La Femme Card, in Ten
by Lis WhitingI purchased the Loretta die from Frantic Stamper a while back. It reminded me of Paris and I have a fascination for that city (I also have the poodle but haven't used that yet.) I pictured her walking down the Champs Élysées shopping for the latest fashion. Today I finally decided to do a card for her.
I started with an ivory card base. Sharon, another design team member, has been making some cards with a punched design on the side. I really like the look so I wanted that for this card also. I added some burgundy suede paper ad a piece of Tim Holtz collage.
I wanted Loretta to stand out so I decided to use this very glittery black with silver dot paper I had. It turned out SO NICE!
I was looking at the die cut and realized that the die had even cut a part for her hand that was on her waist! That was really cool! I decided that Loretta needed a purse to hold because I wanted to highlight this little piece of 3-D. I cut a trapezoid (remember your geometry!) out of silver glitter paper and glued it under her hand. I also pushed the hand out a bit to make it stand out more. (Since the die cut is all one paper, I needed something separate to highlight the hand.)
Anyway, I think it turned out great!
I was thinking about the dress too. There are actually crease lines for the dress on the die to emboss it. I took some mounting tape and put it behind the skirt but only in the middle ...to poof it out a bit.
Thanks for stopping by!
Frantic Stamper Products Used:
- Frantic Stamper Precision Die Loretta (FRA-Die-09091)
- ** Materials for this project are available at www.franticstamper.com.
Very pretty Lis!
ReplyDeleteI love your rendition of a shopping spree in Paris! Very pretty!
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