Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Whimsical Wednesday - A Royal Celebration

Welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #4 - A Royal Celebration!  If you are new to Whimsical Wednesdays we have a scrapbooking challenge the first Wednesday of every month, then other paper crafting challenges each Wednesday for the rest of the month.  Todays challenge is to create any project inspired by Prince William and Kate Middleton's Wedding coming up on Friday.  I decided to do a shaped card using my new "favorite" cricut cartridge Elegant Edges!





Materials:
Cricut Cartridges - Elegant Edges for card shape
                             Disney-A Princesses Dream Come True for the dress
Gold Cardstock - Gold-Silver Elegant Paper Pad, Martha Stewart
Rustic White Cardstock - Papertrey Ink (PTI)
Silk Ribbon - PTI
Patterned Paper - At Home Stack DCWV
Dew Drop Ink - Galaxy Gold
Adhesive Pearls

Please be sure to visit the Whimsical Wednesday Blog to see the fabulous creations the rest of the Design Team have in store for you.  Link your project up over there, I can't wait to see your projects!  Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great one!

Long Island Hugs,
Cathryn :)

16 comments:

Cindy Beland said...

Hi Cathryn Your card is sooo Beautiful!I love all the details,Amazing job my friend!Have a super day! :)

The Archiving Angel said...

Hello Cathryn~ my oh my is this beautiful!
Your card is so elegant with that wonderful paper combo you used & the pretty neutral colors. Those pearls really bring that dress to life.
You did an amazing job!
Crafty best wishes,
Sonia

June Houck said...

Cathryn, this is so elegant and pretty!

Kim H said...

Cathryn,
This just turned out GORGEOUS! The papers are just incredible! I LOVE the cuts, the details and that bow! WOW! I had to look twice at the bottom of the dress... it looks so darn real! Great job!

Glora said...

Cathryn this is GORGEOUS!!!!!! I never think to turn those beautiful Disney princess dresses into something more elegant. I LOVE it! And I SO need the Elegant Edge cartridge I'm definitely in love with that one. So many great shape card possibilities. Hugs- Glora

GiGi said...

This is so beautiful! I love the shaped card and those pearls are a great touch!

Unknown said...

Cathryn your card is just gorgeous. I love the colors. The same of this card is amazing. I did not even know about this cart. I am going to have to check it out. Your dress is stunning, and the pearls are such a delicate touch. Your card is just perfect. Thank you for agreeing to play along with us this week.

VICTORIA said...

Cathryn this card is so pretty. Good job on it Victoria :)

Roberta Guditis said...

What a beautiful card!!!! Love the soft colors!

Esther said...

Cathryn, this is such a pretty card.
I love the oval shape, the dress is gorgeous with all the pearl accents
and your bow is beautiful!

Cindy Beland said...

Cathryn,Happy Belated Birthday! Hugs!!:)

*Star said...

beautiful card! I love the shape of the card and the wonderful papers you used. Tfs and have a great day. :)

joni said...

This is so pretty and very elegant! Love it! TFS
hugs,
joni

Jayne said...

Elegant and beautiful.Great card.

Crafting Katie said...

What a gorgeous card, Cathryn! I love all of your work, and I'm so excited to be on Emma's design team with you!

shelly said...

wow sooo pretty!!!