Monday, February 18, 2013

White Woodgrain Wedding

A friend of mine commissioned me to make a wedding card for her boss.  I love making wedding cards.  It is an honor for me to create a keepsake that will be held dearly for such a long time.

I took inspiration for this from Alicia Thelin's card on page 54 of Paper Crafts Magazine's 75 Creative Card Challenges.  I included very similar elements as she did:  woodgrain, round doily shape, hearts, leaves. I added a bow, did not add pearls (gasp!), and glittered some of my hearts.

All-white cards are rather challenging to photograph, and some areas become washed out, but I hope you can see the details in this:


A close-up of The Cluster.  I used tiny dots of Liquid Pearls along the leaves' veins, and glittered those little hearts.  I spy some stray specks of glitter.  


I'm entering this in the Simon Says Stamp 'White on White' challenge.

Thanks for coming by!



Dimensions: 4.25" x 5.5"
Stamps: Love Story - Verve
Paper: white - PTI
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko
Fibers: white seam binding - Hug Snug
Other: Full Heart, Heart-to-Heart punches - SU; Floral Doily Motif die - Spellbinders; Branch with Leaves die - Sizzix; White Opal Liquid Pearls - Ranger; iridescent glitter; Woodgrain embossing folder - Sizzix

26 comments:

Marisa said...

Absolutely gorgeous, Colleen!! I LOVE white on white and this one is a stunner :)

Hussena said...

Gasp !! :) this one is just so gorgeous Colleen...I love the all white look.. its so Elegant !!!

Bumblebee said...

White on white is so classy for weddings, great card Colleen!

SD pooja said...

It looks very classy n elegant !

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Absolutely beautiful!!! LOVING those hearts!

Lisa Elton said...

Beautiful and elegant Colleen! They will treasure this ;)

Benzi said...

Beautiful, Colleen. I love this all white card. The glittered hearts look great.

I posted my first wedding card yesterday. Can't believe I've never made one.

Benzi said...

Beautiful, Colleen. I love this all white card. The glittered hearts look great.

I posted my first wedding card yesterday. Can't believe I've never made one.

Lea L. said...

This is gorgeous!! Love the woodgrain background, and all the fabulous white!!

Emily Keaton said...

This is amazingly gorgeous, Colleen! I was wondering if you were feeling feverish when you wrote tat you didn't add any pearls, but I see that you used Liquid Pearls instead--now that's more like it. Couldn't be a "Colleen" card without them!!!

PS And looky who commented just above me--you rate!!!!!!!!

nwilliams6 said...

Colleen, this is so wonderful. Captures the rustic elegance that is so popular in weddings right now. I love it! Hugz!

yyam said...

*sigh*
Classy and timeless.

Vicki Dutcher said...

Another stunner!

Loll said...

Beautiful white-on-white card Colleen!! I love the contrast of your rough, woodgrain embossed background against the more delicate cluster of leaves, hearts, glitter and liquid pearls - so creative!! Loll xx

lisa808 said...

Stunning!

Lisa Carroll said...

Absolutely stunning card! Love all the great textures, and what you did with the Liquid Pearls and leaves, wow! So elegant.. perfect wedding card. :) Thanks for playing along in the "White On White" challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog! xx

Stella said...

My jaw hit the floor.....:)
Stunning; I am smitten!
XX

Unknown said...

I just love the look of White on White. It has such an elegant feel to it. And all your layers of white look gorgeous.

Hugs~

Anonymous said...

Sheer elegance!

Chris R. from Iowa

Annette Allen said...

wow gorgeous...loving all the white and that glittered heart is just perfect..

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

Wow, this is so beautiful, I love it. I would never have thought the wood grain would look so perfect on white.

Jo Nevill said...

Stunning. I love the wood effect embossed background and all your details are just so pretty.

Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Challenge this week

Hugs

Jo x

Sue Lelli said...

LOVE all of the Pretty details, Colleen! Just Stunning!

Leslie Miller said...

Oh, so lovely in all its pure whiteness! Those stray specks of glitter look like they belong there.

Ann Schach said...

Absolutely gorgeous, Colleen! There is nothing more beautiful than an all-white card!

Erum Tasneem said...

omg! how gorgeous!!! i need to make white on white someday :) i absolutely love your card, it is beaaaauuutiful!

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