Together Forever Archives - Inkspired Treasures

This week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge is a Sketch! We've always had challenges for our subscribers, but now every Thursday we will offer a sketch, color or inspiration challenge for EVERYONE to try. Just check to see what the challenge is for the week, then submit your entry via INLINKZ over on the Create with Connie and Mary blog. Please state in your post that it is a Create with Connie and Mary Challenge and the corresponding challenge number (CCMC104 is today!) Come play with us!

The retiring list has been out for several weeks and I'm trying to use my stamps a few more times before they retire. This one, Together Forever, will go into my KEEP pile. I love it for wedding cards! I decided to mix the old with the new, by using Pink Pirouette cardstock…one of the returning In Colors in the new catalog! I love the soft pink color!

I started by stamping the flower image in Basic Black on Whisper White and punching with the 1 3/4 Circle. I used the new Pink Pirouette Stampin' Write Marker to color it in. I layered it on the Pennant XL Die Scallop Circle I cut from Basic Black cardstock on the Big Shot. I added it to a layer of Pink Pirouette that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder…that was layered on another piece of Basic Black that I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch along the side.

I added a piece of Tea Party Designer Paper to the top of Pink Pirouette cardstock, then wrapped the White Satin Ribbon around twice to the back and secured. The Pink Pirouette was layered onto more Basic Black, and then a base card of Whisper White. I added a White Satin Bow on the front and used the Charming set to stamp Mr & Mrs. and Love in Basic Black Classic Ink on Whisper White. They were punched with the Medium Jewelry Tag punch, pierced with a hole at the top and added to Linen Thread. I wrapped the Thread around the bow and secured with Mini Glue Dots.

I love the softness of this card! Pink and Black for weddings is really big right now…I think we saw two of them while in Cancun last week. It was amazing at this resort…they have 1-2 weddings every day! Big business!

Make sure to stop over at Create with Connie and Mary to see Mary's wonderful card this week! Love the bright colors!

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Mary Brown and I had some time to work on a couple challenges Saturday night! I needed some cards made up to post to my Blog! I found this sketch from Mojo Monday several weeks ago. I thought it definitely looked challenging.

Another set I’m sad to see leave the catalog is To Have and To Hold. I like the stylized bride and groom, plus the set has some nice smaller images like the hearts, some champagne glasses, a rose…plus a couple nice greetings. I remember trying to find a champagne glass stamp a couple years ago when I was working in my In-Laws 50th Wedding Anniversary Book and having no luck. So…this set will stay in my collection.

I started with a base of Basic Gray cardstock. I stamped the swirl design in Pink Pirouette on the Pink Pirouette cardstock and layered it over the base card. I used the Gray pattern from Urban Oasis Designer Paper along the bottom and added a strip of Basic Black that I punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. I wrapped some Pink Taffeta Ribbon around the bottom, too. The Bride and Groom image from To Have and To Hold I stamped with Basic Gray on Whisper White and layered on Basic Gray. I stamped the Medallion from Together Forever in Basic Gray on Whisper White and used the letter B monogram from Lovely Letters with Pink Pirouette in the center. I hand cut out the medallion, then used my Circle Scissors tool to cut out a 2" circle to place it on. I stamped the hearts with Basic Gray on Whisper White and punched with the 1 1/4 square punch and layered on 1 3/8 square punch of Basic Gray cardstock.

I think this makes a very modern looking wedding card, although I did use 3 stamp sets! I like being able to personalize it by using their initial for the Monogram..

I finished my projects for the Stampin’ Addicts Blog Hop this weekend. Just need to photograph everything to get it ready to go! I have a few other assignments to work on this week…one being my Control Freaks swap! I’m happy that I have it designed, just need to crank out 30 of them!

Have a great day!

To Have and To Hold #115098 $26.95

Together Forever #115100 $22.95