Nov 13 2008
Beautiful Bride
While I’m working on Christmas designs, I’ve decided to post some of my older designs. Over the next few days I’ll be posting a series of designs that I did for a bridal ensemble.
This card is such a beautiful card to give to a very special bride, maybe a sister, or another family member that you’re close to or even a special friend who is like a sister to you.
I stamped and watercolored the bride, then cut her out using a craft knife and set her aside. I stamped the gown twice, once on Pale Plum and once on vellum cardstock using bridal embossing powder. I cut out both gowns, cutting the center portion of the vellum skirt out as well and glued the vellum gown to the pale plum gown on the embossed lines so the adhesive wouldn’t show through. I used micro pearls to make a bracelet and a necklace, she also has a tiny pearl earring.
I stamped the four floral corners, painted them, cut them out and arranged them on the four corners using dimensionals. I stamped tiny little roses and made a head piece with a tulle veil and attached that to her head. It’s hard to see in the photo, the tulle has Dazzling Diamond dots on it. I stamped a bridal bouquet and attached that to her hand. The rose and ribbon on the dress were stamped separately on watercolor paper and attached to her dress. The bride’s shoes were painted with a mixture of Pearl Ex and Gum Arabic giving them a pearly satin sheen.
Below is a close up to show the detail on the bride’s jewelry and veil.
- Paper: Pale Plum, Patterned Cardstock Vellum, SU DP, Basic Black, Whisper White, Carol Wilson Embossed DP
- Ink: Versamark
- Accessories: Tombow Markers, Bridal EP, Ranger Gold/Gold Tinsel EP, dimensionals, watercolor brush, micro pearls, tulle, heating tool, craft knife, mat pack, dazzling diamonds, Pearl Ex, Gum Arabic
So beautiful! I really loved these ladies in the Fan Club– they are so enjoyable to see them once again! Just gorgeous!
Oh Jerri! What can I say? Simply stunning. I wish I could get married all over again so I could get one of these beauties. Hugs to you girlie. Can’t WAIT to see what lovely Christmas stuff you are working on.
Also, any update on Me and Carrie Lou being sold online?
you just continue to blow me away!! This is absolutely exquisite! I’ll tell you what…..I’ll ask my hubby to marry me again and you can send me this card….., it will be our second wedding…..a Christmas one with beautiful pink and white poinsettias, lots of mini lights and gold trimmings of course…….oh listen to me, he was a nervous wreck at our first one I would never get him to agree to go through that again. hehehehe
Wow, wow, wow!! Jerri this is spectacular!! I love everything about it and your watercoloring brings her to life!!
Love the detail shot here Jerri, it give it so much more life that you couldn’t see from a distance. Gorgeous!
Jerri, this is simply beautiful! Do you use a special pen around the outside of the white background piece to create the gold? Or is it embossed somehow? Gorgeous!!!
Oh my, this card is absolutely stunning. I love your work.
Mary
Oh my goodness Jerri! This is absolutely awesome! I love everything about it.
Your work is just fantastic!!!!!
Joan
Again, I am floored. Wow!
Could you talk about that background? It looks embossed, and then that gold just matching the outline — is that two pieces, handcut, or how is that achieved? Curious minds just have to know.
This is spectacular. Each of your items is a work of art that obviously takes hours to complete. Where does one find the micro pearls? How are they attached? I can’t even imagine the work that went into this card! So very inspiring. Thanks so much for posting it here.
What a beautiful card. Tell your husband that my opinion has not changed! It would take me three centuries to make that card and it still would not look anywhere close to yours.
I think I saw these in the Dirty Dozen Gallery on Splitcoaststampers and was awestruck by them then. They are so beautiful. I especially love the veil. The work is so intricate and perfectly detailed. Perfect for a wedding gift that could be treasured forever. I will save these pics for my own daughter’s wedding in a year and a half, though I know mine will never look as beautiful as these. You are so talented.
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WOW! This is stunning! You’ve done it….AGAIN!
This bridal set is one of my most favorite of your cards in the galleries, Jerri…your attention to detail is sooo amazing!!! The embossing, your gorgeous coloring, the papers and colors….everyting is soo FABULOUS!!!!! Yes, I would even get married all over again for one of these but I musn’t be greedy…heeheehee!!!
Stunning, elegant and utterly perfect for a bride! You just go right on sharing any of your designs from the past–I could happily look at them again and again!
Beautiful Jerri, you put such wonderful detail in your work!!
This is absolutely beautiful!!
My first thought was the same as always…W-O-W! Absolutely stunning in every way!
Jerri This is just beautiful!! Your watercoloring is awesome!!
Hope you have had a great weekend.
Oh my goodness! This is truly stunning. I love the extras you added like the nettting for the veil, the rhinestones and that fab shimmer!! BTW, I gave you an award on my blog. It comes with NO strings attached!! I just wanted you to know how much you inspire me! I will just wait patiently for the personal watercoloring lessons!! LOL!!!! You really, really want to see Yellowstone National Park — don’t you???
Breath-taking!! So spectacular… WOW!
No matter how many times I see your work, I could just sit and stare, and stare, and stare!!! There is just SO MUCH to see, to take in, to enjoy!!! Another beautiful creation!!! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with all of us!!!
Your Art work is so Awesome!! I cannot even imagine the hours you put into each art piece. The toole veil and the necklace. Flowers and gown, shoes, borders all of it. I too am always in awe of what you create. Thank you for the complete admiration and awe , and Total Inspiration I gather from all your Art.
Cynde
This morning I had to go back to the beginning of your beautiful bridal series. The details are so much fun to admire and study. I really appreciate your descriptions. Love her veil and necklace. This is one of my favorite SU! designer papers pack, but what really caught my eye is that Carol Wilson embossed dp. I started doing a google search and realized these are the notecards I drool over in gift shops. But I can’t find any plain white embossed papers like this one. Where, oh where, did you get it? Linda