When I saw the current Inspired by Challenge I laughed out loud. We have a running joke for the last 20 years with a group of friends stemming all the way back to our own wedding and Table 8. When doing our seating plan for our reception we had a group of friends who didn't all know each other from various times/places of our lives but we knew they would have a good time together so we sat them all together.... at Table 8. And boy did they have a good time!! They were the fun, rowdy table, laughing the whole night and having a great time with those Kodak table cameras that were all the rage back then. Subsequently over the years we have been seated at Table 8's at their weddings even when having a table 8 made no sense to the seating plan. We've continued the tradition of being the fun table as well as texting and sharing photos from other weddings we've attended where, just randomly, we've been seated at Table 8. It's like someone knows that's the table we've got to be seated at!
This card was meant to be for a wedding was it not?? I also actually needed one for a wedding we're attending in a few weeks and while I don't know what table we'll be seated at fingers crossed for 8! I was inspired by the floral arrangement and colors.
This one starts with a Basic White thick card base, then a layer of Basic Black, then a layer of Basic White embossed with the retired Subtle embossing folder and then blended some Pool Party ink lightly in the background. I created the "vase" with Basic Black cardstock and cut a partial shape with the Countryside Corners dies and then embossed it with the Stripes embossing folder (from the 2 pack Stripes & Splatters). It's hard to see the textured as well as the Wink of Stella that I colored on for some sparkle.
Next I stamped a bunch of flowers in Flirty Flamingo and used the stamped off versions and layered several for a more full look. The leaves at stamped (and stamped off) in Shaded Spruce. The wispy greens are cut from Pool Party card stock. One flower is stamped off in Petal Pink to follow the colors in the inspiration photo. After all the die cutting was done I arranged the flowers in the "vase" with some being popped up with dimensionals and others laying flat.
The sentiment from Sentimental Park is stamped in Memento Black and then trimmed down and layered over a length of retired crinkled seam binding ribbon. Retired White Opaque Adhesive-Backed gems are placed all around the arrangement for subtle sparkle and shine.
This was definitely a fun card to make and remember all of our own Table 8 shenanigans!
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Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
Stamps: Textured Floral, Sentimental Park
Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Shaded Spruce, Pool Party, Petal Pink
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Basic Black, Pool Party
Accessories: Textured Floral dies, Stripes & Splatters embossing folders, Wink of Stella, dimensionals, Subtle embossing folder (retired), Opaque Adhesive-Backed gems (retired), crinkled seam binding ribbon (retired)
Fun story and your card is Gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining us at the Inspired by Challenge!
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