My on-line classes are starting to pay off. I learned how to make subway art posters through a class at JessicaSprague.com 

I have found my go-to wedding shower gift!!! I ask the bride-to-be for those important dates that I'm sure she never wants her husband to forget. Where did you meet? When did you start dating? What activities do you enjoy together? When did HE propose? When is the wedding? where? What will be your first address?

I print these out and then adhere them to a stretched canvas that I spray paint black. They turn out so cute!! I have now taken them to TWO brides and they were so excited. 

I had a bridal shower last week. Guess what set I used?  Rosie Posie!!! and Happily Ever After. I even used the technique of a recent Make It Monday - stamping on the reverse of the die.

Hi Everyone!!! Have you recovered from chocolate overload yet? Today's card was a great challenge for me. I finally broke out the clear cardstock! I think next time I won't use glitter and clear cardstock on the same project. Can we talk about trying to photograph CLEAR with GLITTER? 

 

Charmaine is kicking off a NEW challenge on  the Verve Forum! It's the Get Your Diva On Challenge! This time it is a photo inspiration. I was drawn to the circles, crystal, and silver place setting. I decided to use clear cardstock for my crystal and silver embossing. The pink butterfly is my nod to the many pinks in the photo.

The sentiment is stamped on vellum with brings me to another challenge. PTI Make It Mondays. This week the technique is stamping on vellum. My vellum has stripes which made hiding more adhesive easy. The inside panel is PTI Smokey Shadow. I stamped the Mr. & Mrs. with versamark.

The Crate Paper blog had this tutorial on paper flowers that I used to create something similiar. The silver chunky glitter was fun to play with and I'm sure I'm wearing plenty. I chose to die cut a piece of clear cardstock for the base of the flower. The embossing gave me the perfect places to hide adhesive.I also die cut a clear butterfly to give more depth to the pink butterfly. 

Are you hearing wedding bells? starting to get those summer invites for showers? The Embellish Magazine Labels Color Challenge caught my eye! I needed a wedding shower card. The colors are a little un-traditional but give a casual feel to the card.

Using Spellbinders Labels One with Papertrey Inks Vintage labels allowed plenty of fun opportunities.I really like how the dark chocolate bitty dot paper frame turned out.

I think I'll try this card again with traditional colors. Imagining white and black!!!

The June issue of the on-line mag Scrap Street is now up. I have a wedding card that was published here. The first time for me!! 

What an easy wedding card!! The middle Dahlia is popped up. A little hard to see in this picture. The background basics: Text style II works great for the flower background.

I'm already starting to get "save the date" cards for summer weddings. Do you have upcoming weddings to get ready for? ~Rhonda

Do you see the lovely pearls? I made these!!!! A new product from Viva called Pearl Pen made these little beauties possible. You can made them any size you want and there are several different colors to choose from. Once dry (which doesn't take to long) they are solid.

I purchased mine from Susana's Custom Art here. I think she is already out of stock. I ordered mine on Friday. It shipped the same day and arrived at my home on Monday.

INFO UPDATE: Kara asked if you could color them with Copic Markers!!! I made some pearls on wax paper and colored away. They are gorgeous.

Enjoy your day! ~Rhonda

supplies used:
Stamps: PTI Turning a New Leaf, Big & Bold Wishes
Papers: PTI Enchanted Evening, K&Company grey
Inks: Versamark
Accessories: Viva Pearl Pen, ribbon/cording Hobby Lobby, white embossing powder