I was talking to my mom the other day and she reminded me that my cousin in Holland was going to be getting married in a week and that I needed to send a card. They are getting married in Alkmaar which is known for their outdoor cheese market. Love that place! Anyways, I didn't have any wedding cards on hand and it can take so long for anything to get mailed over there. I didn't want to wait a day and go to the store and pick up a card, so I thought I would go and make one with some of the stuff I had on hand. I remembered that there was a card challenge on the paper lovers blog, so I thought I would use that as a layout. I used my favorite wedding stamp that I used on this card I made a few years ago and once again replaced the bouquet with a heart brad. This photo makes the colors look way more crazy then they are in person, but I had to get this in the mail fast, so this is the only photo I have.
Now that the Christmas decorations are down, it is time to make some Valentine's Day decorations to put up! I have seen some in the store, but it is much more fun to make your own. So here is how I made my sweet heart wreath. First you need a hoop (the one I used had about a 7 in diameter), 7 big wooden hearts, 8 small wooden hearts, paint, glitter, ribbon, and some hot glue. I took all my hearts and painted them a solid color and then went back over them and made some patterns or outlined them. I thought they were looking a little boring so I went back and put some glitter on random ones. Then I went around and hot glued the big ones and tried to make them as evenly spaced as possible. Then I hot glued the smaller ones on top of the bigger hearts, tied some ribbon, and then hung on my door!
This looks great, I love the colors! Thanks for using our card sketch at paper lovers studio!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! That little bride and groom stamp is so cute! Thanks so much for entering the challenge!
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