Well by now you probably have been wondering if I fell off the Earth completely. I entered the month of September with high hopes of crafting and blogging. I had no idea what was waiting around the corner. I ended up coming down with a throat virus. Now I have had sore throats over the years but nothing like this one. It felt like someone had taken sand paper and scratched my throat all up. Since it was a virus, there was nothing the doctors could do to help. It kept me in bed for a while and the overall tiredness was horrible. Then my hubby got a sinus infection. He has suffered with sinus problems all his life and has had 4 surgeries on his sinuses over the years. When he gets sick with an infection he really gets sick. The first round of antibiotics did nothing to help. He is currently taking a second round and we are hoping for the best.
While all the illness was going on, I did manage to do a couple of special order cards and of course the birthday card I made for my daughter. Therefore, I am happy to say I am going to be sharing these with you finally.
Since her favorite Disney princess is Cinderella, I decided to make a card with her dress on it. I started with a base card of Daffodil Delight cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". I added a layer of Night of Navy measuring 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" using runner adhesive. For the final layer I used a piece of Whisper White cut to be 4" x 5 1/4". I ran this through my big shot using the Beautifully Brocade impression folder. Once it was impressed, I attached it using the same runner adhesive.
To begin the dress, I first cut out a dress mannequin using Basic Gray and the dress up framelits set. Now I wanted to get as close as I could to the color of Cinderella's dress. I chose to use the retired Bashful Blue card stock to make it. I cut a dress using the same framelits set. I cut out the one with the little sleeves. I attached it to the dress form using runner adhesive. Next I used the retired build a blossom punch and punched out 2 of the smallest petals. I added those at the top of the dress with the tips meeting in the middle. I then punched out two 3/4" circles and two 1/2" circles. I flattened one side of the 1/2" circles and attached them to the back of the 3/4" circles using a 2 way glue pen. I then attached the 3/4" circle to the dress with the same 2 way glue pen to make the sleeves. Pearls for the necklace and blue rhinestones at the center of the dress top complete the look.
The bottom half of the dress is made using the retired build a blossom punch and the wide oval punch. You will also need to use the oval framelits set for the inside piece of the skirt. I first cut the oval using the framelits out of Bashful Blue and vellum. I glued the vellum to the blue using a glue stick. I attached this to the bottom portion of the dress and built the rest of the skirt onto it. I punched out 10 wide ovals. 4 of them are layered across the bottom of the dress. The other 6 makes up the sides of the skirt. I started at the bottom and went up being sure to have the top 2 meet in the middle. I added the small wide petals to this to form the waist. Again I added blue rhinestones to the waist of the dress to enhance it.
I will tell you that I started this dress by punching all my pieces and sponging the edges using Bashful Blue ink. It gives the dress a depth but is not necessary. I attached all the skirt pieces using runner adhesive. The completed dress is attached to the card using dimensionals.
The greeting for this comes from the Create A Cupcake stamp set. I stamped it using Night of Navy ink onto Whisper White card stock. I punched it out using the word window punch. I layered this onto a Night of Navy modern label punch using runner adhesive. I added a blue rhinestone to the ends of the greeting as well as one to the letter "i". The completed greeting is attached using dimensionals.
Once I had the greeting and the dress attached, I sprayed the card lightly with my champagne shimmer spray. You can kind of see the sparkle to the dress in the photos. I also added blue rhinestones to the white background of the card.
I truly appreciate your patience and the fact that you have continued to come by to see if I am breathing or not. I have started a new schedule with my favorite little man, Jackson, and will be seeing him several times a week while mommy and daddy are at work. I cannot promise to post every day but I am hoping to post more than once a week.
Thanks again for stopping by to visit. I will have another post up on Friday so drop in to see it. See you all later!
What a sweet card! Cinderella is my favorite, of all the princesses! ~tina
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