Engaged!

I  recently had the chance to make my very first engagement card and gift card holder set for my sweet niece and her fiance. They were here on vacation last month when her fiance proposed to her on the beach ... so romantic!

Since I had never made an engagement card before, I searched online for ideas and was inspired by the engagement card designed by Crazy Penguin Designs.  Loved her idea of the oversized engagement ring with the whoppin' gemstone! I created the cutting file for my ring in Make the Cut Design program by nestling trianglular shapes together to form the gemstone and joining circles to create the ring. The ring was cut from silver foil board and I used silver glitter cardstock for the gem. "Congratulations!" sentiment was computer generated using Moderne font and printed onto pearlescent cardstock. After adding the ring, the front panel was matted onto white glitter cardstock. 

On the inside I added a fun sliceform pop up, using the "Wedding Glasses Sliceform Pop Up" svg file which I    purchased from the Lori Whitlock Shop. 

Used a lot of  glitter, metallic and pearlescent cardstocks, and even some Stickles glitter glue to give everything glitz and shine!

 

I always have such fun making cards with lots of glitter and sparkle! Plus, using Lori Whitlock's premade svg cutfile helped to make this pop up card come together  very quick and easy.

Couldn't resist making another matching surprise sliding box pop up gift card holder! Decorated the sliding box with "Congrats" die cut using Karen Burniston "Congrats Word Set", and hearts from Impress Cards and Crafts "String of Hearts" die. The ring is from the Lori Whitlock svg file I used on the inside of the card.

Rubberband activated pop up cubes were assembled using Karen Burniston "Surprise Cube Pop Up" dies. A svg cutfile from My Scrap Chick  was used to cut the gift card insert panel, but this time I slid cash in instead of a gift card.