| There are many motifs which are 'standard' for | | | | one entire design to use as a base and then cut out |
| weddings; doves, rings, shoes, flowers (especially in | | | | single elements. Add these to the base with a spot |
| bouquets) and, of course hearts. | | | | of silicone glue and tease into a 3D shape. When dry |
| Rings are tricky to cut out, so if you're looking for a | | | | you can add tiny spots of clear glitter to finish it off. |
| ring embellishment the best thing is to find a suitable | | | | The result is an embellishment which will be a perfect |
| rubber stamp. Using gold or silver embossing powder, | | | | match for a layout made with the l-romantique |
| stamp and emboss the ring on a square of card and | | | | papers, tags and frames. |
| if you can, make it look as much like THE ring | | | | You can also make flowers from die cuts or even |
| (wedding or engagement) as you can. Cut the square | | | | more cheaply using a stencil or template such as '20 |
| out, mount on a slightly larger square of contrasting | | | | Blossoms' from Hot off the Press. Many sheets of |
| or gold or silver card (preferably textured) possibly | | | | acrylic stamps include different sized flower heads. |
| using a foam pad for dimension, and you have a | | | | You can stamp these, cut them out and layer them |
| basic but effective wedding embellishment. | | | | together, gently curling the petals for a 3D effect. |
| Wedding scrapbooks are usually full of wedding cake | | | | For something modern try 'Mindy's flowers' from |
| shaped embellishments, but if I can get hold a good | | | | Mindy Terawasa which provides swirls and stems you |
| wedding cake shape, I like to use them as tags. | | | | can stamp on your scrapbook pages while you add |
| Every page needs at least one tag, so if you're | | | | the 3d flower heads you have created. For a truly |
| working on a whole wedding scrapbook rather than | | | | delicate look, try making your flower head from |
| just a layout, you can save time by making a batch. | | | | vellum and add just a tiny amount of sparkle. Then |
| The easiest thing to use is a die cut of a wedding | | | | glue several flower heads together to make a simple |
| cake. You can usually find these advertised on eBay | | | | bouquet. |
| or you may even have the die if you have a die | | | | Tiny 3D flowers look great attached to almost |
| cutting machine. If you can make your own, pearlized | | | | anything, a conventional tag, even one originally |
| card looks lovely, and is usually available in white or | | | | designed for a parcel, can be made to look good |
| ivory as well as shell pink, all good colors for a | | | | with a few 3d flowers. But weddings are one place |
| wedding. | | | | where a heart motif is most definitely appropriate. |
| There is a sizzix bigz die which is perfect for this. Cut | | | | The good news is that this is usually very easy to |
| one from plain paper and one from fancy and write | | | | find. Many craft punches will create hearts of |
| your journaling on the plain version. Be careful to do | | | | different configurations, but don't just use the cut |
| that before you assemble your tag, it's not fun | | | | outs. You can use the heart punches to embellish |
| afterwards! You could turn the fancy tag into an | | | | your wedding pages by cutting a strip of paper, plain |
| elaborate cake by adding tiny pearly dots from a | | | | if your background is patterned, patterned if your |
| soufflé pen to give an icing effect and then | | | | background is plain. Punch the strip and remove the |
| decorate with the smallest cut out flowers you can | | | | punched out hearts (for use on other pages), then |
| find in several toning colors. You can then stick your | | | | either placing the paper strip back direct over your |
| journaling on the back and add to your page with | | | | background, or put a ribbon below it to make a very |
| enough ribbon for someone to turn it if they want to | | | | decorative border. Ribbon can be very useful in |
| read. Or trim the journaling until it is slightly smaller | | | | creating a contrast of texture as well as color and |
| and mount it on top of the full size cake shape. In | | | | satin ribbon provides a beautiful shiny surface which |
| either case add a ribbon or fiber so you can add the | | | | looks very luxurious. |
| tag to the page. You can use the same technique to | | | | There are so many possibilities when it comes to |
| cut out shoes and add some tiny flowers where the | | | | wedding pages, I am often surprised that some |
| buckles would be. Personally I like to finish most | | | | people shy away from them in the belief that there's |
| things with a little transparent glitter, but not | | | | little creativity involved. Your scrapbook is what you |
| everyone likes glitter as much as I do! | | | | make it and that's half the fun. One day create a |
| Flower embellishments can be made by cutting out | | | | layout from a design you've seen and embellishments |
| flowers from any flowery scrapbooking paper, such | | | | you've bought, the next do it all from scratch and |
| as the le-romantique two sided paper 'loves labyrinth'. | | | | really express yourself. There are no rights and |
| The design features a number of rose pairs. Cut out | | | | wrongs. Only what appeals to you! |