Elegant Wedding Card and VCMP Challenge 9

I finally finished my last challenge (#9) from the Operation Write Home Virtual Card Making Party last weekend.  Shannon at Sharing My Work for OWH challenged us to use a neglected tool.  I used my heat embossing tool.  It has been a while since I heat embossed and the results turned out gorgeous.

This is a wedding card I made for the son of a friend.  I stamped the Stampin'Up! Mr & Mrs in Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink and embossed it with Zing Clear Finish embossing powder.  It gave it a nice shiny raised feeling.  I used the Stampin'Up! Apothecary Accent Framelit to cut it out.  The paper is Creative Memories Tie the Knot Addition (no longer available).  I used Our Daily Bread Stamps for the inside of the card.

Then I made a gift card holder from my new Close to My Heart Artiste Cricut Cartridge.  I found the idea on Diane's blog Capadia Designs.  She was one of the first blogs I ever started following right after I bought my Cricut.  This Gift card holder is on page 55 of the Artiste Cartridge book and is cut at 5 inches.

That's it for the Virtual Card Making Party Challenges.  I had fun doing them and created more cards in a weekend then I did all last month.
Happy Crafting!
Donna
You can visit my Creative Memories Website HERE.

Labor Day Weekend Virtual Card Making Party

Operation Write Home is have a Virtual Card Making Party this weekend.  Play along with the challenges or just comment for a chance to win some prizes!

The first challenge was to  create cards which include either a Scripture verse, or an uplifting quote or sentiment.  It was sponsored by Our Daily Bread Designs.  I just bought some sentiments from them recently and this is the first time I inked one up.  Here is my card for Challenge 1.

I had this Trick or Treat Paper from Fancy Pants designs that I had not used but I like the back side of it.  I stamped the Stampin'Up! En Francais with Tea Dye distressed ink and then stamped the leaves from Stampin'Up! French Foliage with Rusty Hings distressed ink.  The torn DSP is from Creative Memories Give Thanks digital kit.  I inked the edges of the DSP and stamped the sentiment with Vintage Photo distressed ink.  The gold leaf sticker is from EK Success Stickopotomus.  I finished it with a ribbon from my stash.

Happy Crafting!  I'll be back with another challenge soon.
Donna
You can visit my Creative Memories Website HERE.