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:

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

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

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  3. Beautiful and fashionable! Truly lovely cards!

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  4. I like the flappers Jean! Great design idea.

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  5. beautifully elegant cards!

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