Just a quick card...

So...with some friends getting married and the Scraps of Elegance kit, Renea's Charm, I came up with this quick little wedding card.  I have to say that my favorite part about making this card was knowing ahead of time that I didn't have enough white feathers to make the dress.  Luckily for me, we (my work crew) had a frame that needed to be picked up from Hobby Lobby.  Unfortunately, once we got to Hobby Lobby I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, and one of my more "manly-man" friends offered to pick up the "oh-so-girly" feathers...Army uniform and all! 

 

This card was relatively simple.  I used thick plain card stock and a stencil from my stash.  I used the pink Inka Gold paint that came with the kit to create a romantic, yet, simple background for my "wedding dress".  The dress is Blue Fern Studio chipboard (the clutch comes in the same package).  I covered the chipboard in gesso and some pearly white paint (which I believe was also included in the kit).  After the paint layers had dried, I used adhesive pearls to establish the horizontal lines of my dress.  I glittered the top of the dress and lined the neckline with glass seed beads that came in the SOE kit.  Using the "horizontal line guides) I had made with the pears I layered several types of ribbon, fiber, and lace over the skirt of the dress to enhance the look of it.  Two tiny pearls on the clutch, as well as some glitter, finished the overall look of the wedding outfit!  :)

 

 

The look I was going for with the dress was flowing and romantic.  I feel like I got pretty close.  I began with a base layer of the white feathers.  I had to clip some of them, and shape a few others, but the end result was fairly close to the softness I was looking for.  Most of the feathers were glued down to the card itself, but I attached a few others to the back of the dress as well.   Here you can see a close up of some of the ribbon and lace I used for the skirt as well as the pearls.  



Below is a short of the inside of the card.  I used some of the paper from the kit to cover all of the insides, then used various scraps of paper from the kit to layer the right side of the inside of the card.  After distressing and inking the papers to create a timeless and aged look, I glued them down randomly.  I have to admit...I forgot to remember the size of my card and had already distressed and dyed some of the papers before I had to "randomize" them a little more.  LOL.  I then cut the "Laughter and Love" phrase from one of the papers as a final touch to the inside. 

 

Here is a top view showing some of the distressing, dying, and layering.  

 

And that's that!!!  This kit was absolutely perfect for the overall motif I was looking for with this wedding card!!!  :)  Thanks for looking in!

 

Love,

mel