Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Spring in Fashion

This is the theme of the Crafty Individuals challenge. My initial idea - shabby chic, lots of layers, lace etc... got lost in the process, as it usually does, since although it is a style I love, I seem incapable of seeing it through and get an overriding feeling of  "Stop you're going to spoil it !"

Instead, I imagined the lady (a snippet from CI 285) window shopping and looking at the new fashion in a boutique. I set about recreating the scene and this is the result.


I didn't put a background behind the lady because I wasn't sure I could make the perspective work. I inked the stamp with water based markers and colored the face, hands and feet with Promarkers.
For my "shop" panel I stamped repeatedly a border stamp (My Mind's Eye) as this was the only motif small enough to say "wallpaper". I used the ruler and spool stamps (CI 328) and several die-cuts (X-Cut). The dress is cut out from the CI Seaside paper book.

On the dyed lace, threaded with thin ribbon I added a button stamped with the leaf motif from CI 342.

I would love to hear what you think !


3 comments:

  1. The lady certainly looks like she is shopping for her Spring wardrobe. I like your colour scheme and the metal die cuts are great. Thanks for joining in the Crafty Individuals Challenge this month, Jean x

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  2. Tes die-cuts sont plus vrais que nature incroyable !!! Elle est très originale cette carte, assez douce aussi, j'aime beaucoup.. j'aurais juste peut-être rajouté un sol ou un petit décor sous les pieds de ta lady, pour augmenter l'effet de perspective peut-être. Mais ça n'est que mon humble avis, et encore, je ne la vois pas de près, donc c'est toujours difficile de juger ! Bises

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  3. I love the scene you created, very brilliant!
    Thanks for playing with us at CraftyIndividuals!

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