Red & Gold Wedding Card

I was commissioned to make this large multi-paged Wedding card for some friends who are going to their relative's Wedding OS.  The colour scheme was Red and Gold.  The Bride is Indian and the Groom African.

Some progress and compositional photos.  

I hand-coloured the white roses ribbon using Copic Markers.  

By using white-based flowers, you can colour them to suit any colour theme.

Two of my favourite love sentiments.

Love Celebr8 products!  Their cardstock & chipboard embellishments are some of 

my favourites to use in my projects.

Various views of the front of the card.

Close-up details on the front of the card.  

I used a range of red and white paper, resin and material flowers.

The first inside pages, with one of the love sentiments, featured.

Foiled rice paper with a floral theme was used to diffuse the dimpled gold foiled paper.

The layered gold, white and red cake is featured centrally on the second inner page.

The inner pages of the card feature a large love sentiment by Carina Gardner, Echo Park Paper Co.

One of the thickest and heaviest cards I have ever made. 
It was placed in a cardboard box to protect the flowers and layers.

Recipe:

 Papers: White linen card; Echo Park Paper Co - Wedding Bliss by Carina Gardner - Loving Words; Stardream A4 Antique Gold Card; Stardream A4 Jupiter Card; Creative Imaginations Samantha Walker Black Hearts; Various paper and cardstock from my stash

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Barn Door, Aged Mahogany

Paint/Mediums: Ken Oliver Crafts Liquid Metals - Yellow Gold; Viva Inka Gold - Lava Red

Embellishments: Studio Light BV Die Cut Block - Classic Rouge; White gauze Rose Ribbon; Fundamentals Cardmaking for Connoisseurs A4 Decoupage Pack - FD24; Celebr8 - Wooden SKU: MB4621; Passtime Crafts Laser Cut Icons - Hearts; Peel Offs' Gold Embossed Stickers; Upikit Glittering Outline Stickers; World Greetings Seals; Stickopotamus Binder Stickers - VS-12 Foil Hearts; CTMH Acrylic Flowers - Pink Bulk 339; Portacrafts Self Adhesive Pearls; Rhinestones; Little Birdie Boutique Elements Flowers - Micro Jewelled Florettes; Paper Material Flowers with Gem, beads, stamen centres; Moonrock Frame; Gold Doily

Copic Markers:

R39, R46

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My Besties Christmas in July Card

For the July My Besties Aussie DT Challenge, I chose the Winter Wonderland Bestie Sherri Baldy Digi Stamps img41797 and My Besties Printable Paper Pack 6 x 6" - Pink Christmas Paper from the Kit Pack of 8 sheets Digital Download Printable for the front of the card.  Christmas in July is the theme - Pink for the exterior and Blue for the interior of the card.

Side views of the front of the card.

The close-up views of the front of the card show the various embellishments used to highlight the theme - Christmas in July.  The Kaisercraft wooden snowflakes have been painted using Ken Oliver Crafts Liquid Metals and Viva Inka Gold Metallic Rub.   

On the right side, I used Heartfelt Creations - Sparkling Poinsettia's stamps and dies to create a multi-layered Christmas flower to compliment the Poinsettia in the Christmas hat.  A combination of Viva 3D stamp paint and Inka Gold were applied to Red Bazzill cardstock in textural layers to create the frosted appearance.  Various Tim Holtz Distress Inks in greens were applied using daubers to the leaves.

I used my new Prismacolor Premium Pencils to colour the Winter Wonderland Bestie digi.  Her adorable large blue eyes compliment her Winter Christmas hat and pants.  Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss was applied to the furry sections of the coat, hat and Pom Pom, so it glimmers in the light.

I used one of the Sherri Baldy's Digital Download Printable papers - "Filled with Love" Paper Pack in Blue tones for the Interior of the card.

The stamped Christmas Sentiment featured on the interior page is one of my favourites from Stamp-It.  The colour scheme of this page coordinates with the front of the card's pinks and blues.

Recipe:

Stamps: Winter Wonderland_Besties_Sherri_Baldy_Digi_stamps_img 41797
http://www.mybestiesshop.com/store/p7145 or https://www.etsy.com/shop/SherriBaldy

Heartfelt Creations: Sparkling Poinsettia, Large Sparkling Poinsettia; Stamp-It - Message of Christmas 2690E

Papers: X-press Blend-it card; Bazzill - Bazzill Red, Vintage Pink; A4 Cartridge Paper; My Besties Printable Paper Pack 6 x 6" - Pink Christmas Paper Pack Kit Pack of 8 sheets Digital Download Printable & "Filled with Love" Create with Sherri Baldy Designer Paper 8 Pack 6 x 6"; American Crafts - Christmas Foil; Various paper and cardstock from my stash

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Forest Moss, Pine Needles, Peeled Paint & Lucky Clover; Versafine - Onyx Black; Color Box Fluid Chalk Inkpad - Blue Lagoon 

Paints/Mediums: Viva Inka Gold - Silver, Rose Quartz & Lava Red; Ken Oliver Crafts Liquid Metals - Metallic Rose; Viva 3D Stamp Paint - Silver Gold Metallic; Nuvo - Crystal Glaze, Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss

Dies: Heartfelt Creations - Sparkling Poinsettia, Large Sparkling Poinsettia; Spellbinders - Nestabilities Circles Etched Dies

Embellishments: Heartfelt Creations - Winter's Eve Collection; Skye's the Limit - Cherry Christmas; Kaisercraft Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish Pack - Snowflakes; Anita's Outline Stickers - Silver Wise Men Nativity; Embossed Silver Stickers - Snowflakes; The Paper Mill Glittering Outline Cardmaking Stickers - Snowflakes; Porta Craft Rhinestones Mega Pack Self Adhesive Pearls, Enamel Dots; CTMH - Glitter Gems - Pink - Z1807, Flamingo Dots - Z1934

Prismacolor Premium Pencils Used:

Skin:  PC914, PC140, PC997, PC927, PC1093, PC1080, PC1013, PC1014; PC928, PC1018, PC1092

Eyes: PC1086, PC1040, PC919, PC903, PC1023, PC938

Coat: PC105, PC992, PC905, PC105, PC1023, PC938, PC949, PC1027

Pants: PC906, PC208, PC1101, PC1087, PC901

Bow: PC1014, PC1018, PC993, PC994, PC938

Hat: PC208, PC1087, PC1100, PC1086, PC938

Mittens: PC930, PC195, PC938

Boots: PC993, PC949, PC1059, PC1060, PC1061, PC1063, PC1065, PC1067, PC935

Flower: PC938, PC930, PC195, PC930, PC929, PC1014, PC994, PC1030

Leaves: PC1089, PC912, PC1006, PC105, PC907, PC905

Heart: PC993, PC938

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