Ladies in Blue

There's a color challenge on Splitcoaststampers today to use the a combination of midnight blue, an aqua and a pale blue-green.  I chose these papers from the Graphic 45 Couture paper pad as the basis for my designs.  The top card features tiny microbeads as a headpiece and a rhinestone flourish.  The second card has gold filigree stickers as corner embellishments.

Have a great day!.........................Paulette

Asian Serendipity

The Try a New Technique Challenge on Splitcoaststampers today is called Serendipity.  I used it to create the paper I used to punch out the flowers on my two cards.  This technique is a great way to use up those scraps you just can't bear to throw out.   The technique involves tearing up the scraps into small pieces and gluing them to a piece of paper to create a "new" paper.  You can read more about the technique HERE.

The geisha on the left is an Art Accents stamp and the one on the right is a stamp by A Stamp in the Hand.  I used my serendipity technique created paper to punch out the flowers with an SU Blossom punch. I edged the borders of the flowers with a gold leaf Krylon pen.  The flower on the left has a gem center and the one on the right has a flower brad center.  I used glittered chipboard flourishes, red elvet ribbon and a Starform gold sticker with red glitter as hair adornments.

Happy Monday.........................Paulette

Worry Dolls

My inspiration from the Wee Folk Studio is here: http://weefolk.files.wordpress.com/2...rtraitetsy.jpg and I used the Splitcoaststamper's sketch challenge for this week to construct my card. These tiny "Worry Dolls" were purchased while in Belize. According to the Mayan legend, when worrying keeps a person awake, he or she tells a worry to as many dolls as necessary. Then the worrier places the dolls under his or her pillow. The dolls take over the worrying for the person who then sleeps peacefully through the night. When morning breaks, the person awakens without the worries that the dolls took away during the night. I thought this would be a perfect card to send to a friend who is having troubles. Here's hoping your week is worry-free.........Paulette

Granny Panties

One of my swapmates chose "Grandma's Knickers" as her theme in our Pick a Theme swap. I found this handsome feller on the internet. The waves are a piece of scrapbook border. His panties are trimmed with some tiny lacy stickers from the dollar store that are designed for use as nail art.

Hope you enjoyed my humor........................................Paulette

Madame Butterfly

Meet Madame Butterfly.  She was designed as a Tent Topper card (tutorial HERE) and to fit this week's sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  There is a new Butterfly Challenge Blog and the first challenge is to design something with flowers and butterflies.

I used this floral paper from Graphic 45's Bird Song pad as my color palette inspiration. Another floral element is the red flower gem hair ornament.  For the butterflies, I used a Spellbinders Butterfly Circle die.  The stamp is from Art Accents.

Thanks for stopping by...........................................Paulette

The Story of Millie and Molly's Trip to Paris

It's Paulette here today with my creations for Week Three as Guest Designer for eclectic Paperie.  I've written a short scenario to accompany my projects.
  The story begins in 1922 when our two fashionistas, Molly and Millie, see this poster in their local hat shop.

The ladies are always fashion trendsetters and decide to attend the Spring Millinery Show in Paris on February 15, 1923.  They buy two tickets for the fashion show.  For all the shopping they intend to do, the ladies are taking a BIG purse full of money.  This little altered purse I created memorializes their epic shopping adventure.

And now to explain my creative process:  The project was inspired by a Graphic 45 8x8 paper pad called "Couture" and by this mini purse I picked up for $1 at a local thrift store.  

I fussy cut all the ladies, the tickets and sentiments from the G45 paper with my Cutter Bee scissors and darkened the edges with a black Pitt pen.  The two fans were cut from the G45 paper with a Die-namics rosette die.  Behind the three ladies on the right is a blue scalloped oval cut from the G45 paper pack with a Spellbinders die.  Before the paper was released from the die, I darkened the edges on the inner rim of the die with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink using an Inkssentials Foam Replacement Pad.  The black satin bow with rhinestone button is a repurposed shoe bow.  The Eiffel Tower is a repurposed earring.  Molly, fashionista on the left, is wearing gold rhinestone earrings.  The other three embellishments are by Recollections.  

The poster I created is actually an ATC for a Pick-a-Theme Swap over on Splitcoaststampers.  My swapmate requested Vintage Hats as her theme.  This ATC also uses papers from the beautiful "Couture" paper pad.  Background paper is a red dotted swiss by Bazill.  The ticket was fussy cut and its edges were darkened with a black Pitt pen.  I fashioned the flower on the hat with a Punch Bunch hydrangea flower punch.  I added dimension using a mousepad and an embossing stylus.  The center is a gold rhinestone star.  Red rhinestones were added to the hat, dress and used as earrings.  Tiny gold corner stickers and a strip if red metal trim resembling the metal fabric mesh used in Whiting and Davis purses complete the design.

Thanks for stopping by...Paulette

Graphic 45 - Couture 8x8 Paper Pad	Distress Ink Pad - Peacock Feathers	Zip Dry	BEACON: 3-In-1 Advanced Craft Glue
Inkssentials - Blending Foam Replacement Pads	Cutter Bee Scissors

Spring Chicks

 This Graphic 45 image from their Sweet Sentiments paper pad had the perfect colors for today's color challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  The challenge was to use straberry pink, green and yellow color combination and as a bonus include some flowers.

Wishing for an early Spring.............................................Paulette