Forever And A Day!

As you have heard me so many times before, I love Love!!! So I could not pass up the opportunity to participate in the Reader Art Quest 1 at Unruly Paper Arts for "weddings, anything but a card". By the way, if you check back over there on the 17th, you will find a tutorial of mine that they published. That was very exciting!
Everything here is pretty basic, except the wedding dress, which I am so proud of. I used Tim's Mini Dressform die, and started adding layers of lace to it until I achieved the desired length. I cut tulle to form the bodice and arms and added lace to the borders of it. The rhinestone embellishments are from the Prima flourishes. I think this would be a cool little embellishment on a present for a bridal shower.
I am also submitting this to Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge of "anything goes".

 

 

Supplies:
From My Stash- image of lady, white cardstock, tulle, kraft paper scrap



I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

OCC Is A Little Sketchy!?!

Fellow Texan, Meihsia Liu of Simply Paper Crafts, is hosting this week at Our Creative Corner.  Her challenge is to create a card or project using the sketch below, and use a ribbon bow on it.

If you need inspiration or just care to have a gander, please visit the rest of the Design Team and check out their wonderful projects. Our guest designer for the week is none other than Miss Thumb Linky herself, Sandra Mouwen, of Made By Sannie.

Linda Coughlin- The Funkie Junkie

Vicki Burdick- It's a Stamp Thing

Sue Butler- Scrumplescrunch

Ann Marie Hile- Stampin' Anne

Wendy Janson-  It's All About Stamping

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Holly Kean- Kean On Paper

Irena Kowalczyk (aka Rudlis) - Love, Life and Crafts

Meihsia Liu- Simply Paper Crafts

Tui Nathan- Stampin Time

Lori Rider- The Diva Stamper

Kristin Tierney- Lilly Beth Boutique

Sharon Wheet- Designs by Sharon

This is my first sketch challenge at OCC, and you know how sketchy I can be in my designs, so having to do a project already laid out (?) and use a bow (???) was quite difficult for me, so this really was a challenge. I am not used to anything like this, and I stay away from all challenges that are sketches. I am a fancy free kind of gal, I don't like rigidness. BUT, I have to admit it was FUN, and I am always up for a challenge. I hope I did Meihsia proud!

I further decided to add more challenges though. At Unruly Paper Arts, the Reader Art Quest 2 challenge was to "use lace", and over at Simon Says Stamp & Show, the challenge this week was "favorite stamp". After a lot deliberation with myself I narrowed it down to four, and of the four the ornate frame in the center won. At the present time, I believe it's my favorite stamp. It has a plethora of uses and looks uber cool pretty much any way you use it! Now you can see that I was really under duress this week with all these predicaments!!! Oh how I love what I do!!!

4th and 3rd choices where stamped in Jet Black Archival  on to kraft paper, and then cut out.

This was adhered to black cardstock and cut out again.

More 3rd choice stamping for the background of the kraft card. Hmmm...should I move this to second choice??? No, no, no...stop it now!

Squeezed lemonade has been staring at me since last week, so it was time to use her. I just swiped straight from the pad on to the kraft paper. I really can't get enough of last week's color challenge at OCC...really loving the yellow and craft combination! I added two rows of Lace Tape as well.

And the winner...Mr. Ornate Frame...was stamped in Jet Black and heat embossed with Black Embossing Powder on to kraft paper.

And a solid number two, the butterfly, was stamped into the middle of the frame in Jet Black and by itself on to kraft and heat embossed as well.

I was going to leave the stamped butterfly alone in the center, but decided to have more 3D action, so I cut and the frame out. The butterflies were colored in with Distress Markers. I added some gold accents with  Liquid Pearls, stick pins for antennae, a flower, a puny bow, and the sentiment.  

   

Supplies:
From My Stash- stick pins, gold photo charm, ivory cardstock


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!