Sunday, September 26, 2010

Wedding Gown Shower Card

This folded dress card is another that I've been wanting to try for a while. Since I needed a card for a wedding shower earlier this month, I decided this might work. Got the instructions for creating the dress from my Fast and Fun Folded Cards book by Annie's Attic. Since I don't own any scallop oval punches, I substituted by using my scallop oval small and large nestabilities instead, which seems to have worked out fine. I also added an extra tier to my dress so it would be longer and look more like a gown. I just loved that this was so easy to put together!
I used text weight pearlized paper to do the dress and glitzed it up a bit with stickles and flat back pearls, then finished it with a bow. Used the George cartridge and my Cricut to cut the oval window on a piece of Bazzill Bling Diamond cardstock, then ran it through the Cuttlebug Plum Blossom folder for texture. The flourish cuts are from a Quickutz retired set, using DCWV glittered cardstock. Sakura blossoms are from small and medium Carl punches.

Used more flourishes from the same Quickutz set on the inside of the card right below the slit for the giftcard. Oops...LOL...that McDonald's giftcard you see in my photo is one that I keep in my craft room to use as a sizing template to create giftcard holders...the actual giftcard that went into this card was a very pretty silver Macy's one that really matched perfectly!

11 comments:

Creations by Patti said...

Eunice,

Greta job on this card - and don't you kust love that book with allt he cool card creations? I love it, too and forget that I have it... great job on the dress!!! Of course, I love the Plum Blossom background, too.

my best,
Patti

Creations by Patti said...

OMG - is my spelling just the worst or what? My comment should read: Great job..........and don't you just love that book with all the.............so sorry.........dah

Anonymous said...

Lovely card, Patti.

Kelly said...

OMG Eunice, this is absolutely GORGEOUS! First of all, I love the white over the pink background but the gown is totally awesome! What dimension and I love how you glittered the scalloped edges and added the pearls. A true keepsake!

Joy said...

Such a beautiful card you made for the wedding shower. this is so pretty and love the creation. awesome and very intricate cards. always so well put together. TFS and have a fabulous week!

Enjoli said...

Hi Eunice,
This card is so beautiful! =) I love it! Especially with the asian embossing folder. I learned how to make this dress at a Make n Take at Photo Craft.

Janis said...

Love how you did the dress. It's so pretty!!! TFS!

Brenda said...

This is such a beautiful card! I love that cuttlebug background too! I think I need to go check out this book. Thanks for the inspiration!

Jodi said...

Oh Eunice! What a beautiful dress you've made! I love that you used different tools to create it too!! Beautiful!
Huugs
Jodi =)

Kyoko said...

Wowee Eunice ... I LOVE IT! Very elegant card. I'm not having any luck folding the kimono so I might have to try this gown. My Kimono looked really RETARDED! LOL!

jelonkaa - Ilona Wolnik said...

Excellent!!!!