Hello, friends! Popping in today with a project to share for The Greetery. We recently attended a wedding where Bart and I were given the task of creating a charcuterie grazing table for the guests to enjoy as they were arriving an hour or so ahead of the wedding. I’d seen pictures of the flower colors for the wedding since we were a part of the set up crew, and decided to make them a wedding card to coordinate with their colors. I chose a soft blue background because it complimented the flowers so well, and I love that it also reminds me of the sky, since the wedding was held outdoors. I hope the bride and groom loved it!
Because we were there early in the day, it also gave me a chance to snap a picture of my card with a box of the flowers they were using on all the tables and such. Isn’t it so fun to see the inspiration along with the card it inspired?
PRO TIP: You can make wedding cards that match your recipients’ wedding colors, too, by taking your design and color cues from what you see on the wedding invitation when it arrives!
I have been loving the Wild Wetlands die set, and created my own floral arrangement here, rather than using the large floral die. I die cut several different floral elements from the set, and then pieced them together to create my own design. This allowed me to eliminate the cattail and instead, add in more flowers….which coordinated a bit better with their wedding flowers.
PRO TIP: This die set is one that definitely has room to add a bit of colored pencil shading on the flowers and leaves. I did a bit of that on my flowers before I put them together.
PRO TIP: This set is also one that is SO fun to use foam adhesive on! You can give your flowers even more depth and dimension, just by popping some of the petals up with foam adhesive, rather than gluing them all flat!
Note that on the full flowers, I glued the inside detail (the stamen part) flat, but used foam adhesive on the front petals. I also used foam between the two layers on the bell shaped flowers. That little detail just makes these flowers come alive even more!
I used the new Capsule Basics Embossing Folder (LOVE!) with one of the Capsule Basics dies (also love!)! So simple, but they add so much detail to a card! Those are GREAT basics to have on hand and I’m guessing I’m gonna be using them on everything for awhile!
The sentiment is from the Capsule Collection Floral Borders stamp set.
One last look, just because it’s pretty! 🙂 I can’t wait to use this die set again…..I have a few more ideas brewing in my head, so stay tuned for more!
And for those who might be interested, here’s the charcuterie grazing table Bart and I put together for the wedding guests. The family already had all of the foods bought and they pulled out all sorts of serving boards and bowls and baskets, so all we had to do was put it all together! It was a fun project, and I think it turned out really pretty!
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{Celebrate Wedding Card supplies — click on thumbnails}
