Swirley Mannequin

Hello and welcome to my blog  :)  I have another of my sewing room samples to share with you today.  I have used stamps from the Haberdashery, March Fairy and Artistic Affirmations sets; Distress Oxides, black Versafine, clear EP, alcohol pens, silver pen and masking tissue.    

On a piece of white card I stamped the swirly mannequin image in black ink and embossed it with clear EP.  I coloured the bodice with alcohol pens then masked the image.

I stamped and embossed an image of two cotton reels, coloured them then masked them as before. 

I created the background blending three shades of pink DOs.  

I stamped several worker images randomly all over the panel, using the same inks as the background.  I then blended black ink around the edges of the panel, removed the masks and matted it onto black card. 

I took a piece of acetate and stamped and embossed a pair of scissors as before.  I cut them out and coloured them on the reverse with a silver pen.  I then stamped and embossed the word 'Create' in black onto a small panel of white card.  I edged the panel with pink ink then matted it onto black card and attached both panels to a white base card.

This was a lovely little card to create, I'm not usually a 'pink' person, but I gave it a go and I'm very pleased with the result.  I think this would make a great birthday card, or even a retirement card for a seamstress!
Thank you so much for visiting today, I really hope you enjoyed this post and will pop in again soon  :)

Colourful Inspirations

Hi there, welcome to my blog  :)  I have a colourful, stylish card to share with you today.  This was one of my samples for the Chocolate Baroque tv shows in January and I have used stamps from the Sewing Room and Haberdashery sets; designer paper from the My Floral Soul set; Distress Inks, clear Sparkle pen, alcohol pens, black Versafine ink, clear embossing powder and a piece of acetate.

On a piece of designer paper I stamped a mannequin image in black ink and embossed it with clear powder.  I then coloured it with alcohol pens and blended black DI around the edges of the paper before matting it onto black card.  

I took a white base card and stamped  a lovely border image around the edges.  

On a spare piece of white card I stamped and embossed a couple of worker stamps and coloured them with the pens.  I then took a piece of acetate and stamped and embossed a pair of scissors.  I used a silver metalic pen to colour them on the reverse of the acetate then cut the scissors out.  I also cut the other embellishments out.  
  

I attached the focal panel to the base card then attached all the embellishments.

I then used a clear Sparkle pen to add some highlights and sparkle to the floral image on the designer paper.

To complete this design I stamped and embossed a sentement onto the background. 

This card was fairly easy to create but no less effective.  One of the best things about these beautiful papers is that they can be used for any card or journal page or home decor piece.  I have used the images, paper and sentement in this design to show that nature and being creative can come together to create something wonderful.

Thank you for popping in today, I hope you've enjoyed this post and that I'll see you here again soon  :)

Be My Valentine

Hello there, welcome to my blog  :)  I'm sharing a quick and simple card with you today, it is being featured on the Chocolate Baroque DT blog page as one of the 15 minute cards.  I have used images from the Haberdashery and Words of Love stamp sets, alcohol pens, a Clear Sparkle pen, black Versafine ink, clear embossing powder, and some dies from my stash.

  

I began by stamping the corset mannequin in black ink onto a piece of white card, and embossed it with clear powder.  I then stamped the word 'Love' and some small hearts in black and embossed them, colouring them in with the pens.  I added clear Sparkle pen to the images then matted the focal panel onto black card.  

I then used a couple of nesting dies to cut hearts out of black and red card.  I used a black pen  to write a sentiment on the red heart, added gold pen around the edges and matted it onto the black heart, then added gold dots around the edges.  I attached the panel to a red base card, cut out some more small hearts, then added them all randomly to the card.

And there we have it, a slightly saucy, fun Valentines card!  I make no excuse about the colours - not only are they perfect for Valentines day they are also one of my favourite colour combos.  

Thank you very much for dropping in today, I hope you've enjoyed this post and that you'll visit again soon  :)   

Oriental Mannequins

Hello and welcome to my blog  :)  I have a bright and cheerful card to share with you today, one of my samples for the Chocolate Baroque February shows.  I have used stamps from the Haberdashery and Floral Mannequins sets; Distress Oxide inks, black Versafine ink, clear embossing powder, gold pen, gold gilding wax and an embossing folder from my stash. 

I began by stamping one of the mannequin images from the Haberdashery set twice in black ink and embossing them with clear powder.  I painted the images with DOs then masked them with masking tissue  before creating the background.  I blended DOs on the piece of white card, then I stamped several worker images in the same colours randomly over the card.  

I removed the masks from the mannequins on the card, and added gold pen around the edges.  I took a piece of black card and embossed it in a folder, then added gold gilding wax to emphasise the pattern.  I attached the background panel to the embossed one and then attached them both to a white base card.  On another piece of white card I stamped and embossed the two floral mannequins, painted them with DOs and cut them out.  I then attached them both to the card over the first mannequins using 3D pads.  

On some spare white card I stamped and embossed a sentiment, one of the lace images (twice), a thimble, a pin cushion and some cotton reels.  I used a small tag die to cut out the sentiment, added DO ink through the die, like a stencil, while the card was still in the die.  I added gold pen around the outer edge of the tag and added some gold ribbon.  I coloured and cut out the other embellishments before attaching them to the card.  

 I really love these floral mannequins, they shouted 'Oriental' to me as soon as I saw them, the flowers and neckline remind me of chinese jackets.  This is such a colourful and cheerful card, I think it would suit a lot of occasions and recipients.
Thank you so much for dropping by today I hope you've enjoyed this post, and that you'll come back soon  :)