Wedding Projects

I have been hard at work on some projects for our older son's wedding - it is less than three weeks away!  Many of you have asked to see what I am working on and I will share these projects a little later this fall.  I want to keep them private until after the wedding.

I thought I'd share a link back to the post where I explained how I etched a mirror tile with lacy hearts to create a romantic centerpiece.  I did this project for Scrappy-go-Lucky and you can read all of the details HERE.

Etching is fun to do and the results can be quite impressive.  I won't be taking centerpieces like this to the West Coast - there is too much risk of breakage.  When you etch on a mirror the effect is a little different than etching on a plain glass surface because of the shadows that are created.  The etching is on the surface of the glass and the thickness of the glass before the mirror surface painted on the back will vary depending on the items you are using for your project.

If you have never etched glass before you might want to start with a simpler design - this was fairly ambitious to take on as a first project!   

I did see a request for a "yo-yo" lesson in the comments on yesterday's card and I will try to post directions in the next day or two. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

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A Quick bit of Inspiration...

I did not make this card.  It's actually rather ironic that I am posting it today since I just politely turned down the opportunity to post some Provo Craft Father's Day projects on my blog.  I had seen these popping up in a lot of places and I felt like most of you would have seen them already.  I usually post only my own work but sometimes I see something that appeals to me as a source of inspiration that I want to share with you.

This was a card that my son and future daughter-in-law received at the party.  It is so "on trend" with the damask patterns and black and white color scheme.  On the back it says "Paper Magic Group."  As soon as I saw it I thought "something like this would be easy to make with all of my crafty toys!"

Most of the detail is printed but there is some ribbon and pearls added for dimension.  The cake stand itself is printed on the card front - metallic and embossed.

I thought it would be fun to use this card as the inspiration to create a wedding card.  I don't mean to suggest that you should try to replicate the card - just see what it leads you to design.  I have a small prize for one random winner to be chosen from those of you who take up the challenge (just a hint - it does include some black and white)!

I will show you what I did for the last two challenges soon - thanks to the people who gave them a try.  This weekend is going to be very busy for us (as I am sure it is for many of you with end of the school year/beginning of summer activities).  I hope you find some time to be crafty!

Please use the linky -  if you need directions please visit the challenge post HERE to see some step by step screen shots.

link to Discussion Day #5 - Life is too Short...

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A Wedding in the Family

We have a very special family event this weekend.  My husband's youngest cousin is getting married.  He is the oldest in his generation and Allison was one of our flower girls when we got married nearly 30 years ago!

We don't have a lot of wedding photos - we were married just before wedding videos and multi-photographer coverage became popular.  The single use "table cameras" were not available and our photographer took the standard "official" photos and a few candids.  I searched through the photos to see if I had a portrait of Allison but I found very few photos that included her.  They were all photos of groups.

 

I wanted to do a digital page showing these photos so I used my Creative Memories StoryBook Creator Plus 3.0 software and started with a blank 12 x 12 page.  I added four of the photos that I had already edited and "cleaned up" (these were scanned from my original proof set which we purchased from the photographer).  I applied a soft edge to all of the photos.

The soft edge effect is one of the many available in the program.  In the "Format Photos" tab, I chose the "select" icon in the frame area and applied the soft edge option in the "cutouts" menu (you can also choose various mat configurations in the "frame" drop down menu).

My next step was to find a way to highlight Allison in the photos.  I did this by adding a white 12 x 12 square at 37% opacity (creating "virtual vellum") and then erasing oval shapes to let the areas of the photos with Allison show in full color.

To erase the ovals in the white "vellum" layer, I selected the layer in the left column (it is darker gray) and then clicked on "Ellipse" in the cutters section of the "Cut and Fill" ribbon.  I used the yellow boxes to shape the ovals to highlight Allison and then chose "Erase the shaded area" to delete sections of the white square.

I added two text boxes and used the font AR BLANCA in bold black for the words.  I tried various options for the background.  I find the ability to try many digital variations without wasting any  real paper to be a great advantage to digital scrapping.

I chose an overlay from the Delight Youth Digital Overlays and changed the color to dark green in the "fill" section of the "Cut and Fill" ribbon.  Using overlays is a great way to create your own custom papers.

I liked the lacy ornate background but you could create entirely different looks for the page depending on your choices.

Here is an example using a red paper from the Candy Cane Digital Kit.

This example has a background paper from the Black and White Digital Power Palette.

Yet another version with green paper from the Primary Digital Power Palette.

If you have questions about the Creative Memories program and don't have a CM consultant, please don't hesitate to contact me.  I will be having some more online question and answer sessions again soon.  If you purchased the software through me you will get notification of the times of these free sessions.

Here is the happy couple - our little flower girl, all grown up!

 I hope you are having a great weekend.  I won't have much computer time this weekend so if you are trying to reach me with a question it may take me a few days to get back to you.

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