Friday, March 6, 2015

A Girly Dress of Snippets


Today I have a card with a real "girly" theme for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday "Special lady" challenge. I used a SU! framelit die for the dress and made the skirt portion entirely of snippets. I used pieces of blue and lavender snippets, embossed them with a Swiss Dots ef, and then punched flowers with a MS hydrangea punch. I pressed them onto the lower portion of the dress with a dot of glue, shaping them first with an embossing stylus into a piece of foam, and dotted the center of each flower with liquid pearls. I finished the dress by adding a piece of ribbon around the waist. I layered it on Spellbinder petite ovals & scalloped ovals and embossed the background with a TH damask ef. I'm thinking of sending this to my granddaughter for an Easter card, since she loves to dress up in frilly dresses.

I'm entering this into the Snippets Playground #166 - must use snippets

I'm also entering this into the ScrapyLand #13 - which is "anything goes" using any brand of die that ScrapyLand sells. I'm using Spellbinders petite ovals/scalloped ovals.

Thanks for stopping by, and as always, I wish you a wonderful day!

Carol

21 comments:

LeAnne said...

This is GORGEOUS! The design is stellar, but the colors really send me over the top!
Hope you're not too snowed in...I have a "snow day" for the second day in a row! Woohoo!

Lori Kobular said...

Gorgeous card! I love that dress with all those lovely flowers! The embossed background is great too! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapy Land Challenge #13!

Anonymous said...

These are some of the best looking snippets I've ever seen. Very pretty card and if your granddaughter loves to dress up she will adore this card. Hope you are having a bit warmer weather than we are. It is 8° with wind chills below zero, but it is going to be 50° on Wednesday. Can't wait.

aussie aNNie said...

hI Carol, sorry have missed some of your cutest cards, been trying to get things into my laptop and programmes I use...LOVE this gorgeous card so creative...also the teapot one below is so gorgeous.xxx
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Bonnie said...

Oh, Carol, what a beautiful little dress!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Can you hear me squealing? This is fantastic. So girly.... I want a skirt like that.

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wow, Carol! Fabulous! What a stylish dress!! How much patience you have had to make it! You are a miniaturist! :)
Love the sweet colours of the card and this skirt is simply gorgous!! Great work!

Di said...

WOW and double WOW Carol! This card is a real stunner! Must have taken you ages but so effective. I totally adore it! A real labour of love for sure.

Hugs

Di xx

cotnob said...

This certainly is a special card Carol, your dress is beautiful - such a wonderful idea.
Pauline
x

jimlynn said...

Hands down, you're the QUEEN of SNIPPETS! WOW! Carol, this is stunning. You have a lot more patience than me but it paid off. Gorgeous card!
Lynn

Jean said...

Thus is fabulous Carol. You have great patience to punch and stick all those tiny flowers. The result though is fantastic, and the colours are so pretty and girlie.
Jean x

Doreen said...

Love the design of this,just gorgeous.xxx

LesleyG said...

looks like a whole lot of patience went into making this adorable dress xxx

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Lady, you have some serious patience--and creativity. This is divine!

JD/ Jill said...

So this is what you do on a Snowy day? Very nicely done, and I'm sure this took you more than a minute or two...smile. well worth your time, just Stunning!

Čarovnije z male kmetije said...

WoooWW!! A stunning card, beautiful, like a princess dress. You really had a patience to create such a great work. Top idea, love it!

Brenda said...

This is a beautiful card Carol, I have always loved that dress but never got the die. I love how you placed tiny flowers all over the bottom half of the dress, so pretty! And it looks like there is a corsage on the shoulder of the dress too, so sweet. I think this card would be perfect for a granddaughter who loves to dress up in frilly dresses!! Hugs, Brenda

Donna Ellis said...

Hi, Carol! Hope you are doing well this week! BEAUTIFUL card - I cannot believe all those tiny flowers in the skirt - so wonderfully color coordinated and carefully placed - REALLY innovative and so pretty!

All the dies and dry embossing look fantastic! Thanks for sharing your pretty project in the Scrapy Land Challenge! hugs and blessings, de {Creative Smiles}

Darnell said...

I saw this being deservedly spotlighted at the Playground and had to come and tell you how sensational I think it is, Carol!! You put some serious love into this card and it shows!! Hugs, Darnell

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card Carol! So pretty and feminine, I love the flowery dress.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
hugs
Mandy xx

Jessi Fogan said...

OMG! This is just freaking stunning, Carol! LOVE LOVE LOVE that skirt (I kinda want to wear it!)