The response from GCU this time was disappointing but maybe everyone's too busy watching the World Cup or perhaps some people are away on holiday? But here's what came up -
Another of Barbara Schreiber's wonderful watercolours -
This beautiful invitation to a bridal luncheon from Mary Taylor - a ribbon and stump embroidery that she made as a sample for one of her daughters' wedding dress -
Vanda Lavar's unusual and attractive wedding invitation -
There were a couple of other contributions which weren't specifically invitation cards but which might be customised for use as invitations - click on the images to go to the artists' online stores:
'Zazzler' were more forthcoming with their handpainted invitations. I suppose they are more used to being offered opportunities to promote their products through the forums. I thought it was interesting that by no means all of them were floral invitations -
AudreyJean's lovely ' Tropical Shell Paradise' -
Joyart's wonderful party invitation is drawn in coloured pencils on black paper -
Kayatiyu's watercolour chamomiles make a pretty garden party invitation -
Another beautiful watercolour beach-themed illustration by Michel Webber -
Jessperry's fun invitation in coloured pencils and white ink -
And maybe my favourite because I do like 'humorous', Nanwright's 40th Birthday Invitation -
These attractive birds make a change from flowers too -
I haven't made very many invitations - yet! (It's on my ToDo list!) and you'll all be sick of seeing my sweet pea wedding invitations. So here's one I painted recently, trying out my new Derwent Inktense pencils. -
And finally, here's one from ImagineThatDesign that would lend itself to customisation as an invitation -
A big THANK YOU to all who contributed to this post!
Next month's theme will be 'Seaside/Coastal' so if you haven't already made anything that fits with this theme, now's your chance to get painting!
2 comments:
Thank you for featuring my card, what a wonderful collection of images. There are some amazing artists on Zazzle.
I love your love in a mist card!
Thank you, Carole. I'm a bit disappointed that my love-in-the-mist looks far too turquoise on the screen (on mine anyway!). It actually prints out much more like the blue of the actual flowers, thank goodness!
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