Love Captured

So do you all like our new images?  I hope so!  I'm very excited that we can bring these to you.. back today to share more projects with you... But before I do, I wanted to announce our guest designer for this release!

This crafty girl not only crafts, but apparently she bakes!  Any guesses?  Give up? Check out her blog here... and her You Tube Channel here...

And we also have our regular DT back again to share their projects with you:

Eva

Linda and Linda's You Tube

Debi

Can't wait to see what they come up with!  As for me, I decided to incorporate our Wedding image into a layout.  Because the bride and groom are in traditional wedding attire, I decided to dig through my pictures to see if I could come up with anything vintage.  Luckily, my Aunty Jan had sent me this wedding photo of my grandparents years ago. I love that my grandmother is wearing the same hat that the image is!  My grandfather is wearing a regular suit, but my grandma is in the wedding kimono.  I noticed that a lot of the wedding kimonos I've seen in Hawaii weddings were darker and not all white like the photos you see online.  Here's the layout I came up with...

Decided to keep it very simple, like the picture.  The background paper is actually more like wrapping paper that is a white on white crane print I got from Japan.  I mounted the photo that was printed from my printer onto gold cardstock.  The cherry blossoms and mizuhiki were also purchased in Japan (no I did not knot that myself).

Here's a closer look at the photo.

And a better look at the wedding couple.

Found this love kanji sticker I bought years ago.  It was a good size to match the layout.

Hope you enjoyed my project for today!  Check back again tomorrow for our last release post!  And don't forget to check out the rest of the DT to see what they've been up to.

Here Comes The Bride!

Welcome to Release #22!  This has been a long awaited release for me.  If you saw yesterday's post, you'll know that we are releasing two images this time, both related to celebrations.. one graduate and one wedding couple!  Yay!  These important images were missing from the Sister Stamps family and now we finally have them!  Yay!

My sister takes care with every image she creates.  I requested a wedding couple awhile ago, but she couldn't get the image just right until now.  She pulls references for inspiration to make sure she gets the kimono and hat just right.  I love how they tuned out.  Here's some samples I've made for some of our retailers.

I decided to color them up all the same, though I've found photos of other variations of the bride's kimono.  I hand drew the pin stripes on the groom's kimono.  It's hard to tell from the photo, but I used a pearl smooch to color in the bride's kimono and hat to give her a satin finish.

Each card is on a black card base with gold cardstock.  Then I cut some satin finish paper and embossed it with this cherry blossom embossing folder that I got from Hanko.  Love it!  Didn't want to make the background too busy as it would take away from the image.

Then I took some of my new Memory box dies Tiffany Frame and and Chesapeake Circle and cut them using gold cardstock.  I like how they frame the image.  You can even place the couple to the side and add your sentiment inside the frame.

Here I tried mounting the couple in a landscape style.  I like how it turned out!

Ok peeps... you know the drill... want a chance to win this image?  If so, all you have to do is:
1.  Leave a comment on THIS POST by April 14, 2014 11:59pm HST; and
2.  Tell me about your most memorable wedding moment (can be your's or any wedding you attended).

Release #22 Coming Soon!

Ready for our next release?  I took a much needed break and am very excited to tell you about our next release!  Here's a preview of our new images!  

Yay!  These will be perfect for cardmakers!  Stop by tomorrow for more release fun!