| Marian Ballog created this full suite of ideas for a beautiful pink & black bridal shower. A complete set with invitation, menu card, party favors, gift box, gift sachet and fun raffle tickets. Many of these ideas can be modified and used for a variety of party types. |
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Bridal shower invitation:
Lottie is the guest of honor at this pink and black bridal shower. Her stamp image is matted with black cardstock and vellum on the front of a purchased or handmade pink library pocket-style envelope. The pocket can also be made using a die-cut machine found at scrapbook stores.
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Any flat card can go inside the pocket to share all the party info, and there's also room for a Recipe Card for the new bride made with the Pink Persimmon Ric Rac Rectangle set.
Use the Ric Rac border and recipe phrases on a large blank piece of cardstock cut to fit standard recipe files, about 4x6 inches. Include a card in each invitation packet with a little note clipped to it...ask guests to write down their favorite recipe and bring it along to the shower for the happy couple and their future cooking adventures.
The invitation pocket has a little extra room left for a sheet of directions or other party info.
Decorate Lottie with some pink ink for the shading, some tulle for a "veil", and a wedding cake brad to keep her head on straight. Add ribbon to the flat card for ease in pulling it out of the pocket. |
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Luncheon Menu Cards:
Cards are typed with menu text and matted onto pink paper. Here the colored paper is scalloped and pre-slotted for the white sheet to fit into- (this was a die that is available at many scrapbooking stores)
The oval medallion at the top is made using the Pink Persimmon Carnival Alpha set to spell out "menu". The medallion is attached with foam tape to give the menu card some dimension. |
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Another version of the "menu" card using the Soda Pop Alpha set. (We love how Marian used the alphas at different angles to create the word "menu")
Silk Rose Petals can be stamped with a single initial to represent the couple. Use the Bride's initial in one font and the Groom's initial in another. They can be scattered on a luncheon or dinner table for a bridal shower or a friend's birthday. Marian used Staz-on ink because it is waterproof.
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Party Crackers!
These little tubes can be filled with candies and small prizes, tied up on the ends with ribbons and lace and used as party favors for any occasion. To make them, save up a few cardboard cores from paper towel rolls, cut in half (or a little shorter) and wrap the tube in fabric remnants. Leave an extra 3 to 4 inches of fabric length on the ends and trim with pinking shears. Secure fabric to the cardboard tube with a swipe of glue stick or Tacky glue, and add bits of trim: ball fringe, pleated crepe paper, or ribbon.
Stamp each guests's initials on lightweight cardstock or decorative paper with Pink Persimmon Carnival Alpha letters. Punch out the monogram with a scalloped or plain circle punch. Attach the monogram to the party cracker with a bit of thick foam tape or foam dots.
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Gift Box
Every girl needs a proper place to house her extensive wardrobe, and Lottie is no exception. This recycled tin suitcase once held a Christmas gift pack of S'Mores from Target, but craft stores also sell them in silver or white.
Cover the outside of the tin in sections with coordinating scrapbook papers in dots, stripes and florals. Cut shapes to fit using a scrap paper version first to make a pattern; a corner rounder makes the job easier.
A Uhu glue stick works best for this project: apply glue to both the paper and the tin and the paper will be repositionable for a minute or two, allowing a little wiggle room to fit the paper to the suitcase. Any excess paper can be trimmed lightly with sandpaper or a wide emery board nail file. |
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Now for the decorations! Stamp Lottie's head onto floral paper (watch out for leaves in the eyes or nose!) then trim. She wears a small crown charm and peeks out from behind a vintage frame that was once part of a 1900's cabinet card photo album. Add a ribbon strip at the top left and attach a yo-yo circle rescued from an old yo-yo quilt that had seen better days....and then top THAT with paper flowers, or an old earring or rhinestone brad. You could even stamp Lottie's name at the bottom of the frame using her name stamp. Finish with a ruffle of machine or hand-gathered crepe paper. Frost edges with bits of mica glittered for a sugared effect. |
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Tie a few ribbons and some tulle on the handle. Now those pretty paper dolls have a pretty place to hang out in between holidays or while waiting to be given as gifts. The Lottie Luggage can even become a holder for stamp set packs.
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Scented sachet teeny pillow:
Find a luscious piece of silk shantung in a blush color-but don't cut it yet. Compose your design with the Large Banner Stamp set and stamp the monogram with the Soda Pop Alpha set. Leave plenty of border around the image. Embroider the mongram initials with 2 ply fuchsia embroidery thread and a little embroidery hoop.
For the little sachet, cut to the size and shape desired: in this example, 2 rectangles, each 4x6 inches, one plain and the other with the stamped design centered on the fabric. Iron a hem around the raw edges, then stitch the top and bottom together with 2 ply embroidery thread in fuchsia. Sandwich the raw edges inside.
While stitching, include a loop of velvet ribbon for hanging, with decorative tails at the bottom. Glue a crown charm onto the pennant or bird's head with E-6000 adhesive. Fill with loose dried lavender. Stamp the banner from the Vintage Greetings set over a typed phrase proclaiming "Her Royal Highness." Cut and adhere with foam tape.
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Her Royal Highness Tag:
Stamp the Pink Persimmon Banner design onto the silk fabric and embroider monogram as above.
Adhere to 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inch office shipping tag. Cut vintage lace from damaged doilies or other textiles, and attach to back so that the lace border shows in front of the tag. Layer pieces of damask and vintage embroidered cloth so that the front and back of the tag are fully covered. Punch a hole at the top (recommended tool is a Crop-o-dile). Glue crown (from a 1960's drink coaster) to top of pennant. Run fuchsia ribbon through the hole in tag.
Type and cut a sentiment ("Her Royal Highness") and adhere to front of tag.
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Raffle tickets:
Chances are pretty good that we won't take out the stamps and ink pads to stamp one little phrase on a card as we need it, but it's much more fun to have a bunch of these on hand: unroll a few yards of tickets and try out all those bitty cats, stars, cupcakes and phrases. Stamp happy birthday, to and from, wish (snipped from "Best Wishes" ) celebrate, etc. Now that you have a few yards of "supplies," it is easy to create something special with no trouble.
Pull from your ticket stash and staple or glue on a raffle ticket to make a happy birthday card, a quick note, stationery for a REAL letter, custom advice notes to the new mom at a baby shower, bon voyage notes to the departing college freshman. Sweet little raffle tickets turn any plain paper into a winner note card. |
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Stamping on gift bags:
There are 2 examples of stamped white organza drawstring bags with the bridal couple image (from Vintage Cupcake) and a letter "B" (from Soda Pop Alpha). The image stamped on the organza fabric has a very see-thru quality. You can also use the image stamped onto a paper tag or punched circle, and then run a ribbon through a hole in the tag. Then attach to the organza bag separately, like a hang tag.
If you do stamp directly onto the organza bag, insert a small cardstock "sheild" inside the bag to keep the back layer of the bag clean from ink.
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"Welcome!" Water Bottles:
Stamp "Welcome!" (from Vintage Greetings) on a strip of patterned paper with Staz-on (waterproof) ink. Cut to fit the label on a water bottle. Use 3-4 strips total of double stick tape, vertically at either end of the paper strip. Adhere smoothly and match up the ends in back.
These water bottles are great for weddings. Include them in the out-of-town welcome bags for hotel guests, or have on hand for the events of the wedding weekend; heading off to golf, for brunches, bbq, etc.
The paper is not waterproof and therefore not suited to dunking into a cooler or ice bucket.
The Vintage Greetings "Congratulations" stamp could be used for other events: a new parents' "home from the hospital" picnic dinner, or the "Thinking of you" stamp on waters or juices in a get-well basket. |
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