Wedding Wishes...A Card for a Friend

I've been off resting...

hoping to kick the butt of a flu-type of thing that I've had all week.
while I was doing lots of "NOTHING"...

I had lots of time to think about cards that I'd like to create

when I was feeling better...and able to spend time in my studio again.

Today...I'm sharing one of the cards that I had been thinking of.

First on the list when I got back into the studio

 was a wedding card that a friend asked me to create.

I had all week to envision the card in my crafty little head...

and finally..when I felt a little better...I went right out to the studio 

to make the vision I'd been holding in my head..become a card!

To create this 5x7 card I used the following:

Haute Wedding Dress stamp set (by The Ton)

Loose Peonies stamp set (by the Ton)

Versamark Ink and Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
Gansai Tombi Starry Colors

Luminarte Twinkling H2Os
and LCI Metallic card stock for matting.

I started out by stamping and heat embossing the Haute Wedding Dress image.

I water colored the image and background with Twinkling H2Os

While the water colored image was drying

I created a background print with the Loose Peonies stamp set.

The I did a wash of gold from the Starry Colors collection...and let it dry.

Then...I stamped the peony images and leaves onto the same piece of card stock.

I added some color and shading to the peonies and leaves with twinkling H2Os

and let the piece dry completely

while I cut and prepared the 5x7 card...and metallic matting layers.

When the water coloring had air dried on both pieces..

I put the card together...

and this is what I had!
(A card that was exactly as I had envisioned it to be..in my crafty little head!)

 had to take lots of photos to capture the shimmer on the image

 and the floral background.

The gold embossing and shimmery water coloring are so pretty

(Thanks to the Gansai Tombi paints and Twinkling H2Os) 

Lately...I've been creating quite a few backgrounds of my own

as opposed to using print paper.

The more I do this...the more I am liking it.
You can see the shimmery peony background in this photo...

and the metallic card stock matting.

I used fun foam to position the matted image

I stamped the sentiment with a combination of stamps from 

The Ton..Hero Arts and Concord & 9th

I'm very happy with how this card turned out

an am hoping that my friend is happy with it as well.

Thanks for visiting today my crafty and creative friends!

Have a marvelous Monday!

Michelle.