Engagement Card

Happy Friday peeps!  Yay, the weekend is almost here!  Looking forward to spending some time with friends tomorrow!  A customer asked me to make an engagement card, and I really had to scramble as I realized I have very few stamps for that occasion!  But I remembered that I had some of these beautiful laser-cut cards from last year, so I looked through my stash of paper to find something to back the heart:

I first stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral, then I embossed the flourish from Creative Elements in clear embossing powder on the front.  It’s a subtle look but very pretty.  I backed the heart cut-out with a paper that would work with the inside of the card as well, stamping a wee sentiment inside the flourish:

and added another sentiment and butterflies on the right side:

I finished it off with a couple of butterflies stamped in Versamark and embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder, punched and adhered to the side of the heart.  Oh, and I added that pretty bow!

I was all ready to give this to my customer, using the Blush Blossom envelope that came with the card, but that big honkin’ bow was really squished, so I used my new Envelope Punch Board to make one to fit!  How exciting!  This little tool is SO COOL!  I had some random scrapbook paper that complemented my colors and look how wonderfully it came out:

Thanks for visiting today!

My friend Martha gave me some glittery pumpkin stickers, so Cassidy decided to make her mom a card:




It opened the wrong way, but who cares?!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Creative Elements, Papillon Potpourri, Occasional Quotes (ret),, Wonderful Words (ret Verve)
Card stock & Papers	Designer Cuts Very Vanilla Card, Lost & Found Market Street (MME), K&Co DP
Ink	Calypso Coral, Versamark
Accessories	Clear EP,  Iridescent Ice EP, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Pearls
Tools	Heat Tool, Bitty & Elegant Butterfly Punches, Sponge Dauber, Envelope Punch Board