Forever Blossoms – Wedding Card

Just so happens that I have a friend’s wedding coming up. Her Spring wedding colors include a peachy coral theme, so…I chose those colors and the retired stamp set, Forever Blossoms because they both fit the theme.

A few challenges on the board: Double Trouble (#104) Challenge…Thing One: Spring Theme, Thing Two: Partner with Creative Creases (#26), and Thing Three Twist: Create a Fun / Fancy Fold project.

Christine Bertram’s – Cards by Christine Mystery Stamping Event on Facebook is a favorite of mine. I like to participate when I have time.  Just so happens that this month’s card was a Fun Fold.  So, I mixed it all up to create the Wedding Card.

Here is what I made following the Mystery Card instructions:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8¼” x 4¼” scored at 5½”) Calypso Coral cardstock.
• Inside Liner: (5¼” x 4”) Pale Papaya cardstock.
  • I added a small stamped floral flourish to the lower left corner.
• Front Flap Decoration: (2½” x 3¾”) Pale Papaya Cross Hatch patterned piece of paper from the 2021 / 2023 In-Color Designer Series Paper pack.
• Focal Panel: (3¾” x 2¾”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The sentiment, Wishing you a long life together…, was stamped with Calypso Coral ink on the right side.
  • The panel was then dry-embossed with the retired Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
• Accent Panel: (4” x 3”) Calypso Coral cardstock.
• Focal Image – Blossom Branch: (2½: x 4½”’) Basic White cardstock.
  • The Blossom Branch was stamped with retired Saddle Brown Stazon ink.
  • The image was lightly water-colored using Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Soft Suede and Pear Pizzazz inks and the Fine-Tipped Water Painter Brush.
  • Once dry, the image was fussy-cut with Paper Snips.  (If I have the coordinating Cherry Blossoms Dies set, I couldn’t find it).
• Fun Fold Corner Tuck: (1¾” x 1¾”) Pale Papaya/Calypso Coral White Dotted patterned piece of paper from the You’re A Peach Designer Series Paper pack, cut on the Diagonal.
• Corner Accent: (2” x 2”) Calypso Coral cardstock scrap also cut on the Diagonal.
• Inside of card:

Putting the card together:

1. Add Inside Liner to inside of card.
2. Adhere the diagonally cut Dotted patterned piece of paper to the diagonally cut accent piece of cardstock with diagonals flush with each other.  Set aside.
3. Add Cross Hatch patterned piece of paper to the front flap.
4. If you are adding a ribbon element, add it now.  I attached a Gold Shimmer Ribbon tab to underside of the Sentiment panel.
5. Adhere Sentiment panel to Accent panel.
6. Adhere complete panel to the card front flap ensuring that adhesive only goes on the left under side of the panel.
7. Add the Corner Tuck to the upper right-hand corner of the exposed side of the card.  Adhesive only goes along two sides – top and right.  Not on the diagonal cut.
8. Optional if it looks nice depending on your choice of patterned paper.  By cutting the Corner Tuck square pieces diagonally, you have two halves.  I decided to decorate the lower-left corner with the second half.  This was adhered completely, all three edges.
9. To complete the card, I added the Floral Branch to the left of the Sentiment panel and added Wink of Stella Glitter to the Blossoms.  May be hard to see in the photograph but very pretty in reality.

What is a wedding without jewels?  I also chose to glam it up with three Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels

I think my friend will be very happy to receive this special fun fold card.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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