Simple Wednesday WOW Wedding card...

I love to make a really big card from time to time... 

And this was one of those times... featuring Bouquet of Love ....

Big Congratulations to the Happy Couple... 

Oh and Bouquet of Love with its fabulous hybrid embossing folder still available... but not for long! And even better... available to order from 1st June at half price!!! Just £13.50 for the folder and co-ordinating dies...

Sorry to have gone AWOL for a while... I was busy creating for a class.. and then had various - for no apparent reason - aches and pains... which is stopping me from spending as much time on the PC as I need...

But I now have lots of cards created and ready to to share over the next few weeks... so lets hope those niggles just "do one"... and I can get back to doing things more normally...

Falling in Love & Tutorial for Extra Extra Large Heart Wreath Card

So this card proved very popular when I posted it earlier in the month (and on my display here too)... and I had my fabulous All Day Crafting Event last Saturday... and I suddenly remembered the ladies being gutted last time that they were not doing a wreath card...

So 2 worlds collided - the Falling in Love papers were out - and a re-make was on the cards.... well card actually... and here it is... 

So glad I got the So In Love and  Falling For You stamp sets - as I love this version of the card!! And there is a unique aspect of the leaf spray stamps in the So In Love set... there are two - one for each direction! Which means one could do the right hand side of the heart and the other the left... 

Pictorial on "how to make a wreath using a leaf spray stamp" here - and mat sizes and how to make the heart template used to draw round on the previous card version post here - so  I will just concentrate on how to produce an Extra Extra Large 7 1/2" (14cm) Square card for today... which is simples!

You will need... 2 pieces of A4 cardstock (or US standard)...

1. Cut one piece to 7 1/2" Square

2. Cut the other to 7 1/2" x 8 1/2"

3. Place this second cut piece LANDSCAPE (ie 8 1/2" length across the top!) on the trimmer at 7 1/2" and score

4. Valley Fold the score-line... so you have 7 1/2" Square on the front and a 1" ( x 7 1/2" high) "tab" at the back

5. Open up the front & apply glue to that tab and place the first piece onto the tab

6. (OPTIONAL) Apply co-ordinating Washi Tape to cover the join on the back of the card. This works well - as not only does it cover up the join - but it makes the card look more finished off/special too! 

I then used a 5 1/2" (14cm) Square stamping panel with a 5 3/4" (14.5cm) mat - on the outside and the inside too

Greetings from Big on Birthdays