Wedding Invitations

The last few weeks have been pretty busy with finishing up wedding invitations for my grandson and future granddaughter. Of course, Murphy's Law applied in every way possible.....LOL Also included at the end of this post are a picture of the invitation party last Sunday and of the bride and groom.

Brianne chose the colors that will be used for the wedding and reception. If I had a picture of the flower arrangements I would include them, because to me the color scheme is unusual but I love the way everything has turned out and goes so well together. Hope you enjoy!

Text was computer generated; we created our own embossing folder for the scroll used on the band along with the scroll for the invite and inserts using Design Studio software and the Home Accents cartridge. The sparkling merlot mat and bands were made with paper from The PaperTemptress and I'm hoping the copper mat that matches the "G" background on the band shows clearly. Of course, now we can't get the Merlot paper anymore, due to the manufacturer, which I desperately wanted to use for the program folders......... Murphy's Law again!!!! The G on the front band was cut using the Cricut and the centerpiece is cut and embossed using Spellbinders (Sorry, I forgot which nestie). I hope you can see the beautiful color of the folder and the embossing.

Happy Harvesting

Yipeeeee! My second Whiff Of Joy sketch challenge. It's a little varied from Rach's sketch cause that darn mushroom is taller than I thought it would be. My camera is kaput right now so I scanned this card and I can't believe how much brigher the colors are. The pumpkins look red instead of orange but who knows, maybe somewhere in the world there are dark orange pumpkins....lol

A special thanks to Rach for stopping by my blog and leaving such kind, sweet comments. Also, for the wonderful sketch challenge at the Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog.

The background on the card is done with dried marigold distressed ink by Tim Holtz. The stamps and cut outs are the fall collection by Elizabeth Bell from Whiff of Joy. In place of ribbon I used raffia for the bow. Copics were used for coloring. Sure wish they would host a copic certification class somewhere close. I love using them and would sure like to learn a LOT more on technique.

I'm off to try to get another sketch card done so I can post it before Wednesday. Didn't realize how much fun doing these sketches could be. It's sure a lot easier and faster than me trying to figure out something myself right now. If you haven't tried doing one yet, hop on over to the WOJ Challenge Blog and jump right in.

Thanks for stopping and I hope you come again soon.

"Hugs" Granny

Money Folder for Wedding Gift Box

Here is the money folder to go along with the wedding gift box from my post of July 16th as promised. It was just one of those things it took me awhile to figure out.

The folder is trifold and I've added lace with pearls as an accent to match what was used on the box. The bride and groom are from WOJs summer set and were masked and stamped. Copics were used for coloring and to give the dress that sheer glitz look I used Shimmerz and then painted Stickles on his vest for that "matched" look........ Flower soft was used for the bouquet and hair piece with small pearl embellishments added.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

"Hugs" Granny

Sympathy Card for a Dear Family

Finally, I remembered to take pictures of a card before I mailed it. Just received some of my JustRite Stamps and couldn't wait to use them. It only took me all day yesterday to get this done but I put it in the envelope and mailed today.

Here are a list of the items I used for the card: JustRite Stamps from the Thinking of You set; Stampabilities stamp from my stash, Psalm 91.11; Spellbinders Labels 4, Labels 1. and Classic Scalloped Ovals Small; the paper is from Basic Grey Porcelain pad along with Bazilla Fuzzy and Olive; to color in the leaves on the stamp I used YG97 Copic marker; ribbon is Offray Simply Sheer Me Willow; flowers are from Prima; Cotton Candy Stickles to add that extra glitz.

The inside of the card is a note from us and the sentiment is from Stampabilities.

Have a wonderful weekend! I hope you come back soon.

"Hugs" Granny

Pip Delivers Presents

As promised, I'm back today with another Christmas card. I fell in love with Pip and just had to have him putting packages under the tree. The paper is from Hobby House. The tree is an Archiver's exclusive from 2008. I stamped in Olive and Forrest Green ink from SU and added red gems. For some reason I just got to have glitz and glimmer on everything.......lol
If you click on the picture to enlarge you can see the glitz a little better.

Pip was colored using Copics and I added texturized paint to his hat then finished off with Simmerz Pixie Dust after the paint had dried. Copic Spica pens were used to color the ribbon on the packages. I stamped the same image on patterened paper then cut out the packages and glued to Pip then cut out Pip and adhered him with a pop dot. The poinsettias on the front of the card are from my stash of last year and I have no idea where I got them. The brads for the poinsettias were covered with Stickles to give them more depth and bling.


I'm trying to get better about completing the inside of my cards so here is a picture of the inside of the card and another picture of the box envelope I made to go with the card.

I've had a terrible time trying to get these pictures in the right place GRRRRRRRRR and guess I'm going to have to spend more time trying to figure out how to get them placed throughout the post in the correct size...........lol I hope you will bear with me while I am learning the ins and outs of blogging.

I hope you've enjoyed your visit and will come back soon.

"Hugs" Granny

Christmas in July with Herb

Whoopie...........I think I'm getting on a roll. 3 Posts in one week........lol

Here is my card for the Christmas in July #69 challenge over at the Cute Card Thursday blog. Just click on the link to join in. It's my first challenge and I'm so excited............

Thanks again to WOJ for the sketch Challenge #38 that was used for this card.

The printed background paper is from Hobby House in the UK and the solid papers are Bazilla. I used Copics for coloring, Spica Red, Silver and Black pens; red brads and Prima poinsettias and Friskars pine cone border punch for embellishing; Spellbinder's nestabilities were used for Herb and the sentiment.

This is soooooooo much fun!!!! I hope you are enjoying my blog because I'm sure having a lot of fun doing it and I'm learning so many new things. A special thanks to all those bloggers I visit and learn so much from. Thanks so much for visiting and please come back soon.

"Hugs"

Granny

Wedding Gift Box

A big thanks to Katharina Fei over at WOJ for the inspiration to create a wedding gift box for my beloved grandson and his beautiful new wife to be. Thanks so much Katarina...... I've just got to stop doing so much blog hopping and tend to more posting on my own blog if I ever want anyone to visit or come back.........lol

I picked up this cute little wooden box at Michael's on sale. The stamped image is from WOJs new collection. If I say so myself, this collection is a "must have". The paper is from K&C and my stash, the coloring is done in Copics, and I've used Flower Soft, pearls and lace, Prisma flowers, and two charms, one says Love and the other is a double heart. I made a small monogram for the back of the carriage with their initials on the computer. The sentiment on the inside top of the box is from ODBD. As soon as I've completed the card that goes inside along with some other items I'll be sure and post the money folder for you to see.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you leave me a comment and come back soon.

"Hugs"

Granny

Love Grows Here

Please accept my apology for not posting to my blog more often. My husband has cancer and time is precious. I love blog hopping to see what's happening, what's new, and getting inspiration from all the other bloggers. Now things are settling down a little bit and I hope to be able to spend a little more time card making and sharing.

The camera is finally fixed and here are one of my recent cards. The stamp is from WOJ Summer Kit. The images were colored using copics (sorry, I forgot which ones I used). The flourishes were cut using the Cuttlebug and Spellbinders nestabilities. I just love the procelain paper for the backgrounds and the way they coordinate. Flowers are by prima flowers. The bouquet is "Summer" Flower Soft.

This is my first time doing the inside of a card but it will get better as time goes on.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you'll come back soon.

"Hugs" Granny.

Wishing you were here!

Wishing you were here!

Yahooooo!!!!!!!!! After 3 days of trying I finally got the picture of the card scanned and loaded correctly. You have no idea how many times I've deleted and redone this entry.....

My inspiration for the "Wishing" card comes from missing my granddaughter in Texas. She's such a cutie.

The background on the card is "clouds" and "grass" from DCWV.

The wishing well stamp came from Flower Soft and Willow came from WOJ. The coloring was done using Copic markers and Sepia glitter pens. I'm sorry the glitter on her clothes and headband don't show up better in the picture but I sure had fun adding some "glitz" to that cute outfit. Flower Soft "Heather" was used for the flowers on the wishing well and in Willow's basket. The sentiment was created on my computer, cut and embossed with Spellbinder's small scalloped rectangle.

Please email me if you have questions.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you come back soon!

"Hugs" from Granny

Below are the copics I used for colouring the wishing well and Willow.

Thank goodness I finally have a blog developed! It seems to have taken me forever to figure this blogging out but I think I have the hang of it now.

Tomorrow (or should I say later today) I will post a card using one of Whiff of Joys spring stamps.

Thank you for bearing with a blank blog for so long. Hope to see you here tomorrow.

Oops! I almost forgot to let you know to hop on over to Katharina Frei's blog to check this great "CANDY" WoJ / Elisabeth Bell Summer Stamp Kit Candy!!

"Hugs"