Friday Mashup 3 Wedding Card

This week the oh-so talented Lesley is the hostess over at the Friday Mashup blog.  Her challenge for us this week is to create a black and white card, a square card or to mash it up and combine the two.

My sister is going to a wedding at the end of the month and asked me to make her a wedding card.  I had been kicking a few ideas around in my head, but this challenge sealed the deal.

I decided to mash it up and combine the two challenges.  I wanted to do something a little unusual for my card, so I spent some time thinking about how I could make this card interesting.  Many years ago at a workshop at my friend Patti's house (hi Patti!!) we made a card using the technique I used here.  I stamped the background image (which is a retired background stamp called Floral) in white craft ink onto basic black cardstock.  Then using a stipple brush, I went over it with Pearl Ex.  The Pearl Ex creates this shimmery, iradescent look that doesn't really show up in the photo.  I sprayed hairspray on it to seal it and voila!  A very cool background!

I hope my sister likes it, but if not that's ok.  I've got a bunch of weddings to go to this summer so I'm sure I can use it for one of those.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!