Just for Fun: Dapper Wedding Card
Hello, Friends! Hope you are all enjoying this Memorial Day weekend. I treated myself to some free play time in the studio this weekend. Not a design team assignment, not a special order for my Etsy shop, not a project with a deadline attached. Just for fun. Just for me. Just because I love to play with paper. I had also treated myself to a Tim Holtz Dapper paper pad that I found on sale. (Yes, people…it really is an addiction. I just can’t resist beautiful paper. Lord, help me!) It did not make it into the Closet of Shame. Oh, no, no, no. It landed right on top of my work desk. And before I knew it, this super fun Dapper Wedding Card was born.
I had purchased this on sale (I think it is still on sale…) from my favorite online store, The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Linda Coughlin, the shop owner, always tucks a lovely little gift inside each order, and this time it was this vintage wedding photo, a sweet little wedding charm, and the Dapper Die cut. How could I NOT play?
Linda cleverly included both the positive and the negative of the die cut. I set the positive aside and opted to work with the negative. First I painted it with Picket Fence Distress Paint. (It was cut from black cardstock.) Then I sprayed it with Dylusions White Linen which made it look really shabby chic. I pulled out a small script stamp, and after inking it up with Black Soot Distress Ink, I stamped it off on a piece of scrap paper, then stamped it over the painted surface, leaving just a ghost of handwriting. Oh, yes, having fun, fun, fun!
Next, I backed the image with the small 3×3 squares from the paper collection, trimming off the excess. I used the ticking pinstripe on the “tux” and the letterpress on the top hat. I confess, this made me do a little happy dance. (Yes, I do dance in my studio…but there’s nobody here but me, so it’s OK.) I used a waterbrush and Black Soot Distress Ink to add a bit of a shadow around some of the edges, just to create a little contrast. Then this assemblage was stitched onto a scrap of white burlap using gold metallic thread.
Now for that gorgeous vintage image Linda sent me. In the same order, I had purchased these pretty Baroque metal frames. (I couldn’t help myself. They talked to me…they said “we will be awesome. We are on sale. You will be so glad you bought us.” How could I say no?) These little beauties have an antique silver finish, but I was going with gold because of the Sophisticate cabinet card that I cut into 2 pieces and layered into the composition. This was an easy fix. Ijust tapped the frame and the wedding charm with Gold Alcohol Ink. Problem solved! And as an aside, I love the way the gold and black cabinet card peek through the mustache in the die cut.
So here’s a straight on shot of this Dapper wedding card. I gave a metal corner the same alcohol ink treatment so everything would match. The Venice Lace trim, black satin bow,Dapper brads and mother of pearl button take this card to shabby chic happy land!
Here’s the inside:
With gold accents and cute little stamped card.
And a big pocket on the bottom with a stamped postcard.
So that’s my just for fun Dapper Wedding card. Play time is over, and now I will have to go back to my regularly scheduled assignments. I had a blast….and I need to remember to play more often. How about you?
Thanks for stopping by!
Cheerio,
kathy
Kathy this is brilliant! I love how you blended the die cut into your beautifully layered and gorgeous card.
This is a honey of a creation, Kathy, and how fun it was just for YOU! Everything you put your hand to is beautiful, no matter what the style, and shows the joy you have in the creating of it. You are such a happy artist! What’s more wonderful is with every one of your posts I get to experience that beauty and a special joy of my own. It’s important to me I let you know I’ll always be thankful I found your blog! Thanks, my friend!
Hugs,
Kris
Fabulous card Kathy and glad you did it just because you could. Love the layout and how it’s all so vintage and very clever the way you’ve done the hat and moustache . Another winner x
Great job. I love it.
Super, Super, this is one of the best cards I have seen for a long time, so very different and so unique. That Mr. Dapper will has quite a flair about him, from the outside to the inside, couldn’t be better!
Hugs Kathy,
Gretchen
Glad you got to have a fun day just for you. I’m sure as a busy designer for lots of awesome companies, you don’t get a lot of “me time”. Your card is wonderful Kathy. Have a great Memorial Day!
Your creations are always FABULOUS! I love the vintage flair to this wedding card. What a wonderful creation inside and out! Hope you’re having a most enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend! Hugs from Ohio!