My project this week was doubly inspired. First by Heather's tutorial and secondly by this picture from Nichole's post today introducing more of the stamps and dies to be released on July 15th.
I was already thinking that my favorite background texture is woodgrain, and the floral design on the picture above made me think of the Stitches and Swirls stamp set. After running a small piece of card stock through my Big Shot using the impression plate, I applied Classic Kraft ink to the texture with a brayer as Heather had done in her tutorial. This was adhered to the left side. I stamped the invitation on the right along with a small image from Stitches and Swirls to move the eye from the image on the left to the information on the right. Finally, I added the ribbon and bow, rounded the corners and it was finished. Pretty simple!
You will find the usual supplies list at the end of the post. Please leave a comment; it really makes my day to hear from you!
Thanks for stopping by,
Suzanne
Supplies: All Papertrey Ink unless noted
Card stock: Sweet Blush
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Classic Kraft
Stamps: Stitches and Swirls, By Invitation
Ribbon: Sweet Blush satin
Other: Woodgrain Impression Plate, Copic Markers YG91, R11
This is lovely ~ yes, it is a great color combination and will be perfect for a shower for a little girl. Adoption is near and dear to my heart ~ I will say a prayer for your friends that they are able to adopt her.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful invitation. So feminine. Love the colors. The woodgrain with the flowers is perfect.
OH I like the combo too...A lovely invite!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is really gorgeous and I really like the treatments that you've done with the coloring and the woodgrain.
ReplyDeleteYour invite is beautiful, Suzanne! Love the Stitches & Swirls on the Woodgrain IP ~ great colors too :)
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning. I love the IP and stamp set you chose, and those colors work together perfectly.
ReplyDeleteWOW, Suzanne! This gorgeous invitation really caught my eye! Yes, I agree, the colors work beautifully together. I love everything about this beauty! Great job!
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful! love the stamped woodgrain - love the colors you put together!
ReplyDeleteOH … Wow again! Love this . I have that invite stamp in my cart just waiting for the 15th. Yes the colors are beautiful together.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne, this is nothing short of stunning! I love the way you took inspiration from the wooden piece and made it into something even better. I tried to do this challenge and ended up wasting a bunch of card stock and tossing it all--I just couldn't come up with anything. Thanks for showing us all how it SHOULD be done!
ReplyDeleteSuzanne this is gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteLove that stamped woodgrain...
looks so perfect with stitches and swirls stamped on top!!
And the colors...
again perfection!!
This is a stunner!! :)
Congrats on your shout out ~ again great card!
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes, this is such a beautiful invitation, Suzanne!! Love the stamping on wood grain, the balance, the pink/brown, the bow, everything!! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis invitation is stunning. I really love the way the small flower in the right corner echoes the main design. Great job and best wishes for the welcome shower.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne, this invitation is so beautiful and is what gave me the inspiration to try this challenge. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWow--absolutely wonderful! Love your design & colors!
ReplyDeleteAn exquisite invitation. Love the ribbon, stamping and texture. A well deserved shout out.
ReplyDeleteOh, how pretty and elegant.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne, I can see why Nichole called you out on this one ~ it's gorgeous! Amazing how you interpreted the inspirations and came out with these beautiful results. Not sure I could have done that…. WTG!
ReplyDeleteThat little invite is so, so pretty! I love everything about it - the colors, the layout, the woodgrain, that gorgeous ribbon, and the stitches & swirls are just fabulous. Such a lovely invitation, Suzanne! Very nice job. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSuper Beautiful invite! I think it is so pretty and love the colours.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet invitation, Suzanne! Congratulations on the shout-out too! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful invitation, love the colour combo!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous invitation Suzanne. Every part of your design is fantatsic!
ReplyDeleteIt has been too long since I've had my Suzanne goodness! Your creations and words are so wonderful in every way, that I'm totally amazed every time I visit.
ReplyDeleteYour invitation astounds me in two ways. First, wood-grain just always strikes me as 'male' (even though I've done a bit of carpentry myself). You certainly dismiss that notion of mine. The braying of kraft ink onto the pink provides the second surprise; the flowers look like they are part of a kraft background, and somehow pink ink was applied to kraft paper and the flowers are on that background (as though you masked the leaves and flowers). (Hope that makes sense.)
I have such respect for the ability to make something beautiful that also confounds as to how it was done. (One of my artist friends told me that her teacher at Rhode Island School of Design said, "If you want to sell your wares, throw in one detail that doesn't reveal easily how it was made.". Then buyers won't think "Oh, I'll just go home and make one of those myself!"
Well I'm off for a bit more bliss, and will catch up on your other posts. Thank you for leaving a comment on my post even though you didn't play along this time, dear blog friend.
Great invitation. I especially like your use of stitches and swirls. Mine still has not seen ink.
ReplyDeleteLove your invitation, so sweet and feminine. Been eyeing that stamp set. You used it perfectly with color and layout. Your friends will love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely! What a wonderful invitation for a shower! Praying for them that you will need to use it really soon!
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