Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Haute Couture


A couple of cards today from a fantastic new release from Cornish Heritage Farms - it's Haute Couture from the All Things Considered line.  This set is pure heaven for a vintage-loving girl like me, I tell ya!  It is sure to be one of my forever-favorites.  For both of my cards today I used the image of the two "fashionistas" as my focal point.  (I used the Eiffel tower image in my Paris themed card in THIS post.)   Another thing I love about this set is the many wonderful ornamental elements, which are great for creating your own patterned papers and borders. I used one to make the green and white border in the card above, and also for the border across the top.


For this card, I used another one of the ornamental elements to stamp over the top of a pale blue patterned paper to give it a bolder feel.  I thought that little flapper girl button from JoAnne's went perfectly, so I gave her hat a little bit of bling and attached her to the card over a flower and some velvet ribbon.  I had so much fun playing, LOL!

The "recipes" for the cards are below.... thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day.

Sources:
All stamped images for both cards are from the Haute Couture set from Cornish Heritage Farms

Pink and Green Card:
Papers
-Simply Smooth Vanilla (CHF)
-Bazzill Basics cs
-My Mind’s Eye Bella Bella 12x12 paper pad
-Basic Grey June Bug 6x6 paper pad
Ink
-Memento Tuxedo Black
-Memories Apple
Other
-Flower (Martha Stewart)
-Velvet ribbon (Dashes, Dots, and Checks from Michaels)
-Copic markers
Technique
-Paper piecing

Powder Blue Card
Papers
-Simply Smooth Vanilla (CHF)
-Bazzill Basics cs
-My Mind’s Eye Bella Bella 12x12 paper pad
Ink
-Memento Tuxedo Black
Other
-Hero Arts Art Flower, colored with Copics
-Velvet ribbon (Dashes, Dots, and Checks from Michaels)
-Button from JHB (from JoAnnes)
-Rhinestones (Kaiser Scrapbook)
-Copic markers

6 comments:

stampqueen said...

Great cards - love how you made the backround paper on the blue one!!!

Lynn Stevens said...

GF, Your cards are stylin!!!!

Ali Manning said...

Fantastic cards, Jean! And it is just so perfect for your style - you really do it justice!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful and fashionable! Truly lovely cards!

Anne (cornucopia) said...

I like the flappers Jean! Great design idea.

Anonymous said...

beautifully elegant cards!