waiting on the model...

and nathaniel to get back from the DQ!

i don't really have anything to say, except i finished making the bridal luncheon invitations (i called it the bridal tea since it'll be at the tea room). they are really simple cards, but i think they look really good.


i bought the dress stamp at michaels. i used the versamark to stamp it onto pretty in pink cardstock, then i sprinkled the copper embossing powder over it (all 12 of them, each, one at a time), then i used the heat gun on it to melt the powder.


next, i used dark red watercolor paint to paint the dress (since that is kinda what color her bridesmaids dresses are). then i used white watercolor paint to accent behind the top and waist of the dress.

i cut each of those out, then mounted it onto real red cardstock, then that onto black cardstock. the card itself is a gold glitter card that comes pre-folded and pre-cut at michaels (with matching envelopes). i didn't know SU! made gold paper (or copper or silver), so that is why i became a traitor and used michael's stuff.

anyway, i printed the invite itself on the printer here onto white cardstock. cut those out, and mounted on black. last, i trimmed the edge of the cards (to make them more square), used the horizontal slot punch to make the holes for the ribbon, then tied 2 loops of the burgandy ribbon (from michaels) onto the top of the card.

{i was going to post a photo of the inside, but i suppose it has my phone # on it, so maybe i better not. anyway, it says... "all dressed up in our fancy and pearls, we remember the time as little girls, we giggled and curtsied and long for the day, when our parties would be real and not just play" followed by the invite.}


there you have it! easy to make! i made 12 in 3 days... about 1 hour each day!