Bridesmaid Invitation

Good Morning!

Well I have actually snapped mostly out of my Melancholy mood, you will be happy to know! I have had 2 excellent days at work without too much drama or stress and it has done wonders for my mental state... WOOT {Cheering and blowing on paper hooters :)} so hopefully it will extend to today and into the weekend. Finger's crossed!

You know how Will and I are getting married in April (lol, I wont let you forget!), well it is about time to choose our bridal party! Mine was easy to pic- I have 3 sisters, therefore I have 3 bridesmaids... no competition! Will chose his guys pretty easily too, so we're all set with people now! I wanted to make a card to ask my girls and knew instantly I wanted to use the Bridalpartybellas from Stamping Bella. I had to "un-ink out" one of the bridesmaids cos there were actually 5 girls in the stamp! I whipped the idea up in about 5 mins sitting at my desk at work one day, came home and made them the same night!

They are long cards- I cut an A4 sheet into 3rds length wise, measured how much room the stamp would need then folded the right side over itself to make the gate-fold so that you could still see the stamp. I cut the PP to fit the folded piece, stuck it down then punched the edge with my Fiskars threading water punch. I also punched a hole with the SU double slot punch to thread the ribbon through and hold the card shut. Then I coloured the girls (one with brown hair for Fliss and the other 3 blonde), mounted the whole card on a piece of Rose Red cardstock and then sat down to think of some journalling. I had fun trying to come up with ideas of what I wanted from my bridesmaids! And yes, I'm sure I'll need all of the tasks at some point or another in the next 9 months!!

I loved how the cards turned out and so did the girls! You'll be happy to know they all said yes :) so now it's full steam ahead for wedding planning!

Yay for the weekend tomorrow!

:)C