Nov 20 2008
Bachelorette’s Dress
It seems nowadays there are as many bachelorette parties as there are bachelor parties, and from what I hear almost as risque! Although, from personal experience, I wouldn’t know . . . (wink)! So while I was working on my bridal ensemble, I decided to design a bachelorette’s card.
Designing this card for my wedding series was a blast. The bachelorette image is the same stamp that I used for the bridal card. I cut the bun off the back of the head and adhered it to the top, covering the seam with micro mini pearls. A watercolored flower and leaves were attached near the pearls creating a head piece. The close up picture below shows the detail. I love adding small details, a pearl necklace, earring, bracelet, and ring were added to the image. The pearls were adhered with Crystal effects. I placed them on the adhesive by licking the tip of a toothpick, picking up a pearl and placing it down on the adhesive (okay I know this sounds really gross, but it’s a great tip and it works). The pearls stick perfectly to the end of the wet toothpick and then come off easily when placed on the adhesive. I used a toothpick to draw the jewelry lines with Crystal Effects (a wonderful adhesive). The gorgeous black dress is a Jolee’s sticker.
You can see the headpiece much better in the close up, the mini pearls are so pretty, they are less than 1mm in size. I used a craft knife to cut out the leaves and flowers.
I use a lot of dimensionals in my designs and would like to share a tip for all the newbie stampers who may follow my blog. Don’t throw away the negative portion of the panels the dimensionals are on. I’ve attached a photograph to show you how I use mine so that nothing is wasted.
These are dimensionals from Stampin’ Up! and All Night Media. On the left you’ll see Stampin’ Up!’s sheet. Once I’ve finished using all the dimensionals, I then cut around the outer frame and use those pieces as well, it doesn’t matter what the dimensional looks like since it’s on the back of your project. Stampin’ Up! is very smart in the layout of their design, placing them on the sheet in a honey comb pattern. All Night Media uses circles, leaving a lot of waste. As you can see from the right side of my sheet, I cut the negative pieces and use those on my projects as well, leaving no waste. I like using both of these products. Stampin’ Up!’s dimensional are thinner and perfect in some designs, whereas All Night Media’s dimensionals are a little thicker and sometimes I need the extra thickness in other designs.
- Stamps: Me & Carrie Lou
- Paper: SU DP, watercolor paper, Carol’s Rose Garden DP
- Ink: Versamark
- Accessories: Tombow markers, cutting mat, heating tool, watercolor brush, Ranger gold/gold tinsel EP, micro pearls, craft knife, Jolee’s stickers, dimensionals, Crystal Effects, toothpicks































