Vintage Vogue

Ok, the card for today is one I completed for the sketch challenge at Just Add Ink this week.

I started with Perfect Plum and added a layer of Whisper White which has been embossed using the Square Embossing Folder.  My image panel is Whisper White which is layered onto Perfect Plum.  Both of these cardstock pieces have had the top corners rounded using the Corner Small Punch.  Underneath is a layer of Certainly Celery which has been cut using the Top Note Die.  I also cut two sets of Little Leaves from Certainly Celery card.  My flowers are from the Oh So Beautiful Set, Vintage Vogue.  I stamped the large flower and 2 small flowers using Perfect Plum ink onto Whisper White card and cut them out.  I stamped one small flower using Perfect Plum ink onto Whisper White card but stamping once onto scrap paper and then cut it out.  I added my flowers over the leaves on the image panel using mini glue dots and to finish them off added small Basic Rhinestones to the centres of the flowers.  I added a strip of Perfect Plum cardstock which has been punched along one edge with the Scallop Trim Border punch.  I have wrapped this piece with Whisper White Tafetta ribbon.  My bow is tied using a Bow Tying Stand which my son-in-law makes.  This turns out perfect bows every time.  To attach it to my ribbon I used a Rhinestone Brad.  You open the prongs of the brad as far as they will go and then pop the bow and the ribbon strip between the open prongs and then close the prongs around both the bow and the ribbon strip.  I used a mini glue dot to hold it in position.  Sometimes you have to trim the prongs a little and this can be done easily with our Paper Snips.

Here is a close up of the largest flower.  You can see here the difference between stamping the first time with your inked up image (1st generation) and stamping the second time with your inked up image (2nd generation).  So you can get shades of colour using the one ink pad.  I love the bling that is so easily acquired with the new Basic Rhinestones.

I want to thank those of you who comment on my work, it is what keeps me going, to know that you are inspired by what I do.

Bye for now, Kris.