Wedding Card for Andrew

As well as making a card for Elaine I wanted to give Andy, the groom and our future son-in-law, a card to wish him well on his wedding day and to welcome him in to our family.  Whilst browsing on Pinterest for card ideas I've seen wedding cards made using decorated die cut heart shapes or die cut bows in black and white to represent the bride and groom and this was where my inspiration for Andy's card came from.

I knew that Andy would be wearing his kilt to get married in so to have the tartan of his kilt included on the card I Google searched for a picture of it to download.  This is the Fraser Ancient Hunting tartan chosen by the men in the family to wear because Andy's mum's maiden name is Fraser.  Along with his kilt Andy would also be wearing the Prince Charlie style jacket, with black waistcoat and bow tie, so layered die cut heart shapes were decorated to represent this.  The bow tie was die cut using Sue Wilson's Itty Bitty Bow die without the tails.

The green card and ribbon used in making the wedding stationary were also added to the card along with a silver script wedding backing paper.  Silver brads were added to represent the silver buttons on the jacket and waistcoat.

This verse was added to the inside of Andy's card.

During the time we've known you

we've watched Elaine's heart be won

and now that you're marrying our Daughter

we're so glad that you're the one.

We couldn't ask for any more

than the love you send her way,

we'll be proud to have you as family

as you marry our Daughter today.

We're thankful she's found the man she loves,

the person to share her dreams,

today our Daughter becomes a wife

and we're proud of the son that this brings. 

  

Here's a lovely photograph of Andy, his dad and his brother on the wedding day looking very dapper in their highland dress. 

After finding out about the Scottish tradition, that following the exchange of vows and rings the groom often pins a sash of his clan’s tartan to the bride’s wedding dress to signify that she is now a member of his clan, Elaine had a wrap made from the Fraser Ancient Hunting tartan to use on her wedding day. The lovely weather on the day meant there was no practical need for it and the opportunity to use it as a photography prop was also missed.  To make up for this it was well used on their honeymoon and was also photographed several times as this lovely photo collage which Elaine put together shows.

Thanks for reading today

Liz xxx 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges
Die Cuttin Diva's Challenge221 - Wedding orAnniversary 
Paperminutes Challenge 389 - Wedding
Shopping Our Stash Challenge 207 - For The Boys
Craft-Dee Bowz June Challenge - Anything Goes with a Hand Made Bow
Craft Your Passion Challenge 267 - Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 141 - For a Man or Boy
Get Creative Challenge 17 - For The Boys or Father's Day