is decorating your Big Day with colorful details, like crazy gorgeous blooms from Sar...
It is a beautiful Tuesday here in Melbourne and we have some lovely warm days ahead to look forward to. Today's card is also a celebration - for a beautiful friend's birthday! For the background I used the same inspiration as for my Just Add Ink card this week - that of Angie Leach. I kept the colour combination that Angie used - as it's totally gorgeous - and stepped it up a little by adding a second sized flower within the background and all the other details :-) To create the background I stamped the two flower images in Versamark ink on Pool Party card and embossed them in white. For the large flowers I then sponged on some Pool Party ink to the petals and Island Indigo to the centres. The colours were added to the smaller flowers using a Blender Pen and any excess ink was wiped off with a paper towel so the white embossing still shines. The 'happy" is die cut 5 times - the last from Glimmer Paper so it has real dimension as well as sparkle and compliments the butterfly too. And the "Birthday"is also white embossed to continue the theme. A tiny little bit of silver thread for antenna and one of the fabulous Iced Rhinestones and the butterfly is finished :-) Can you see the dimension of the "happy"? The original plan was to put the background cut "happy" back in place on the top but it didn't have the impact I'd hoped for - so sparkly glimmer cut one to the rescue!! Card stock: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Inks: Versamark, Pool Party, Island Indigo Stamps: Garden In Bloom, Crazy About You Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits, Bold Butterfly Framelits, White EP, Triple Banner Punch, Silver Metallic thread, Iced Rhinestones, Basic Rhinestones Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful week and are enjoying the Seasons changing wherever you are :-) Happy stamping until next time, Jan
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Dream kissed skies illuminate the path through the woods... Wind your way around the trees, and there you shall be... What is that you see...? Tea cups stacked up high, for you and me? Why yes, but of course!! It's...
Hey, friends! It has been a busy summer and I’ve been majorly slacking on the blogging front. But with wedding season officially done I am ready to get back to sharing some of the beauty from this past year with you all! And to start, a stunning summer mountain wedding in Idaho! To be honest, […]
Salvias are very popular garden plants. Here are tips for pruning Salvias in fall or spring to keep them healthy & blooming like crazy.
I just adore the contrast in today's real wedding, with a formal and dramatic cathedral ceremony followed by a relaxed, rustic family farm wedding celebration in a marque
When your family owns a home on Edisto Island, choosing to host an at-home wedding is sort of a no-brainer. And so is decorating your Big Day with colorful details, like crazy gorgeous blooms from Sar...
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Alana & Arik's wedding at Montage Deer Valley was a stunning celebration featuring a white, green, and gold color palette. The day began with an outdoor ceremony on the grand terrace, followed by a dinner and dance reception under a clear tent on the grand lawn, adorned with lush florals and rom
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Welcome to Border Buddies Monthly Card Sketch on the Third Wednesday of each month. We hope you will play along and have a chance to win a free gift. How to play: Stamp a card using this months Sketch Use only Stampin' Up! Products (can be current or retired) Snap a picture and post it ... Read More about Border Buddies Card Sketch BB005
I can't remember what the actual name of this pattern is. Aileen made this to donate....I wish it was donated to me. It's so beautiful. I have some close ups of the applique. Aileen fused this but then took a variegated thread and hand embroidered around all
If you're planning a forest-themed wedding, enchanted forest centerpieces are the perfect decoration to elevate your celebration and add a beautiful touch to your reception tables. Get inspired by these 15 beautiful, creative ideas and learn how to incorporate the trend into your own celebration.
I love to look at flowers, but I typically don’t eat them. I do like flowers as garnishes and floating in a cocktail! If you are interested, there are quite a few flowers that are edible. H…
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95 Mostly Easy To Prepare & Heavenly Delicious Baby Shower Desserts What is the best part of any baby shower... other than the mom-to-be? The baby shower desserts, of course! Gender reveal parties are pretty awesome too but baby shower desserts tend to be the thing many people look forward to. Why? Because they are often cute and delicate and delicious and if you are lucky, quite unique. But, baby shower desserts are also good for us! In fact, according to WebMD and Neurology, scientists discovered that eating a dessert like dark chocolate (in moderation), does protect us from strokes and it may
When your family owns a home on Edisto Island, choosing to host an at-home wedding is sort of a no-brainer. And so is decorating your Big Day with colorful details, like crazy gorgeous blooms from Sar...
Time is ticking away on the month of May and that means that soon all the retired items will be gone for good. You'll want to place your last order for this catalogue year as soon as you can because everything is available ONLY while supplies last now. Everything disappears on May 31st. Click here ... Read More about Tick Tock Tick Tock – Retired List & Clearance Rack
There are so many things we could talk about with this wedding ... it's hard to know where to begin. The ravashing bride! The fabulous mountain venue! The incredible food! The heat! The swollen river! The closed road... which led to the footbridge... which led to the football field (and a half )long walk to the lodge(repeated 15 times)... which led to the swollen feet. And did I mention that Hailey was 7 months pregnant! Oh... and I almost forgot the wind! Yes... everything was perfect:)Before we say anything else though we must give a HUGE "THANK YOU" to Brittany and Brian of Cascio Photography who without batting an eyelid lent us their camera when they heard that we had broken ours, just so we could take a few pictures for you, our faithful readers. I mean who does that!!! Lends their livelihood to a couple of photographic kindergarteners. So just for the record these images were taken by Hailey, then edited by Cascio . We get by with a little help from our friends:) Hopefully we'll follow up with the photographers pictures at a later date... so you can see this stunning couple in their entirety. So these hand written windows for the seating charts were actually meant to be hanging from the tree outside but due to the incredible wind gusts we found a nice safe place in the entry. These coral charm beauties were the most amazing I have ever seen. I think I would consider planning my wedding around their season just to have them. Catherine is from Brazil and her father is from Belgium so guests flew in from all over. The tables were seated by language. The english speaking... the portuguese speaking and the french speaking tables. A true foodie Catherine made flavored salts for her guest favors. This one was Tangerine... yum! All kinds of pretty cakes made by the ever popular Tulle Bakery Thanks also to Dolly and Doug who not only were amazing help but got us safely home by 4 o'clock in the morning. There was so much more to this wedding. Hopefully we can share the rest with you when we hear from the photographer:) Congratulations Ben and Catherine!!!
