Wedding Card - White on Pastels

Perfect use for Santa hat after Christmas.

"The smallest feline is a masterpiece."

                          -------------Leonardo da Vinci

Hi, Friends.....

Did you have a nice Christmas???  We sure did.  We ate together with friends at their house.  We packed food over there and combined it with things they made and had a feast.  I thought we might miss out on our usual white Christmas since our weather has been so temperate lately.  But just like magic, snow fell on Christmas Eve day and we had a white Christmas after all.  More is predicted for the next 24 hours and then temps are supposed to drop to near zero.  Brrrrr!  Winter seems finally to have arrived. 

Today I am sharing a wedding card I made for the son of some friends.  The couple are getting married on New Years Day.  For this one, I pulled out a white premade DCWV embossed card with this lovely floral pattern.  Is it a rose?  I am thinking it is.  

I tried out something different for my background this time.  You know how I like to experiment with messy and gooey background techniques, right?  :)  So I adapted this idea from one of my many failed experiments from a different technique I was trying.  I was pretty sure I could use this for Plan B, if the other one didn't work.   Well, guess what.....it didn't work and so here I am!  Ha.  

I squeezed out some Tombow Multi Mono liquid glue onto a non-stick craft mat.  With a wet craft sponge, I spread the glue out somewhat evenly in a rectangle slightly larger than this card.  Then I turned this card over and laid the embossed side on the glue and brayered it.  I removed the card and let the glue dry.  This particular glue stays sticky when dry (which I generally hate!!) but which was exactly what I needed this time!  I dabbed on small amounts of Perfect Pearls (Pink Gumball and Green Patina).  Using a big round fluffy brush, I brushed the powder around to cover all the gluey, gooey area.  Then I took a synthetic cotton ball and lightly brushed off any excess so it wouldn't get on the bride and groom.....bad form!!  (It's one thing for us crafters to be wearing bits of shimmery powder unevenly on our faces and clothes, but most people don't consider it as fashionable as we do!)   I also picked off of my card the bristles my brush had shed. (Do you think it has anything to do with buying cheap brushes?????  Ha.) 

In the photo below, you can see a bit of the shimmer that the Perfect Pearls impart.  LOVE!!!!  So glad I got a whole bunch of different colors for half-price at JoAnn's!!   I have an idea you will be seeing more of this technique.  :)

My sentiment is from the Mark's Finest Papers set called Lily of the Valley, which I stamped in Distress Ink - Bundled Sage.  I mounted it on some vellum and picked out a vellum butterfly I previously had made and had in my stash.  I like it in place of a bow.  And I like how the vellum doesn't draw too much attention away from the delicate background.  

Hope the happy couple will like their card.  Let me know what you think of my new technique?  Hope you are enjoying this week between the holidays!!!  Maybe I will get snowed in and have to craft 24/7.  :)

<3
Janis 

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. MFP Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge #242 - Round those Corners
2. Dreamweaver Stencils December Challenge - Cute and/or Quick
3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge #11 - Anything Goes
4. Word Art Wednesday Challenge #163 - Anything Goes
5. Lunagirl Moonbeams Challenge- Winter in Pink