I am SO EXCITED to show off some plantable invitations! Someone in the family asked me to make some wedding shower invitations for their daughter and I couldn't wait to try them out using this paper and my Cricut. I found some awesome calligraphy pens to use in the Cricut and set to work creating a simple design with these beautiful plumeria flowers from an older Hawaiian Close To My Heart set. I am loving this plantable paper! You can see video of my planting experience with this paper on my Instagram highlights. This picture shows the wildflower seedlings that have popped up from me planting a Mother's Day card embedded with wildflower seeds! I am linking up to the Heart2Heart challenge to "get your craft on" because I certainly felt that way with this project!

I am linking up with the Heart2Heart challenge about tools. The tool I couldn't live without for these invitations definitely has to be my Cuttlebug - along with all of these Close To My Heart thin cuts! For these invitations I used our Basic Hearts + Stitched Hearts + Stitched Rectangle Frames. I love how they came together with this lilac organza ribbon I found at FabricLand.

I am so pleased that these beautiful custom wedding invitations are finally complete! I have been designing and working on them for the past few months. Don't you love finishing a project? It feels so satisfying! I hand painted 70 of these floral bundles using distress oxide inks. I really like the soft and chalky look they give the image. The bride had an idea on how she wanted the wording and we came up with a template using Google Docs so that we could easily work on it together without sending it back and forth. I was able to print these off onto heavyweight Lawn Fawn cardstock and then heat emboss the image from Simon Says Stamp Floral Bliss stamp set before colouring them up with the inks. I was so pleased to be ready to photograph these invitations that I went down to our local floral shoppe, MJs Floral Boutique, where they helped me pick out just the right sprigs to include :).

I had the honour of being asked to do a set of wedding invites this spring for my friend, Kristen. Her wedding theme is classic and she adores the colour red. She and her fiancé both loved the pearl opaques I had and we decided to put sets of three (which happens to fit in with The Paper Players Challenge this week) on the outside and inside of their invites.

After lots of cutting, distressing, embossing, and a few taping sessions, my sister-in-law's invites are finally done! Her theme is rustic with a hint of west coast for her wedding here this summer. I thought her colours aligned well with the Dynamic Duos colour challenge this week of Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand.