Fabulous At Fifty

It's no secret, I'm a bit of a fan of dresses, shoes and fashion paraphernalia in crafting, so how delighted was I with Tonic Studio's new range of fashion dies, including this gorgeous Mannequin die?

Card Recipe:
Stamp: Creative Expressions
Tools: Tonic Studios - Mannequin Tag Die Set; Decorative Wreath Rings Die Set; Ringlet Rest Butterflies and Blooms Die Set, Tags Butterfly Beautiful Die set, Butterfly Border Punch, Tattered Lace Shoe Die, Grand Calibur
Colouring Mediums: Promarker Pens, Versamark, Martha Stewart Turquoise Embossing Powder
Paper and Card: Best Creations, Stardream, Pearl Vellum
Embellishments: Lace, Organza Polka Dot Ribbon, handmade decorative pearl hatpin, creative expressions pearl swirls, papermania pearl brad, flatback pearls.

This is the new Tonic Studios Mannequin Tag Die Set.  It comprises a tag with a swirl cut out background (which coordinates with the swirl pattern of the Verso Decorative Wreath Rings Die Set) plus a separate solid Mannequin Shape.  Oh my - how much do I love this? 

I used this as an accent to my main topper, which is a whimsical shoe stamp decorated in butterflies. So for my main image, I stamped my shoe with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Martha Stewart Turquoise Glitter embossing powder onto aqua stardream card, then coloured it in with Promarker pens.



I cut this out using the largest die from the Decorative Rings Wreath Set and backed it with pearl vellum.  
To create the accents for this card, I cut out two filigree butterflies from the Ringlet Rest Butterflies and Blooms Die set using aqua stardream card.  I covered the die cuts in versamark ink and heat embossed them with more Martha Stewart glitter embossing powder. Then, I cut
two coordinating solid butterfly shapes from the main die in the Ringlet Rest set in peral vellum and trimmed them out, before layering together and accenting with flat-pearls.  I thought this was quite interesting as usually, the vellum layer is the uppermost, filigree layer, but I wanted to echo the layering on the main image, so did it this way round, and I think it works well - do you agree?

I also made a couple of pearl hatpins - well, you can never have too many hatpins as far as I'm concerned.



















My tags were computer generated and cut using the tag dies that came with Butterfly Beautiful topper sheets.  I have used these dies time and time again.

I used the same versamark ink/heat embossing on a shoe die cut by Tattered Lace, which I felt matched perfectly to my stamp and other die cuts - serendipity.  And, I coloured my pearl swirl to coordinate with Promarker Pens


Here's one last look at my card (made for my BF's birthday this Sunday - luckily she's not crafty so won't be reading my blog)! 

Do let me know what you think, I love to read your comments.

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