Wedding Essentials
As summer approaches our thoughts often go towards weddings, and Flourishes has come out with 2 wedding sets this month — Wedding Party and Wedding Essentials. If you liked to play paper dolls as a child, you will love Wedding Party with the bride and her party all ready to be dressed up!!! And if you are planning a wedding, then the sentiments in Wedding Essentials will be a necessity. My first card combines the two sets.
Well, look at them, all dressed up - how fun!!! This is one stamp with all 3 bride’s maids on it. I colored them with Copics, added Dazzling Diamonds and diamond necklaces. And there are even glittery swirls adorning the bottom of their dresses. Truly, dressing them is just like playing paper dolls!!! The background is done with the flourishy stamp in Wedding Essentials. It is stamped in Versa Mark onto Blush Blossom paper and then dusted with a pearly colored Pearl Ex — just love that effect!!! That technique is called Poppin’ Pearls and you can read the tutuorial for it, written by Beate, at SCS. The sentiment is also from Wedding Essentials. This card is 5.5″ square.
And here’s a wedding card I made, using the same background technique on Blush Blossom paper once again. My rings, from Wedding Essentials, are silver embossed on white paper, narrowly framed in Blush and mounted onto a 3″ square that was first covered with Versa Mark and then embossed with Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder — how pretty and sparkly. This panel was then narrowly framed in another Blush layer before adhering to the card with mounting tape. This is such a simple to make, yet elegant, wedding card — just love it!!! Certainly one I will repeat again and again. And just to clarify - this IS Blush Blossom paper — I was having a very bad photo session tonight and it appears way too pinkish in color — sorry. This card is 5.5″ square.
This card uses another sentiment from Wedding Essentials — Save the Date!!! A fairly simple card to reproduce in quantity. Again, the Poppin’ Pearls technique, 1/2 pearls from SU’s Pretties Kit, and this is the Ivory Wide Satin Ribbon by May Arts from Flourishes — great ribbon!!! The ivory looks so soft and pretty. The sentiment is silver embossed. The base paper is Brushed Metallic Silver, also available at Flourishes.
Again, I apologize for color issues — all these card samples are Blush Blossom, which is reflected accurately in the first card with the bridesmaids on it — sorry!
Both Wedding Party and Wedding Essentials are available through Flourishes, as is the metallic paper and satin ribbon.
Thanks much for checking in — I truly do appreciate it!!! Tomorrow we have another super easy Stamp Simply Challenge lined up for you — and I mean SUPER simple — LOL!!! Come back and check it out!!! Hope you all have a great day!!! The snow is melting here today after many fresh inches yesterday, so that makes it a good day!!!
Editing on 4/11 to Add: I must clarify myself here — I use the term *pearl-ex* generically, when truly, it isn’t. Pearl-Ex is a brand of pigment powder. SU used to sell it and I’m sure it can be found in various places. However, what I actually used on these cards is a pigment powder made by Ranger, called Perfect Pearls. It comes in a variety of colors, and the color I used is called Perfect Pearl — confusing — the color is Perfect Pearl, and the product is called Perfect Pearls, with an S on the end. I LOVE the soft shimmer and sheen it gives — that is my FAVORITE color, especially for wedding projects. Here is the link to the Perfect Pearls page on the Ranger website. Hopes that helps — didn’t mean to lead anyone astray –
These cards are absolutely stunning. I was wondering if you stamped the background or if that was dp. I had completely forgotten about Pearl Ex! Simply gorgeous.
Love ‘em, Sharon. I like the effect of the versamark and Pearl Ex. You didn’t have too much trouble getting the hang of the Copics!
Oh WOW Sharon…these are just beautiful…just like you !! I love getting your subscription and seeing what you have created. Always a WOW moment
Oh my - stunning, simply stunning!
Sharon, the girls are so pretty, love the dazzling diamonds on the bodices and the swirls at the bottom of the dresses, just beautiful! The little diamond necklaces are such a cute touch! Loving the wedding ring card as well. The pearl ex is beautiful on the backgrounds, I love the shimmery iridescence on the wedding theme. I can’t wait to see the other card!
beautiful Sharon!! The background looks wonderful!!
These are BEAUTIFUL! What a neat wedding set, I think we need a wedding!!
Wow, both cards are absolutely stunning!!!!! They just scream pure elegance.
Love your birdesmaid cards it is fantatis, and your second card with the rings is awesome. Great set.
Both of these cards are gorgeous - so beautiful!! I think I need to try the PearlEx on Versamark - it’s such a pretty effect.
Wow, Sharon!!! What spectacular cards!!! Your backgrounds are so lovely and the girls’ dresses amazing!!!
Sharon, these are simply amazing! You made such a lovely ensemble to give to that special mom. I love your copic coloring. I have not mastered blending w/them yet.
Pinky
Wow, these are boyh gorgeous, love the backgrounds the the girls look fabulous!
These are all just gorgeous!
These are beautiful!
Very pretty! I especially love the Poppin’ Pearls– they are gorgeous on the blush paper!
WOW, these are gorgeous, Sharon! LOVE those sparkly flourishes on the bottoms of the dresses, the blush color you used and shimmery flourishes on the backgrounds — just eye poppin’!!
Sharon,
I just love your work. I go to your SCS gallery every day just to see what you’ve been up to. I always follow your link back here so I can see how you make all these fabulous creations. The wedding cards are simply stunning. You really are talented and so very creative. Thanks so much for sharing.
Sharon, Antoher awesome group. THANK YOU by the way, I have a wedding to go to Saturday. Need to put together a card. Thanks for the inpiration!
Kathie in Vegas
Wow, these are awesome. The cardstock looks like brocade with that PearlEx. Gorgeous cards. You continue to amaze us!
LeAnne
Sharon, these are fantastic! Absolutely gorgeous!! The one with the rings is my favorite. Anyone would love to receive that.
Just found out that I will be going to a wedding in July, will have to give the one with the rings a these a try. Gorgeous!!
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These are all beautiful Sharon! I love the girls image. How fun!
These are wonderful!! Classy and elegant. Love the ring card in particular. Flourishes is lucky to have you designing for them and show casing their sets!!
Love all of these - so pretty!!
You made this all so dreamy and gorgeous and perfectly stunning, Sharon! The pearly Damask on Blush is wonderful. Love the glittery swirls and other sparkly touches on the bridesmaids’ dresses. Every piece is brilliant and elegant!
Your girls look like gorgeous dolls all dressed up
Love your use of blush blossom, silver and Poppin Pearls technique. Your last 2 wedding cards are so simple, but so elegant. You will be CASED over and over again I am sure 
TFS your beauties…….
WOW Sharon! These are gorgeous! So elegant and romantic! That Poppin’ Pearls technique is so cool!
These are all breathtakenly gorgeous! Beyond words! {Smiles}
Absolutely Gorgeous!!!
Absolutely love the cards you did from Flourishes new stamp sets. Would love to know where to get the Pearl Ex. What an awesome touch! You do such great work!
so pretty and elegant!
Oh my these are just stunning!!
Beautiful designs, Sharon!! I especially love the last two!! So elegant!!
These are all fabulous, Sharon! I love the dresses, rings and the BG you created for all the cards is fantastic! Thanks for the info about the Perfect Pearls! I love the blush blossom cardstock from SU!
Oh my gosh, Sharon!! That bridesmaids card is just over the top fabulous!! I love the sparkle on the bodices. And how I used to LOVE paper dolls!!
Amazingly beautiful cards!
Sharon, these cards are about the prettiest thing I have seen in awhile. Absolutely gorgeous. I am putting Perfect Pearls on my wish list.
Thanks for sharing with your fellow stampers! I found your blog by way of SCS….and I am signing up to get your blogs! Very talented lady!
~Pam