Monday 13 August 2012

Craft room challenge - Fashion

I'm getting a bit braveer about entering new challenges, so this week I've decided to take part in the Craft Room Challenge  where the current theme is Fashion.

The stamp I used is one I bought at the Make It Show in Farnborough several years ago - I think it is by Dimension 4th. That's the trouble with clear stamps, isn't it? Once you've thrown away the packaging you lose all record of which stamp they are and where they came from.

All the rest of the materials are from my huge backlog of unused stash - the paper must be getting on for 15 years old, which almost qualifies it to be vintage in its own right!


I gave the image a vintage look with distress inks and stamped the "stitiching" with a clear stamp that is actually a straight line, but is flexible enough to be curved  here and there to give a more random "tacking" effect. Now  I need to find somewhere I can buy a pair of shoes for 1/- (5p)

7 comments:

Zoechaos said...

I've never seen this stamp before it's smashing love the period it represents. Vintage know about those a quite a stash of them LOL Thank you for sharing with us at Craft-Room challenge XOXO Zoe

Linby said...

Great card, I still can't believe that stitching is stamped looks so realistic. I have some stitching stamps on order but they aren't here yet. Thanks for the intro to the challenge too, I've just entered, I love fashion challenges.
Lynn x

Mervi said...

Gorgeous card! Beautiful stamp!
Thanks for sharing at Craft-Room Challenge;-))m

Susan (rainy) said...

You've done a fantastic job with the challenge.. the main image, the plaid paper, the buttons and the stitching.. its all perfect. And how creative to bend that stitched stamp. It makes it look so real!

Debi said...

thats a great stamp perfect for our Fashion Theme Challenge, thanks for sharing at Craft Room challenge, Debi x

hazel said...

I love your card, the image is fabulous. Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
xxx Hazel.

Maria said...

Having a bit of a shoe obsession, if you find a pair for that price, please let me know! A fabulous card, I love this image. Thanks for joining in with our Fashion theme over at the Craft-Room Challenge.

Maria x