Friday 23 September 2016

Pretty Paisley Pair

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It's funny how inspiration strikes!  I wasn't feeling too well yesterday so gave myself permission to sit down with a nice cup of tea and watch a TV programme that I had recorded.  It turned out to be a really bad show but I kept thinking "It has to improve!"  It didn't but about fifteen minutes in, a female character appeared in a totally inappropriate but gorgeous black and cream dress!  My brain started to whir into action and before I knew it, I was in my craft room!
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Not wanting to waste any of my hand-made DSP, I made two cards
The first thing I did was to stamp three of the larger Paisley images onto Very Vanilla cardstock with Basic Black Archival ink.  I then used a Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker to colour them.  I then stamped the leaf image with Smoky Slate ink and the small flower with Basic Gray.

I cut a 12" x 12" piece of Basic Gray cardstock in half to create two 6" square cards.
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Black, Grey and Cream is such an elegant colour scheme

This was the first card I made.  I kept it fairly simple so that the stamped card remained the star of the show.  To create neutral embellishments, I used the old trick of colouring Rhinestone Jewels with a black Sharpie.
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I've been hanging out to use one of these gorgeous tassles!

Not wanting to waste any of my hand-made decorative paper, I made a second card.  The lace is from the Flourish Thinlits and the little "pocket" is from the Cheerful Tags Framelits.  I cut it once in Basic Gray and once in Very Vanilla.  I cut the cream one in half and glued it to the inside of the tag.

To attach the tassle, I punched a little hole in the bottom of the label, thread a needle with Black Metallic thread, positioned the tassle and sewed around the ring of the tassle and through the hole in the label.
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Raise the little flap to reveal a hidden greeting

 The "hello" greeting inside the pocket is from the Fabulous Flora hostess stamp set.  The "For You" greeting is from another gorgeous hostess set called Gift of Love.
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The greetings are neutral enough to cover almost any occasion

Opinion is divided in my household.  My husband likes the original card the best whilst my son and I feel that the remnant card outshone the original.  

What do you think?

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'Til next time!
Stephanie

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6 comments:

  1. Oh I absolutely love these! Your dsp looks like real dsp, it's spaced & coloured so perfectly! Love them both! Xx

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  2. Oh, I LOVE these cards Stephanie. They're both gorgeous. Basic Grey is definitely an underrated and underused colour I think, but you've used it brilliantly. xo

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    1. Thank you, Gail. I have to say, I use Basic Grey a LOT! I find it complements so many colours.

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  3. I really love the paisley look and the tassle just sets it off nicely. Angexo

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