Vintage Dress Forms with Blockheads Stamps

Hi Dreamers!
I am back from a little blogging break.  I had a few days off and now I am ready to blog away.  Today, I would like to show you some vintage cards I have made using one of my favorite themes--the dress form.  The stamps are all from Blockheads Stamps and I added lots of simmer with Perfect Pearls powder.
I made a total of four samples.

Card #1

Materials List for all the Cards:

Stamps: Dress Form from Vintage Light and Form; Notions; Crackle Background

Inks: Rich Cocoa, Espresso Truffle,  and Toffee Crunch Memento;

Butterscotch Adirondack

Gingerbread, Malted Mauve, and Red Birch Versa Magic 

Perfect Pearls Powder

Dimensional Adhesive

Page from a Mixed Media Paper Pad (Strathmore)

Detail Card #1

Instructions:

• Tear a page from the Mixed Media paper pad.  
• Stamp the Notions Collage stamp on the paper with Toffee Crunch ink.
• Tear the paper around the image.
• On a second piece of paper, stamp the Dress Form with Rich Cocoa ink
• Tear out the Dress Form

Detail Card #1

• Distress the edges of both pieces with Gingerbread Versa Magic.  (Gives a nice dark opaque edge to paper)
• While ink is still wet, sprinkle Perfect Pearls powder onto paper.
• Brush excess powders off .  This adds lots of shimmer to the edges.
• Layer onto tobacco colored CS. Add the Dress Form with dimensional adhesive
• Wrap bakers twine around
• Mount on Tan CS

Card  #2

Instructions:
Made the same way as Card #1 with these changes:

• Stamp Notions Collage Stamp with Butterscotch ink and use Red Birch and Gingerbread Versa Magic ink on the edges

Detail Card #2

• Stamp the button from Notions Stamp set with Rich Cocoa ink; sprinkle Perfect Pearls powder here too.

• Add a scrap of sheer fabric that has been tied in a knot.

I made two other examples before I made the two above.  I thought it might be nice to put a sealer of some kind over the Perfect Pearls.   I put a coat of Royal Coat Decoupage Finish on them.  Well, it negated the shimmer.   I still like the cards and think they are cool, but you can't really see the shimmer.  So, I would not use the Decoupage finish on Perfect Pearls again, but would on a plain surface that I have not  planned as a  shimmery piece.   Here are the non-shimmery samples.

•  I used the Crackle Background stamp here and also stamped the Hooks and Eyes (Notions set) with Espresso Truffle ink.
• Use Malted Mauve and Gingerbread Versa Magic on the edges.

You can see that these two samples have a matte finish.

How about a few Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp and show: a favorite stamp---The Notions Collage
Love to Create: wrap it up-bakers twine
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: glimmer and shine

We are supposed to get a winter storm here in Michigan later today.  I have all errands for the week done and don't have to worry about going out tomorrow if we get lots of snow.  Good excuse to make a few cards. LOL  I wish you a day full of joy.  Love ya
Karen