Thursday, April 7, 2011

Wedding Cake anyone?

I'm so excited to be on My Time Made Easy's Pretty Pattern design team.  Today is my first official post as such.  Here it is:

(as always click on image to enlarge)

I used MTME digi stamps on this card.  The ones I used are: So Sentimental and On Display.
I used copics to color the wedding cake and added some little pearls for extra charm.  I used Spellbinders four to cut out the cake image and Spellbinders Floral Doily Motifs for the sentiment.  
 
Here's a close up of the cake image.  I think the hardest part of this card was lining up those little pearls.  They did not come on an adhesive strip but most did have adhesive on the back... but some liked to pop out from my fingers and run around my desk.  hehe!
 
 
I used  Linda's Easy Apple Blossoms Tutorial to make the flower.  My flower is larger than hers because I used the largest flower from the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die.  I had ordered the fabric (crinoline) from Linda but just yesterday I went to JoAnn's and found out that they have the crinoline in stock.  Their Tulle is also on sale so I stocked up on it too. 
 

Here is a view of the bow, flower and cake image with a pink paper in the background so you can see the 3-d effect the flower has.  

 
I used MTME's Wistful Wonder digi paper... I think I just found my newest favorite paper!  The great thing about digi paper is if I run out I can just print up more!  You'll never run out.  
 

Here is this week's sketch:



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9 comments:

Jacki said...

Congratz on the new job! SCORE! This is a beautiful card. You do awesome work!

Fran said...

Beautiful!!!! Hugs, Fran

wendy said...

very pretty love the paper too....

Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie said...

Your card is just gorgeous, Nancy! Beautiful colors and textures. I love the way you tied a bow from the crocheted lace! And your crinoline flower is wonderful. I love the pink/gold button center. Isn't it fun to work with? I am having such a ball using it.
Thanks so much for linking to my tutorial.

I'm sure using a baggie to dye your seam binding would work just fine if you have reinkers. There are all kinds of ways of dying the seam binding. I just shared my method and people can tweak it as they wish.

Have a great day!

Hugs,
Linda

cebelica said...

Very pretty!

Monique said...

What a pretty card Nancy.. Love the papers and all the dimension :) Your lace, pearls, and big bloom are all so beautiful!!

Colleen Dietrich said...

Hi Nancy, Congrats on this being your first post on the DT! I love that little cake...it's so whimsical. A question for you: how does the ink from a printer (when this is a digi image) fare with Copics? I thought it would smear, no? I've never tried it, too afraid!

Kathryn B said...

Beautiful job with the sketch! I love the digi papers and the softness of it Nancy!

Carolyn King said...

Beautiful card Nancy! LOVE the beautiful pearls on the cake---great touch. Congrats to you on the new DT--woot!!