Finished table plan

Yay, it's the weekend at last!

 

For those that are regular followers of my blog you will no doubt recall that I have been helping my good friend Tori with her wedding stationery.

 

To date we have designed and made:

Save the date fridge magnets
Invitations
Table wine glass charms/numbers

I've even managed to squeeze in an RSVP that matches the wedding colours of Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait!

 

Finally it's all finished... at least until after the big day; here is the finished table plan...

Using the Top Note for the tables, cut from mirror card (non Stampin' Up!), with Whisper White inserts, the numbers are scraps of Peach Parfait card stock cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies that will retire this month :(.

 

The wedding stamp set Wedding Sweet also retires this month and I can highly recommend it as there are sentiments and decorative patterns which we have used all of at least once... finishing with the larger leafy/decorative image around the 'top table' on the table plan.

 

You can see it a little better below, along with the V&A stamped with the Monogram Sweet Alphabet stamp set, which has been scanned in and reduced to fit...

Just the thank you cards left, although those will be after the wedding next week and Tori is back from her honeymoon :).

 

Don't forget the last chance to order the retiring products will be tomorrow... after that you won't be able to get any of these items, even if they haven't sold out.

Wedding stationery - part 3

After 'Save the Date' cards, and invitations, I am still on call to help with my good friend Tori's wedding stationery :).  Last week we created the table numbers and place settings.

 

If you are a regular follower of my blog you will probably remember the save the date cards and wedding invites, created with a variety of Stampin' Up! products using a Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzaz colour theme

 

For the table numbers we used the Top Note die to cut silver mirror card (non-Stampin' Up!) and Whisper White (cutting the borders off) and then stamped the lettering from the Monogram Sweet Alphabet stamp set in the centre of the Whisper White piece and the decorative image from the 'thank you' stamp in 3 of the corners, before adding the number cut using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies.

The place setting have been created as wine glass charms, using the Decorate Label punch.  For the children Tori created little place cards instead, with the same design - the V&A and wedding date printed onto card with the names on the front.

 

I was half relieved and half disappointed that Tori managed to put all these little charms together without my help, but have to share them with you...

Now we just have the table plan left and then the thank you cards :).

 

If you would like to make your own wedding stationery and need some assistance in picking out some products from the Stampin' Up! catalogues just contact me at jadedcrafter@gmail.com and I will be happy to help.

Christening prints

For baby themed cards the Baby Prints stamp set in the Summer mini catalogue is a must, as it has 5 different sentiments with the hands and feet images.  I thought I'd create a christening card using the set, although I don't have a Christening sentiment so thought the 'it's your day' wording from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set would be ideal for this.

I've used the Perfect Postage punch that isn't currently available, but you could use the square punches instead.  After punching out sections of the feet image inked in Bashful Blue I have selected the 'A' lettering from the Monogram Sweet Alphabet stamp set to capture the initial of the recipient of this card.  Each of the squares has been mounted on slightly larger Bashful Blue squares, as has the main image panel, and I have raised everything up using dimensionals.

I thought this was a very clean card, and ideal for a baby's special day.

Wedding invites

You may recall that sometime ago I helped design and make 70 Save the Date cards for my friends Tori and Macca? 

Well, last weekend, the weekend before that and probably this weekend too if I'm honest I have been helping make the invites... as they are almost finished, other than the last remaining batch, I am under strict (!) orders that I can now share them with you. 

So, can I have a drum roll please.  After creating several samples and some ongoing changing of minds, and of course the help of the Bridesmaids, Bride Groom to Be and several other of my crafty friends and class attendee's I am very pleased to share with you, these lovely wedding invites...albeit upside down as I was slightly reliant on the wedding party to provide me with a photo of the finished article and I can't get it to post the right way up on here lol ;)!

The colours are Peach Parfait embossed with the Beautiful Bouquet embossing folder and Pear Pizzazz, although the card base is Crumbcake as the Autumn and Brown themes needed to be captured fully ;)!

You will see that the V&A (sorry it is upside down, you can see them a little better on the group photo below (still not the right way up - stupid iphone camera!) has been inked in the co-ordinating inks using the Monogram Sweet Alphabet stamp set, which I single handedly stamped approx 70 times for each of the 3 letters, after having done the same on the Save the Date cards... therefore I consider myself a very committed and crafty friend.  Thankfully the embellishing with Basic Rhinestones was the responsibility of another member of the production line, as was the punching of holes using the Crop-A-Dile in order to tie the ribbon.

For someone who isn't very creative - or so she keeps telling me, Tori has done an immense job designing these cards, with a little help from me to keep the ideas under control. Macca was a complete star too, and got stuck in with the production line, which amazed me, given the normal level of the Groom to Be's involvement. Tori doesn't realise just how lucky she is and they make such a great couple :).  Here's to the next installment...

Save the date fridge magnets

As I mentioned earlier in the week I spent some of the weekend helping my good friend Tori with her Wedding Save the Date cards.  After a number of weeks of indecision and trying out new ideas she finally settled on a design.

The card uses the Wedding Sweet stampset and the Monogram Sweet Alphabet lettering and the colour theme is Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz as the wedding will be in Autumn (October).

The base has been cut from silver mirror card (not Stampin' Up!) and then the centre piece is Whisper White.  Both pieces were cut using the Top Note die run through the big shot machine, which is ideal for mass production...

The sentiment has been embossed in silver, but the lettering and detailing on the corners is just done with ink as it was far too time consuming to emboss everything.  Note that the corner detail is created using a part of the 'thank you' stamp from the Wedding Sweet set, using the stamp-a-ma-jig we lined this up just where we wanted it and masked off the rest of the card before stamping.  And the finishing touch was the heart from the Create a Cupcake stamp set inked with Real Red.

We had to set up a production line for each part, including each individual letter for the V, & and A... and even then between 4 of us we almost lost the will to live after creating 70 of these lovely creations.  

But you only get married once (hopefully) so it was well and truely worth it and each and every one should feature on a fridge nearby soon :).