Wedding Card no. #8 (bastel-traum challenge #97)

Happy Friday! :o)

It's time for a new challenge over at bastel-traum and our theme for the challenge #97 is Love. :o)

The challenge started today, January 15th, 2021, at 9 AM, CET (UTC +1) and ends on February 15th, 2021, at 8:55 AM, CET (UTC +1). Find all the details about the challenge, rules and prizes in a challenge post (here).

And here is my take on the challenge: Wedding Card. :o)

To make this card I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I created in September 2019 (here).

To make this card I used BEAUTIFUL Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp. This is my eighth take on this stamp. If you like, you can find my previous cards using this image here, here, here, here, here, here and here. :o)

How I made this card...

Like on the original card, I wanted to achieve Sepia look, so I used only one color for coloring: a Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper panel and watercolored it in watercolor technique.

First I watercolored a background. After drying, I masked the image (I stamped another image on a white paper scrap and fussy cut the image), splattered the background and dried the panel with a Heat It Tool.

At this point the panel was quite buckled, because I didn't fix the panel to a working surface. I placed the panel between printing paper sheets and run it couple times through Sizzix Die Cutting Machine. Flat. :o)

Next up was the couple. I watercolored them, adding more color and layers on darker parts and less color and more water on lighter parts.

When I was satisfied with my coloring, I glued the panel on a white top folded card base and the card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 92 mm x 133 mm (3 5/8" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp
• stamp seal ('Best Wishes')
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• watercolor paper
• white printing paper (mask)
• brown baking paper (envelope)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Vintage Photo (in bt shop: here and here)
• UHU universal glue
• gold sealing wax
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board
• bone folder
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Marabu fine rounded paintbrush no. #2
• Marabu fine rounded paintbrush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paintbrush no. 3/0
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• paper towels
• water
• lighter (to melt the sealing wax)
• Sizzix Big Shot

Lastly, I made an envelope from a brown baking paper and sealed it with a gold sealing wax and a sealing stamp 'Best Wishes'.

I love how the card turned out. :o)

I hope you'll like my card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out BEAUTIFUL cards my super talented Design Teammates created for the challenge. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your creations. :o)

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #396 - Make Your Mark

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge, Week 2 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Rainbow Card Challenge, Challenge #25 - Nothin' but Neutrals
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Your Next Stamp, YNS Fun Friday Challenge #155 - New Beginnings
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka