Friday 10 June 2016

Wedding Day

I attended a family wedding last weekend and I made the bride and groom a card with a matching guest book / photo album.

I really love this image from Lili of the Valley and painted it up in their wedding colours which were pink and white.

I used lots of flowers, ribbon, jute mesh and lace all from The Ribbon Girl and I was really pleased with how it turned out.  I love the combination of the rustic jute mesh together with the soft velvet ribbon and lace.


I also made a little bound book using the same image. I covered 2 pieces of stiff mountboard with patterned papers and added a strip of contrasting coloured paper along one edge.  I wrapped all the raw edges around the edge of the mountboard and stuck them down on the reverse side of each cover. I then punched a hole in the opposite edge, added a hole reinforcer cut from the same contrasting backing paper, threaded a piece of narrow pink satin ribbon through the hole and stuck it down on the reverse with tape.  I then lined the inside of each cover with kraft paper.  I cut 40 square pages of plain kraft paper for the inserts, and bound the lot together with my binding machine using matching pink wires.  Sorry about the photo quality, I forgot to take a proper photo before I gave it away, so only had a basic picture on my phone so the colours are a bit bright.

Hope you brought your sun glasses!




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Happy crafting
Annette
xx



14 comments:

Carole Pollard said...

Stunning creations love this stamp and that fab heart banner all so lovely sorry not been around for a while been on my hols love and hugs Carole x

Kat W said...

Wow wow WOW!! Both card and book are utterly gorgeous. I always love a pink/green combo and your soft colouring is totally fabulous :-)
What a wonderful personal gift for the happy couple.
Big hugs, Kat xx

thecraftycavalier said...

Soooooo beautiful! This is my fave LOTV stamp and I love how you've coloured it! Beautiful. Just perfect :-) Hope you're ok hun , hugs, Jayne xx

Deborah said...

Gorgeous Annette, lovely card and beautiful guest book, which will be a lovely keepsake. Your colouring, as always, is beautiful.
Deborah A

Crafty Mamma Mia said...

Oh wow Annette - these are both absolutely gorgeous creations! Love them!
Hope you're well.
Hugs, Helen x

Carol S. said...

An amazing gift and will be treasured forever. One of my favourite LOTV wedding stamps and beautifully coloured. Have a lovely weekend. Hugs, Carol S.xx

cats whiskers said...

AS usual a truly stunning card Annette, love your colouring of the LOTV image which is one of my favs.
Hugs
Jacqui xxx

Anne said...

These are gorgeous, and what a lovely idea the book is for a gift.
Love that heart banner and how you added the sentiment, another for my list!
Anne x

Christine L said...

Your card is beautiful Annette... love that you used pink roses and trimmings for her dress - your colouring is stunning. And the memory/guest book you made for their keepsake is fabulous.. I'm very sure they'll treasure it!

Hugs
Christine x

Sue said...

Oh Annette, these are absolutely beautiful creations. Your painting is truly amazing and your designs look wonderful. These are two gorgeous keepsakes - so beautifully and thoughtfully made.
Sue...xxx

Squirrel x said...

I can only echo what has already been said hun, the card and album are really beautiful. Did you get your flowers from The Range? :D Hugs xx

Melanie said...

A wonderful set!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes with optional wedding” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…

Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)

(DT Come and Get It)

(DT Crafty Friends)

Craftdee said...

This is gorgeous, Annette... as always. I actually recognized your style when I got the Winners Post from Creatalicious Challenges blog in my feed... checked it out and you may want to check it out too :-)) Donna xx

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Wow! Two gorgeous creations and so clever to use that sweet heart banner with the sentiment. That must have taken some lining up to get right! LOL. Looks fabulous!! Gorgeous creations hun, both of them. They'll be treasured for sure! Hugs, Wends x