Friday, February 18, 2011

Happy "I Do" Day

The Letterpress plates originally came out in the Holiday Mini Catalog back in September and they also carried over into the Occasions Mini Catalog. I wasn't to sure if I wanted to buy them so I thought I'd wait and see what others would do with them before I decided to make the purchase. Shortly after I began seeing samples with them and thought I would give them a try but since Valentine's was so far off, I kept moving them down the on the list of what to purchase next.


Finally after Christmas had come and gone, I added them to my order. By this time it was the end of January and I didn't have much time to play with them before Valentine's came around. I think I actually only made one card that used the Lots of Love Letterpress plate. I never even used the hearts plate. So it got me thinking, what can I make with the plates that isn't Valentine's related? Then it hit me, I can use them for wedding or anniversary cards. So I grabbed some Marina Mist card stock and went to work on a couple of cards.

I inked up the plate with Versamark ink so that the words would stand out better. I had in my mind to use the Happy I Do Day stamp from the Word Play Stamp set but I wasn't to sure how or where I was going to put it, I also couldn't decide if I wanted to make a portrait or landscape card, so I decided to make both. The other thing I had been wanting to do was try the scrunched ribbon. I tried it first in Marina Mist but then thought, "is that to much blue?" So I redid my ribbon in Whisper White, I ended up using both. I like the whisper white against the Bashful Blue but my husband likes the Marina Mist better. I also added a little bling to the "I Do", it doesn't sparkle in the picture but it does in real life. I kept these cards simple because I wanted letterpress to stand out.

I hope you enjoyed these cards. Now I just need a wedding to go to so I can use one of these.

7 comments:

Shari Winterstein said...

These two cards a lovely. I just uploaded a card on my blog using the letter press. Nice job use the press. Thanks for blessing my day. :)
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Penny Hanuszak said...

Wow Rose these are simply stunning. I have to say I wasn't interested in the Letter press until I saw these. I think it's the colour and this is so beautiful! TFS.

Dale Morin said...

Love your card. I have the letterpress but haven't worked with it all that much. Love what you did. TFS

Crystal said...

Ohhhhh,Rose. These are beautiful cards! I love these colors, and great CAS layout, and oh, it just all is GREAT!! tfs

Brenda Keenan said...

I'm SO casing this one!

Brenda Keenan said...

I just cased your card for my group meeting tonight - they LOVED it! Thanks so much for the great idea :-) Are you going to convention this year?

Rose Castillo said...

Brenda, I am glad your group liked the card. I will definitely be attending convention this year. I hope to see you there.