My colleague asked me to make a wedding card for her friends that was Absolutely Fabulous themed. I was delighted by the brief and then almost immediately panicked because I didn't know how far to go!
I liked the layout at CAS(E) this Sketch and wanted to find a way to make it work:
I started with a champagne glass - I figured I could make it work if I had a champagne glass. I cut the first out of card to use as a template and then cut two more out of vellum. I chose one with tiny flowers and another with tiny lines (courtesy of Claire) as I thought they looked like bubbles. I stuck down the vellum but I hate the glue mark you get - I was trying to make them stand up with foam tape but that looked even stranger.
I layered this over the brilliantly sparkly magenta kiss paper I have been saving 'for best' from my first ever Recollections pad - Femme Fatale - that my sister bought me when I first started crafting.
I printed the sentiment (my colleague asked for it specifically) and kept half above the paper, half below so that it would mimic the sketch. I tried an alternative with more muted colors/papers and a blended background but it really wasn't working for me. By that point I'd had a chat with a friend over Skype and a cocktail and my brain was disconnected from proper crafting.
Hopefully my friend (and her friends) will like it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Oh, this is so fun! I love your vellum glasses! Great take on the sketch!
ReplyDeleteI like the final outcome - pretty classy take on the theme. Cx
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