Hello! I’m so excited that spring begins in the United States just a few days from now! Welcome to Kylie Bertucci’s Demonstrator Training Blog Hop for March. I’m part of a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world that participate in Kylie’s program for building our businesses. Please be sure to click on the names in the list at the end of this post to hop around and view the beautiful cards posted by so many talented stampers.
Today I’m sharing two cards I made using a dress template as the focal point. I was going through some old issues of Stamper’s Sampler and Take Ten magazines recently and saw this dress template and the creative juices began to flow. I loved coloring and playing with paper dolls when I was a child and in my teen years, living in New York City, one of the fashion capitals of the world, had thought of a career in fashion at one point, so it has been fun to revisit my “inner fashion designer” !! I apologize for the quality of some of the photos. With glare from lighting and the metallics in the cards it was challenging!
The first card uses products from the Parisian Blossoms Suite. Here is how I made the card.
- For the card base, cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score and fold in half.
- Cut piece of DSP from the Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhere to card front.
- For the dress, I photocopied the page from the magazine and then reduced the image to 90%, cut out and traced it around piece of the Pool Party floral DSP.
- I stamped the blossom image from the Forever Blossoms stamp set with Early Espresso ink five times on a piece of Whisper White cardstsock. I lightly water colored the centers of the flowers with Pool Party and Petal Pink with an aquapainter and cut them out with the die from the Cherry Blossoms die set.
- Using the Cherry Blossoms die set I also cut out a variety of blossoms from a scrap piece of Champagne Foil.
- Stamp the sentiment with Early Espresso ink on a scrap piece of Petal Pink cardstock and cut out with die from the Ornate Frames Dies that carried over from the Holiday Catalog. This has been a “go to” set of dies for me!
- Tie a piece of Petal Pink 1/4″ Metallic Edge Ribbon around dress waist. Adhere dress on slight angle to card front. Adhere sentiment with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Arrange die cut flowers along both edges of dress and glue down each one individually with multipurpose glue along both sides of the dress.
- Add some Champagne Rhinestones along the neckline of the dress.
- For the inside of the card I decided not to stamp a greeting so I cut a strip of the Pool Party floral DSP at 3/4″ x 5 1/4″ and adhered along the side of a piece of Whisper White cardstock cut at 4″ x 5 1/4.”
For the next card I wanted to play with the Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Sale-A-Bration 2nd Release.
- Cut piece of Rococo Rose cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score and fold in half.
- Cut piece of the Flowering Foils DSP at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Color the paper using a sponge brayer and Rocoso Rose ink.
- Cut piece of 1/2″ Rococo Rose gathered ribbon and adhere to DSP, folding both ends over each side of the card. I used pieces of tape to secure both sides of the ribbon. Adhere DSP to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- For the dress, cut piece of Whisper White cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 6″. Using the brayer and Rococo Rose ink, color the inside of the raised side of the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder, insert paper and run through an embossing machine. Trace dress template and cut out.
- For the bow on the dress I wanted to use the gathered ribbon but it was too wide and bulky when I tried tying it on the dress so I ended up cutting away the gold middle of the ribbon and just using the edges, which gave me a double bow.
- Adhere dress to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I put them all around the dress and down the middle.
- I colored some Pearl Basic Jewels with the Light Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends and adhered to the dress.
- For the inside of the card I decided not to use a greeting. I cut a piece of the Flowering Foils DSP at 3/4″ x 4″. I colored in the flowers with the Light Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends and the Dark Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends for the centers, and adered to bottom piece of Whisper White cardstock cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″.
I had lots of fun making these cards and have a few more ideas that I will be featuring here in the next week so be sure to visit again.
Thanks for stopping by today!
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Oh wow!!! Love these lovely gowns you created… thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for your kind words, Angie!
These are just darling cards. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much, Lisa!
Your cards are SO pretty! 🙂
Thanks, Kylie!
Those dresses are so stinkin cute.
Thanks, BessMarie! And thanks for your years of service to our country!
So glad you brought out your “Inner fashion designer” Rhonda. These cards are stunning! Thank you for taking part in our Demonstrator Training Blog Hop this month.
Kylie, thanks for your kind words! I have been enjoying participating in the Blog Hops!
Very nice cards, Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Diane!
Love your cards! ?
Thanks, Christy!
You’ve done a great job with the dresses Rhonda! Particularly like the one with the foil background! 🙂
Thanks for your kind comments, Deb!
Great cards Rhonda
Thanks Kylie!
Beautiful cards, Rhonda. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Libby!