Ruby Wedding Card
13 Aug 2011
Reaching 40 years of marriage is quite an achievement so when our friends, Bob & Linda , were celebrating their Ruby Wedding recently I wanted to give them a special card.
I didn't have a lot of time to work on the card so I decided to adapt the Golden Wedding Card design. You don't always have to come up with new and exciting designs every time - if you're pushed for time adapt something you've already done which you know works!
So for this one the card blank is, as previously, 8" x 8" with gold mirror card and cream parchment matt and layered onto it.
The centre piece is my good old favourite Sizzix "Forever & Always" embossing folder. Of all the embossing folders I own this is the one I use time and time again!
I tried many different ribbons on this card but decided to use this satin red polka dot one. Note that I fixed the strip to the parchment matt before sticking the parchment onto the mirror card - this enables the ends to be safely secured between the layers so there is no chance of fraying.
Ten paper red roses form the bouquet tied with the matching ribbon. I'm not very good at ribbon tying and it took me half a dozen attempts to get this one to sit correctly.
I slipped a silver heart charm onto the wire stems of the bouquet, twisting the wire to ensure that the charm does not fall off.
For the insert I went a bit over the top! I used a pearlised gold A4 sheet and then using a Martha Stewart border punched a lace edging out in ruby red card.
It's been a number of weeks since the Ruby Wedding but Bob says the card is still sat on their mantlepiece!
Now handmade wedding cards are not something I tend to make a lot of, but I have to say I am rather pleased as to how this one has turned out.
The cardmaking embellishments are from a sheet of wedding card embellishments which I picked up from a sale bucket. When I see sheets of embellishments in sale buckets I tend to buy them by the handful as I always find they come in useful.
The successful bidder has just asked me to make a card for a 15 year old teenage "girly" girl.
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Tomorrow is the turn of yet another young couple from our Church to get married (what are they putting in the coffee!) - Rachel and Phil.
However, as usual, my life has been really hectic so I had absolutely no time left to make them a Wedding Card myself. I frantically searched through all the card boxes of the cards we sell at Church. Luckily Anita had recently made this delightful card so I dutifully purchased it, but before writing it, decided it was so nice I had to share it with you.

This background paper is part of a stack I've had for ages and when I spotted this pretty floral topper it seemed as if they were meant to go together!
I made this other quick card.
It was quite exciting rooting through everything - some of the stuff was very old and had discoloured but I found a few sheets of these cute toppers.
This ballerina topper was also part of my find. It is so sweet that it makes a great card for a young girl. Again I have mounted it onto silver Mirri card and I've highlighted the flowers with a pinch of glitter. The card is covered with 


For the inside of the card I decided to use a pink 