As its remembrance gives you pleasure

It’s a friend’s birthday tomorrow and I thought a mini album would make a nice gift for her, especially one inspired by a classic she loves, Pride and Prejudice.  It features an IndigoBlu image on the cover, Elizabeth Bennett.

 

The stamp is quite detailed and I am not the world’s best stamper so I wasn’t sure how well I’d stamp it out.  Surprisingly it stamped beautifully and the Tea Stain Distress Ink I used on a sheet of designer paper from My Mind’s Eye gave the perfect old leather book feel I was looking for.

I followed the current sketch at Crafting Life’s Pieces for my cover as I don’t do layouts well without a sketch.  The sketch really suited the shabby chic look I wanted, it’s the style I image Lizzie would have had her room decorated in, not because shabby chic was in when the Bennett’s lived but because Mr Bennett’s income would have meant their furnishings were somewhat shabby but Elizabeth Bennett was, despite the jibes of the Bingley sisters, a very chic young woman.

I created the piece of designer paper with the text using another piece of paper from the same My Mind’s Eye stack and printed a quote from Pride and Prejudice in Jane Austen font.  I distressed all the edges of my designer papers and cut my image out using a Nestie.  I didn’t have a doily that was small enough and I really wanted some dimension to the cover so I added the flowers as the final feminine touches.

Now as this is very much inspired by P&P, I am entering it in the current challenge at Through the Purple Haze (at the eleventh hour as usual!).  As it also features a “vintage” lady image (sorry Ms Austen but you and your characters are vintage now!) I’m entering it at the Crafting Musketeer’s challenge.  As my base colour is pink (background DP, foreground DP and flowers) I’m entering this in the current challenge at Inky Chicks.  And as London is the location of significant events in P&P I’m also linking this at Drunken Stampers.

Ingredients:

Base
Canvas Corp Stitched Book
Embellishments

Petaloo Paper Flowering Vines – Blush

Wild Orchid Gardenia – Champagne Pink

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Labels 27

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Tea Dye & Walnut Stain

Papers

Creative Memories Vintage Chic – Mat Pack

My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found – Market Street

Stamps

IndigoBlu Elizabeth Bennett

Challenges

Crafting Life’s Pieces #62 – September’s Sketch

Crafting Musketeers #5 – Vintage

Drunken Stampers #142 – Place: London

Inky Chicks #13 – Pretty in pink

Through the Purple Haze #11 – Inspired by a song/book/film/cartoon

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