Category: Established Elegance

Goodbye Established Elegance

Big Shot, Big Shot Top Note Die, Cards, Elements of Style, Established Elegance, Retiring Lists, Stamp Sets
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There are actually 3 of my favorite sets retiring in this card – Established Elegance, Elements of Style and Netting!  Seriously, are they allowed to do this to me?  Oh well – I’m sure I’ll find some new favorites, but I’m really, really going to miss these sets!

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Established Elegance, Elements of Style, Netting, Perfect Words
Card stock – Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Beau Chateau DSP
Ink – Crumb Cake, SOft Suede, Early Espresso
Stampin Write Markers – Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette
Etc – Toe Note Die, pearls, Itty Bitty flower punch, pearls, Quilted Early Espresso ribbon

Do you have a “Go To” set retiring or something you’re really going to miss?  Tell me I’m not alone!  Hugs, Fran

Ballerina Party Girl

Big Shot, Birthday, Established Elegance, Framelit Dies, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Special Projects, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, You Rule
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I redid some Dress Form Ballerina Party Girl stands as place holders for birthday parties.  They are very fun to do – a bit addicting to be honest  

I managed to find some large spools, painted them and added Designer Series Paper.  (no need to add weights to these!)

Using a Sizzix Fancy Frame and the You Rule set from the Spring Mini – I made the birthday girl a special one.  (Aren’t all birthday girls princesses?) 

On the dress form I stamped the floral image in Established Elegance and colored it with Stampin Write Markers.  Then I added two roses from the Artisan Kit. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – You Rule, Established Elegance
Card stock – Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette DSP, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Silver Glimmer paper
Ink – Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Etc – Pink Piroutte SWM, Tulle, Artisan Kit, spool, skewer

Just a little note – I have been using about 20 pieces of tulle to get my skirts really fluffy.  The link to video for the skirt is here.

Hugs, Fran

Another Cast Off

Big Shot, Big Shot Top Note Die, Cards, Elements of Style, Established Elegance, Stamp Sets
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I still had a few pieces left over from Established Elegance so I put what I had left to use and created this –

You can kind of see inside – I had a scrap of the Beau Chateau DSP  left so I put it on the inside since I only had one Top Die stamped.  And that uses up my scraps!  The supplies are the same with the exception of the base – it’s Pink Pirouette.  Easiest card in the world since all the stamping was already finished!  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran

Masculine Elegance

Big Shot, Cards, Established Elegance
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Before you put away Established Elegance – here’s a masculine card to try.  Since it was still out on my desk, I decided to give it a completely different look from yesterday’s card. 


The card size is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 and uses the Well Worn DSP.  Again I used the Netting background stamp and this time paired it with French Script.  (Though “script” doesn’t really go with “type” – just “sort of” goes!) 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Established Elegance, Netting, French Script, Calendar alphabet
card stock – Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy, Well Worn DSP, Very Vanilla
Ink- Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black
Stampin Write Marker – Cajun Craze
Etc – Small and large tag punches, 3 1/3 circle die, mini library clip, Antique trinket, Striped embossing folder, spritzer

This morning starts my Christmas card Stamp a Stacks!  It’s cold and rainy so it’s a great day to stay inside and stamp.  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran

Established Elegance

Beau Chateau, Big Shot, Cards, Elements of Style, Established Elegance
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Established Elegance is a beautiful, vintage styled set.  It has been on my wish list since the new catalog came out – and I just got it!  I needed a card for someone very special and this is what I made –


Since I can never seem to stick to just one set (sheesh!) this card also uses Netting background, Elements of Style and Perfect Words.  I “spritzed” it with Pretty in Pink – can you see it?

    

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Established Elegance, Elements of Style, Netting, Perfect Words
Card stock – Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Beau Chateau DSP
Ink – Crumb Cake, SOft Suede, Early Espresso
Stampin Write Markers – Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette
Etc – Toe Note Die, pearls, Itty Bitty flower punch, pearls, Quilted Early Espresso ribbon (yummy!)

Have a happy day!  Enjoy – Hugs, Fran