My sister got married!

Hello crafty friends; I hope you're having a great weekend so far.  It's actually been quite a nice day today here in South Wales; chilly but at least it's been dry.  We've had so much rain here over the past few weeks, it makes such a difference to see some blue sky.  

Just before Christmas my sister (and now brother in law) decided to get married, completely unexpectedly, after being together for 36 years.  It was all arranged within a week as she didn't want any fuss and apart from my mother and his parents and friends of theirs who were also getting married, no-one else attended.  It was a quick registry office ceremony and then out for lunch.  She looked beautiful and my BIL scrubbed up quite well too.

I had to mark the occasion with a card and this is what I made:

I decorated the inside:

I began by embossing a white panel with a heart embossing folder and then mat that onto some gold mirri card.  I die cut the letters and ampersand from the same gold mirri card and the flowers and leaves from coloured card stock.  The sentiment was stamped with versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder and cut out with a stitched die.  I arranged all the die cuts and added them with liquid glue and then the sentiment was added on top with foam squares.  I didn't add any embellishments as there was lots of shiny gold on my card already.  For the inside I die cut an extra flower and some leaves and adhered them to the lower left corner.  A simple sentiment stamped in black ink and again the panel was matted onto the gold mirri card.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge - mood board or ATG

Alphabet challenge - T is for texture (embossing folder)

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - Must use an embossing folder - option winter

Craft Rocket challenge - use embossing (embossing folder and heat embossing)

Crafters Cafe challenge - feminine

Creative Knockouts challenge - celebrations (10 challenges max)

Daisy Chain challenge - no design paper

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - a new start (newly married)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - something new (newly married)

Time Out challenge - new (newly married)

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Spellbinders - sentimental ampersand (SDOM-Jan23)

Spellbinders - simply perfect alphabets 

Gina K Designs - happy hearts embossing folder

Gina K Designs - on the inside stamp set (for the greeting on the front)

Gina K Designs - succulent spray stamp set (for inside greeting)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card

Gold mirri card and coloured card from my stash

Versamark ink pad

Versafine onyx black ink pad

Cosmic Shimmer - gold detail embossing powder