Steampunk Wine Corset & Trifold Card

Hi Friends!! If there are 3 things I love it is wine... Graphic45 & my sister! (Not necessarily in that order LOL!! ) So it was only fitting I made a wine corset using yummy Graphic45 papers for my sister's birthday! I used the amazing papers from the Steampunk Debutante collection. This collection is out of this world!!

The large Steampunk image was the inspiration for the wine corset. I "fussy cut" the image & inked up all edges with Distress Vintage Photo, Broken China & Fired Brick inks. I adhered it to the base of the corset. This was made with 12 x12 paper cut in half , & wrapped around the bottle for measure. I added a punched border from printed papers also inked with the above inks.

The side images were cut from the papers & inked, then adhered.

The back edges were scored & turned under to give it enough strength to hold the lacing. I "eyeballed" the placement of the eyelets & attached them with my Crop-a-dile eyelet tool. I laced the ribbon bottom to top & tied it off!

Another Steampunk images was added to top for detail.

Since it was for a birthday.. the "time flies" image was perfect & butterfly cut from same papers fit in with the wings used throughout.

This was easy peasy & needed no pattern!!! Weeeeeeeeeee!!!! Now for the TriFold card!! I love trifold cards. This one was done from the instructions found here: Tri Fold Shuuter instructions. It is one of the best samples I have seen!

I used black cardstock as the base of the card. The papers & images are all from the Graphic 45 Steampunk collection.

A little charm was added & I mounted the circle images on cardstock to give the card dimension. Tons of inks were added for that yummy warm effect!!!

I then made an envelope from papers using an A5 envelope template from Making Memories. I scored the folds & inked scored areas for a finished look.

This was soooo much fun! I really enjoyed working with the papers & love the fact that it was quick & easy!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!! I appreciate the visits!!

Cheers!!! Lynn :)
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Artist Trading Cards #1

I wanted to use the scraps from the May Vintage Chic kit from Swirlydoo's to make ATC's. They are made completely from scraps with exception of the images which are from Lunagirl. I have several of their image Cd's & highly recommend them.

I used distress inks & Stickles to add to some finishing touches. The leafy flourishes & paper flowers were made with my Big Shot & punches. So quick & easy!

Graphic 45 Submissions

Graphic 45 is holding a Design Team call. The following 3 items were my submission. They were all made with Graphic 45 papers! I know it is a shot in the dark, but I wanted to give it a whirl !

"Cute as a Button" layout was done using Graphic 45 Communique line for background papers & the Fashionista line for the "buttons"The flowers were made from the same papers, using various punches. Fired Brick & Black soot distress ink was used to distress. I inked the Fancy Pants flourishes with Adirondack black alcohol ink. I cut the "buttons" from the "Buttons Ala mode" paper & adhered them to round chip board so they would have dimension. They were then distressed to finish off the edges. A Hambly overlay was placed over the pic. A few jewels were added & light Stickles were painted on the lettering.

The altered gift box was made buy using the Communique line of papers & black Bazzill. This too was distressed with the Black Soot Distress ink. Very basic, just cut- n- cover!

Last was the gift card holders that I made with the Fashionista line. (Directions to made gift card holders can be found here... gift card instructions.

I know that many people are trying for the Design Team, I wish everyone good luck! I enjoyed working with the papers & product line regardless of the outcome!! They are very YUUUUUMMMMY :D

Thanks for taking a look at my blog!!