Thanks Roxie for the Wednesday challenge. I knew I would make the wardrobe the focal point of my card...though it reminds me I haven't enough closets for all the clothes I love! Does anyone else have clothes from more than two decades you can't bear to part with?
This card is built with Basic Grey Stella Ruby papers. I adore the dressmaker details throughout. I paper pieced those fashionable ladies, stamping in Versacolor black and embossing in clear. They are from the SU set Pattern of Friendship as is the Always in Style sentiment. The wonderful wardrobe is part of Fashion Statements from several years back, it is stamped and embossed in Tim Holtz distress walnut stain and popped on foam! The fancy swirley thingy is Stampendous from back in the 90's! The Stella Ruby paper provided a cool marbled look for that element. The faux stitching is Starving Artistamps. It was inked in seafoam by Heritage Marvy.
My card is dedicated to my mother, who must always match her pocketbook (a very Southern term) with her shoes as she heads out the door! You truly are Always in Style...Thanks for looking
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 GMT Views: 778
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Registered: May 18, 2005 Location: Connecticut USA Posts: 35783
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 3:22 AM
love this so much susan!! funny that you make this card, one of my goals for my day off is too clean my closet and hang my clothes in outfits so I can get dressed with less fuss and have more time to stamp before work! Very lovely!
Registered: April 20, 2006 Location: The Burrow with the rest of the Weasleys Posts: 15474
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 3:54 AM
Cute! I had to have that set with the two ladies, and then I only made one card with it. Maybe it'll be next on my carousel of cards made with retired sets Thanks for the inspiration!
Registered: September 19, 2006 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 10476
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 4:30 AM
Wow, Susan, I love your take on the challenge! These ladies are in perfect focus with their paper pieced dresses. Now is this a 'Simplicity' pattern or 'McCormack's' . . . Ooops I think I'm giving away my age, LOL. This is great . . . love your work!!!
Registered: June 23, 2006 Location: SW Michigan Posts: 4676
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 @ 4:55 AM
I love this Susan. Those dresses are so perfect pieced. I wish I had snagged that set when it was out. The wardrobe is a great mix with the set too~I love that distressed ink you used on it. Wonderful card!