Live Carefree & Fearless Card

Hello Sin City Fans,
For those who love shabby chic & vintage, then my card has everything you could want.
 Incorporating a sewing theme, lace, flowers, & birds make this card rustic yet feminine.
Come follow me and I will show you just how I did it.

Supplies:

1. Inhale Exhale Art Stamp Set (Sin City Stamps)
2. Dress Forms Steampunk Rubber Stamp Set (Sin City Stamps)
3. Flower & Bird Sketches Art Rubber Stamp Set (Sin City Stamps)
4. watermark ink pad / brown & black ink pad
5. embossing powder (white, black, & magenta)
6. heat gun
7. pattern paper scrap
8. paper edge distressing tool
9. acetate & permanent black ink pad
10. pearl domes
11. lace & trim


Directions:
1. Trim 1/2" off the vertical edge of the card front.  Adhere a piece of lace to the edge of the inside of the card. Distress the edge of a 5.5" square of patterned paper and then distress a matching solid paper.  Attach a third coordinating paper to a 6x6" card base.  Layer the two distressed papers offset as shown.

2. Use watermark ink to stamp the dressform onto a scrap, apply white embossing powder, and heat set.  Carefully, cut out the bodice and discard the base.

3.  Next, use permanent black ink to stamp the base onto acetate and trim.  Attach the base to the back of the bodice using dimensional foam tape.

4. Stamp the sentiment in the upper right corner of the card.  Use watermark ink, apply magenta embossing powder, and heat set.

5. Next, stamp the flying bird onto a scrap of brown cardstock and carefully cut out.  Adhere the dressform and bird to the card.

6. Stamp three feathers onto cardstock using watermark ink, apply white embossing powder, & heat set. Cut out the feathers and adhere them fluttering down to the lower right corner.

7. Finally, embellish the card with a random scattering of pearl domes.  Add a piece of trim folded casually near the dressform. Apply brown distress ink to the edge of the cardfront.

A Closer Look:

To purchase the inspiring sentiment & wonderful dressform image, visit  www.sincitystamps.com

For more inspiring paper-craft projects from the Design Team, be sure to visit us at
the Sin City Blog and follow us on Facebook.
To learn more about our designer Karen, please visit her blog, Art & Soul.

Thanks for visiting!

Steampunk & Lace Card

Hi Gals,

Ok...so it's confession time.  This card is one of my first real attempts at the style known as Steampunk.  I especially enjoyed all the embellishing and had lots of fun making it.
I hope you enjoy my super feminine Steampunk card full of lace, gems, candles, & gears!

Supplies:
1. Dress Forms Steampunk Rubber Stamp Set (Sin City Stamps)
2. black cardstock
3. watermark ink pad
4. purple ink & permanent purple pen
5. silver embossing powder & heat gun
6. gear embellishments
7. acetate & permanent black ink pad
8. chipboard frame
9. silver acrylic paint & silver gel pen
10. black & silver rhinestones
11. black lace, black tulle, & silver cord
12. orange glitter glue

Directions:
1. Stamp the dress form image using watermark ink onto black paper.  Apply silver embossing powder and heat set. Stamp the corset again, emboss, and fussy cut. Use a permanent marker to color just the corset purple and attach with dimensional foam tape over the complete image.

2. Apply silver acrylic paint to a chipboard frame and set aside to dry.

3.  Stamp the corset ribbon image randomly over the background paper using purple ink and set aside to dry. Adhere black lace to the back of the frame and then add a layer of white cardstock to contrast against the lace.  Adhere the frame to the background paper.

 4.  Use a silver permanent marker to add decorative details to the corset and also draw on the lacing.  Next, adhere the dress form to the lower right corner of the frame.  Embellish with a rhinestone and a faux bow of black tulle. 

5. Use permanent black ink to stamp the chandelier onto a piece of acetate.  When the image is dry carefully trim it.  Embellish the chandelier with silver rhinestones.  Then apply orange glitter glue to the flames of the candles and set aside to dry.

6.  Attach a piece of silver cord to the back of the chandelier so that it will hang freely.  Place the cord along the top left corner so that the chandelier hangs slightly overlapping the frame.  Next, adhere the cord to the backside.  Finally, embellish the card with rhinestones, feathers, and a cluster of gears.  Adhere the finished design to a purple card base leaving a narrow border.

7.  To accentuate the lacing design on the background paper and make it stand out, use a silver gel pen to draw the eyelets around the ribbon lacing.

A Closer Look:

To purchase this wonderful dress form image, visit  www.sincitystamps.com

For more inspiring paper-craft projects from the Design Team, be sure to visit us at
the Sin City Blog and follow us on Facebook.
To share your creations, join our Sin City Stamps Fan Page HERE.
To learn more about our designer Karen, please visit her blog, Art & Soul.

Thanks for visiting!

Christmas Dress Form Card

You can make a Christmas card even if you don’t have Christmas stamps!

If you like dress forms and you frequent Pinterest, you have no doubt seen several Christmas dress forms decorated with tree branches.  If you’ve missed the trend, click here to see an example.

I decided to make a Christmas dress form on a greeting card, using an image from Sin City Stamps’ Dress Forms set.

Supplies:
Cardstock in natural and cream
Patterned paper
India ink in black (I used Stewart Superior ink.)
Watercolors
Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap and Antique Linen
Mini feather tree
Safety pin
Foam tape
Cellophane tape