Your clothes should be tight enough to show you are a woman, but loose enough to show you’re a lady

Today’s card features the new 1950’s Fashion from Saturated Canary, which I just knew I had to make for a friend’s birthday when I saw it.

I’ve actually managed to get my card done in time to join in Krista’s colouring contest.  That gorgeous full skirt was fun to colour and I think the pink looks lovely against the darker skin tone I’ve used.  I was going for an Indian skin tone as my friend is of Indian heritage.

Ever happen to you that you just feel impelled to go with a certain style?  Well it did for me, no matter what I tried to plan all I could see was a vintage style, luckily this lush image really suited that style and this card is going to a very feminine friend.

I followed the sketch over at Vintage Challenge to make up my card and raided my scrap bag for my papers.  I’m really chuffed to have actually used only scraps on the outside of this card, something I was basically forced to do as I have piled a whole lot of stuff in front of my paper holders!  The sketch featured lots of layers and I added in a few more, one extra designer paper layer just because I found a piece big enough in my scraps and loads of lovely embellies.  So I am also entering my card in the current challenge over at Hiding in my Craft Room.

To help me decorate my card I’ve followed the mood board at We Love Vintage.  I raided my embellie stores with the mood board in hand and found the cute teapot, armchair and suitcase charms which I vintaged up with some modelling paste.  I picked up the oval frame from one image and finally broke out my Prima Shabby Chic Treasures making a picture frame using a Prima stamp.  I stamped the image quite lightly, maybe too lightly as when I added crackle paint it almost faded away but then it adds to the vintage feel of an old faded painting.  I used a Julie Nutting Mini Doll wood embellishment for the doll; I didn’t have any tiny 3D doll charms and another Prima resin for the mannequin.  I added a dress to the mannequin out of ribbon and lace, colouring the lace with Various Inks.  I also picked up the colours, the soft pinks and white, from the images and the flowers and lace.  To finish I covered off the outdoor images on the inside with some more lovely Maja Design papers.

I wish the Prima Rose Doily die I used was a bit larger so more would have shown through.  I picked out the leaves and the roses with texture paste and added embossing powder over the top and I think it turned out lovely, but unfortunately most of it is completely covered.

My pretty flowers are all from I Am Roses, they all started out white and I coloured them by brushing them with Tattered Rose Distress Ink, which really matched well with the rose trim I used.  As I have the requisite number of I Am Roses flowers I am also linking up my card in their current challenge.  I also coloured the pearl stamens I used with Tattered Rose, need to think of a better way of doing that as they are plastic and the ink did not take very well.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E31, E33, E37 (R20 cheeks)

Eye B00, B02, B05

Lips R35, R37, R39

Hair E39, T5, T9, 100

Outfit R56, R59, R81, RV34, V000, V01, V04

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Pink

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Geranium Coral Blush & Reindeer Moss Green

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Prima Die ~ Rose Doily

Embellishments

Copper Flat-back Pearls from stash

I Am Roses ~ Open Roses R40-15, Semi Open Rosebuds T30-151 & Sweetheart Blossoms S10-15

Live and Love Crafts ~ Pearl Stamens White

Marianne Design Card Charms ~ Travel

Prima Ingvild Bolme Shabby Chic Treasures ~ Mannequins & Oval Frames

Prima Julie Nutting Wood Embellishments ~ Mini Dolls

Silver Armchair and Teapot Charms from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Copic Various Inks ~ RV34

Spica ~ Lilac

Teresa Collins Basically Essential ~ Modelling Paste

Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint ~ Clear Rock Candy

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Mowed Lawn, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye & Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Milled Lavender

Wink of Stella Glitter ~ Pink

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Cotton Candy

FabScraps Industrial Chic ~ Concrete Chic 2

House of Paper Romanesque Cardstock ~ Pearl

Maja Design Coffee in the Arbour ~ Raspberry Lemonade

Maja Design CreaDiem ~ Fylld av kärlek (Filled with Love) & Känn dig själv (KnowYourself)

Studio 75 Rosalie in the Garden ~ 01 & 03

Ribbons & Trims etc

DMC Memory Thread ~ White Lustre

Green Tara 3mm Pearl Trim ~ Pale Pink

Lace and Beyond Guipure Lace ~ Scalloped with Cobweb G1018

The Paper Studio Vintage Trim ~ Small Rosette Salmon Pink

Pink Satin Ribbon from stash

Tresors de Luxe Guipure Lace ~ Scalloped Swirl Ivory

Stamps

Prima Divine Collection ~ Clear Stamp

Saturated Canary ~ 1950’s Fashion

Challenges

Hiding in my Craft Room #208 ~ LOL! Lots of Layers!

I Am Roses July ~ Anything Goes

Saturated Canary ~ Fashion Decades Colouring Contest

Vintage Challenge #105 ~ Sketch

We Love Vintage #51 ~ Mood Board: The Old Days

 

Thanks for stopping by!