Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Gown Card

It all started with my blog visit to 1CardCreator where I saw the beautiful gown template from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff.  The fact that it also was on sale that day made it a "no brainer" purchase for me.  I couldn't wait to play and found some challenges to go with my shaped gown card.  Patterned paper from the Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage 6"x12" classic paper pack was a perfect match for the color challenges.

Here are the four challenges I entered:
 
anything goes




use colors in this photo:







shaped card  (this photo shows the dress shape opened using two sided patterned paper) and use colors in this photo:


add fabric---I layered several store bought laces, trims, and fabric lace combos


25 comments:

Starr said...

Helene what a gorgeous card, perfect for the Tea Room Challenge! Have a great week and thanks for joining us at TSTR!

Valerie-Jael said...

Great card, that dress pattern is really very versatile! Valerie

Suzanne B aka brookfies said...

Helene .... your piece of craft is a beauty, love the shape and the different layers of fabric. Thank you so much for entering at the Craft Room "fabric" challenge. Suzanne :)

Mervi said...

Gorgeous creation, so fabulous dress!
Thanks for joining at Craft-Room Challenge, good luck;-))m

Ellis said...

Beautiful dresscard you have made! =)
Thanks for joining us at Art With No Boundaries! =)
Hugs, Elenor DT

Maria said...

Wow, this is beautiful! I love your dress shape card, and how you've used lace to add to the skirt is so creative. I love this. Thanks for sharing your card with us over at the Craft-Room Challenge, and good luck in the draw.

Maria x

Netty said...

Loving your beautiful dress card Helene so gorgeously designed. x

Zoechaos said...

WOW Helene such a different way to dress up a template, love it. thank you for sharing with us at Craft-Room challenge good luck XOXO Zoe

hazel said...

This is such a beautiful dress Helene, I love it. Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
xxx Hazel.

Silvia(Barnie) said...

How fantastic, a wonderful dress.

MezzoKat said...

How elegant! Love the colors and all the details.

Heather said...

I love the shape..and your ribbons layers...beautiful colors/patterns! fabby!!
Hugs!!

1CardCreator said...

Gorgeous dress card Helene, I love the heart shaped pearl, what a classy touch! The papers and ribbons are beautiful. So sweet of you to give me a shout out on it too, thank you! ~Diane

Chris Stern / CS Designs said...

Helene this is so pretty, I love the little beads you added around the collar, it add so much. This a truly original and one of a kind fashion statement. Thank you for sharing this with us in our Anything Goes / Fit to be Tied challenge on Art With No Boundaries.
:) Chris / CS Designs

Brenda Brown said...

Beautiful colours and layers. Love it.
hugs {brenda} xox

Anonymous said...

beautiful card! thanks for the shout out!

Micki said...

Wow, gorgeous card. Love the fabric, lace and pearls...... simply beautiful.

Sharon said...

Fantastic card - love the dress shape & perfect colours!

Sharon said...

Forgot to say thanks for linking this up to Art With No Boundaries!!!

Rebecca Deeprose said...

So pretty!

Rene said...

This is such a gorgeous shaped creation with a real olde worlde feeling! I like all the little details you added to make it special!
Thank you for joining us at the Art With No Boundaries challenge and thank you for sharing your lovely creation!
Hope you'll join us again!
Rene

Debi said...

What fun!!!!! love it, thanks for sharing with us at craft room challenge, Debi x

Anonymous said...

That dress is just sensational!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Very pretty. Love the shape.

baileyrosy said...

Such a pretty card so dreamy and romantic.

Marie

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