Dress It Up, Part Deux!

To continue from yesterday's post, I want to take you through the final design process of the shower invitations I created. Specifically walking you through how to make the gorgeous dress! First, here's what the final invitation looked like:

If you'd like to know how to recreate the dress, keep reading...

Using the Dress Up Framelits, cut out only the top half of the dress.

To make the skirt, the Tea Lace Paper Doilies from the Spring Catalogue are the perfect size. A few simple folds turn the round doily into a triangular skirt.

Fold the top down approximately a quarter of the way.

Fold the right side inwards, lining the scalloped edge to the edge of the inner circle of the doily.

Fold the left side over, lining the edge flush with the right edge.

Fold the top point over to create a flat edge. This is the "waist".

Next, you'll need some of the gorgeous 5/8" Flower Trim, also from the Spring Catalogue. It comes in one long strip, so you'll need to cut apart the flowers and then trim away some of the mesh backing so that it doesn't peek out from the flower.

Aside from the pieces created above, you'll need two small pieces of ribbon. One needs to be long enough to wrap around the waist of dress and the other slightly smaller. You'll fold this one in half to create "tails" to the sash.

Glue the skirt to the top and wrap the longer ribbon around the waste and secure at the back. I used tape to hold it in place. For the sash and the flower, I used glue dots to hold them in place.

This is what the dress looks like completed:

I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Spring Colours for Sunday Stamps

Well, the sun is shinning here, for the moment, but it certainly doesn't feel like Spring out there! I'm hosting the challenge this week at Sunday Stamps and chose some spring-like colours for this week's colour challenge.

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White
Ink: So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Not Quite Navy
Stamps: Best of Flowers, Bitty Banners
Tools: Big Shot, Honeycomb TIEF, Scallop Border & 1-1/4" Circle Punch
Accessories: So Saffron Ribbon (retired)

I was excited to ink up my Best of Flowers stamp set for the first time... I just love the images. The size of the images are smaller than the originals, but for a card maker, they're perfect. Plus, the new image coordinates with the 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch! Who doesn't love a stamp & punch combo?!

If you need some more inspiration, check out what the rest of the design team has created for you and then post your project so that we too can get inspired!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

Ornament Keepsakes

Happy Tuesday! Today I'm sharing an ornament we made at our monthly meeting this month, designed by my upline Leena. The ornament is easy to make when you use the Ornament Keepsakes stamps with the Holiday Ornaments Framelits! Hey, if you like this, you might as well take advantage of the Promo this month. Check out the details here, but this offer will end October 31st!

Paper: Whisper White, Silver Glimmer
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes
Tools: Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments Framelits, Snow Flurry Bigz Die
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Jewels, Brights Button, Whisper White Ribbon

The Framelits make this ornament really easy to make; however, if you don't own a Big Shot you could just as easily cut them out with scissors. To make the ornament, you need 15 ornaments cut out (fold each in half and glue 3 together). Once all are glued, glue them with hot glue to a sturdy surface... we used a 2-1/2" circle punched from Glimmer Paper (then the back is pretty too).

We then used a dab more hot glue and glued the biggest snowflake. The rest was layered with Dimensionals. To finish off, we added some jewels for extra bling.

If you'd like to make these, or want to place an order for the October Promo, contact me!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph