Monday, April 4

Simon Says Stamp and Show.... Anything, but a card!!!

Good Morning!!! I hope you had a fabulous weekend we had a wonderful time celebrating Maoleidigh's 3rd birthday and a fun mother's day too ♥

so, let me bring you on the theme...
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Stamp and show anything but a card! 

I have Constructed a notebook portfolio covered with the new Tim Holtz crowded attic Paper which makes a fabulous background for the dress form. I cut out using grungeboard, grungepaper for the skirt, coloured with distress ink and a little black paint dabber. 


The body is covered with Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky-Back Canvas. Inked with distress ink and adorned with a little prima lace, seam binding, acroutrement, and pins.

Added angel wings from glitter paper and canvas, embossed and inked. Then added a few layered flowers cut with vintage shabby paper using of course the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die.


The inside I have added these cute envelopes for little notes etc and recovered a notebook using some of the fabulous crowded attic Paper. I secured a ribbon to hold a pen.


The button fastening is made from grungeboard and the holes are reinforced with eyelets... love that look, inked and then hand sewn in place!

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Hope it inspires and why not pop round to be WOW'd by the rest of the team!!!

THE director ~ Linda Elbourne
Candy Colwell ~ Dan ~
 Kim Costello <~ You're already here

Thanks for stopping by, have a super wonderful creative day!
BiG HuGs Kim :)

10 comments:

Sarah said...

What a gorgeous piece of craftwomanship Kim! Loving all the details - the flower and lace on the mannequin is just so yummy...and then the envelopes - just too, too lovely!
Sarah

debby4000 said...

Oh this is wonderful Kim.
luv
Debby

Dan said...

Such a fantastic project Kim, with real integrity of design - you've carried the theme right through the whole piece wonderfully!

Georgia said...

Oh wow! This is sooo pretty Kim, I love the dress and flowers and gorgeous backing papers, this is such a great idea! :) Love, Georgia xx

Lori said...

This is FABULOUS! I LOVE the sewing theme! Well done with so many details!

Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie said...

Wonderfully shabilicious, Kim! Love the dressmakers form and the way you wrapped the lace around the spool. Love the shabby little envelopes too. This will be such a delight to use as a portfolio! Well done on this week's challenge!

Hugs,
Linda

Dawn♥ said...

GORGEOUS!
Dawn♥

Tasha said...

Wow this is so beautiful, such gorgeous details, stunning
love tasha xx

Netty said...

Am so loving this, its perfection.

email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com said...

Fabby work, Kim!! I am loving the canvas dress form and the wings are just stunning!

*mwah*
Steph
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