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Tuesday 28 August 2012

Haberdashery

Today's card is a result of a bit of a play with some haberdashery elements from various sources.  The dress form is a stamp from Chocolate Baroque and it has been stamped and paper pieced using a scrap of Tim Holtz shabby vintage paper; the backing paper is from Prima Nature Garden collection (no connection with haberdashery but I thought the design was just right); the strip of lace is another CB stamp from a lovely set with lots of lace; the tape measure, cotton reels and saying are from a Creative Expressions vintage sewing collection; the scissors cut with a Marianne die and finally the buttons were made using a Sizzix embosslits die from Stampin' Up. Apart from the background paper,  everything on this card  was made with odd pieces from my scrap boxes.

I hope everyone had a good Bank Holiday weekend despite the horrible weather (a good enough reason to stay in playing with ink and stamps) - of course the sun is shining from a blue sky this morning!!



11 comments:

  1. Hi Val, I like all the stamps and papers you've used on this card. I love the CB lace set.. fabulous card.
    suzi b xx

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  2. Beautiful fashionable card Val. The attention to detail is amazing. Hugs Rita xx

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  3. Love your haberdashery card Val..love all the elements on you have used and your colour tones

    Anne

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  4. Terrific Val - those scissors judt left me speechless & I love the soft colours you've used to work with the paper. The sentiment is absolutely priceless & I do like the way you've taken all these individual elements & fused them into a whole.
    Paula (PEP)

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  5. This is lovely Val and well done for continuing to use up your scraps

    Jackie x

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  6. The weather may not have been very good this past weekend, but it was good for your creative side Val. This is a gorgeous card, I love the shades of blues you've used and all from the scraps box as well.

    Sue x

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  7. Fabulous stamps Val, love the lace and the scissor die, wonderful!
    Val x

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  8. Gorgeous card Val - really love the dress form (so much in fact I just popped over to CB to buy it!). The whole composition is lovely.

    Karen x

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  9. congratulations Val, another lovely bitsa card - really liked this, and as a dedicated non-sewer,that is surprising!

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  10. This is lovely Val. The lace is what really pulls it together beautifully. Hugs, Buttons x

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  11. How beautiful is this! I just glanced up as I'm typing and see that Buttons has said exactly what I was thinking, ie the lace really pulls it all together perfectly.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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