Sunday 29 March 2009

Gold Wire and Bead Wedding Heart

One of the members of staff at Nursery, Leighanne is getting married next Saturday and I wanted to make her a card. As that is what I do! She told me on Thursday that the theme was gold hearts, so I decided to go with just that for this card.

The Creative Card Crew challenge is:

Warm Colours

And gold is a warm colour! Just that I've not used any others! I wanted it just to be this heart and bead embellishment that I made. I did think about layering it up onto gold vellum and white embossed card, but decided against it.


I made this heart with thick gold wire for the shape, and it is double thickness and then threaded some gold buggle and seed beads onto some thinner wire which was then wrapped across the heart shape. It took me about half an hour to make it and I had to make sure that the actual shape of the heart didn't distort. It is attached to the card with wire - I made holes with a pin and then threaded the wire through, twisted the ends on the reverse and then glued to secure them.
Simple card but I think it works!
  • Heart embellishment: Made by me

9 comments:

  1. What a great card loving the heart embelishment, a true work of art! thank you for joining in with our challenge this week. Linda x

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  2. Oh now this is really stunning the heart is so beautiful it needs nothing else. I love it!

    Juliexx

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  3. hola chix!
    Lovely to meet you... yu were with a very creative gang of girls. I bet you are pooped from laughing!
    Photo will go on my blog tomoz, I cant keep my eeys open between blood spurts on Rambo and mark sneezing.
    Hugs x

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  4. love how you did the heart, so intricate looking
    AllisonX

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  5. Stunning in its elegant simplicity. Your card is very classy. How lovely to team it up with the wedding theme. Thanks for joining the Creative Card Crew Challenge.
    Sharon xx

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  6. wow this is beautiful, very clever. Thanks for joining in the creative card crew challenge.Donna x

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  7. oooh this is lovely, so elegant! love it hun

    lotsalove

    Amanda xxx

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  8. Great card love the gold wired heart. Thankyou for taking part in the Creative Card Crew Challenge.
    Paula xxxx

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