Wedding Congratulations

One of my colleagues at work is getting married on New Year's Eve. I made this simple card based on the latest Fall to Layout for our staff to sign and present to her along with a gift certificate at our office's holiday luncheon later on this week.

I used the glass image from the Clear and Simple Stamps Taglines set for my focal image. The glass is stamped twice with the set's tiny heart image stamped between the pair in red ink. I colored the glasses with Copic markers, then coated them with Glossy Accents and some glitter for a bubbly appearance.

I've been drawn to the yellow/gray/black combination a lot lately and I thought this would work nicely with the champagne glass focal image. I found a pretty yellow on cream pattern for the top of the panel underneath the glasses and a gray dotted pattern for the bottom. The gray was simple enough that I could stamp the "congratulations" sentiment from the Icon Extras set in black ink directly on the paper without it getting lost in the pattern. The panels are layered on a black mat, then on a gray card base that's light enough for everyone to write their personal congratulatory messages on inside the card.

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Materials Used:
Taglines and Icon Extras stamp sets, Perfect Little Black Dress and Haute Red Couture inks, You're Such a Gray-cious Host, Perfect Little Black Dress, and A Blanc Check cardstock, Copic markers (Y23, Y32, YR30, B0000), Perfect Little Black Dress satin ribbon (Clear and Simple Stamps); Carolina Breeze 6x6 paper pad (Teresa Collins); Blissful 6x6 paper pad (Authentique); silver shimmer paper (Recollections); circle dies (Spellbinders); Glossy Accents (Ranger); Dazzling Diamonds (Stampin' Up!)