Etsy Inspired #111--10.23.10

  Happy Saturday all! Boy, was this a busy week for me! After being in Texas for five days last week, I came back to work and had a ton of grading to do, tons of stuff my students needed to finish and a observation to prepare for! I was creatively depressed because I only was able to design one day this week and I was away from my studio for five days last week! This post is even late because I spent the whole evening grading sketchbooks.  My nieces are coming into town and staying with my hubby and me so now crafting this weekend, but next week I am back on a roll again.

  However, I made two fabulous cards that were inspired by the incredible shop Stiletto Heights which sells the most beautiful, layered and ornately feminine prints ever!! The prints you'll find are based on mixed media collages that draw from contemporary and vintage ephemera which is then mixed with decorative paper and painted with acrylics, watercolor crayons and oil pastels. They are simply beautiful and I spent a lot of time trying to decided which gorgeous print to be inspired by. Here's a sampling of some of my favorites.

She Blooms at Night

Portrait of the Ballerina's Ghost

Perhaps Reproduction

  I simply love the romantic femininity of these pieces, and I am thinking of all the gorgeous places I would put them in my own home! If you're thinking the same thing maybe you will be one of our winner's this week because  Stiletto Heights is offering one a winner two prints of their choice!!! Such fabulousness!! I wish I could win because I totally know which ones I would pick out!

So, I was inspired by two prints this week, I just couldn't resist-everything was so GORGEOUS!

I was inspired by this print's flourishes on the left and the layered postcard over the main image

on the right. I also loved the dark, antiqued ink around the edges. 

The Young Widow

Post Card

Detail of my stamped flourishes. I like the idea of postage and France so I took some 

Dove from the East paper and trimmed the French images that had postage on them. I then

took my Crop-A-Dile and cut little slits from the edge of it to make it look like a stamp.

I inked the edges with chalk in and stamped flourishes off the edges.

I added a floral cameo for an feminine touch

My second card was inspired by this print. I loved the bord image and the

green touches to this print. I had a vintage peacock floral tag 

and I thought it would look beautiful with this print.

The Bird Watcher's Muse

Peacock Greeting Card

The peacock tag has a a shabby chic look to it. Add in the

seam binding and an opalescent button and voila! I sprayed some glimmer mist

on the doily behind the label to make it pop off the card!

The patterned paper is part of Pink Paislee's new Parisian Anthology

collection. The paper is GORGEOUS! It has a resist on it, and you

can spray glitter mist or rub chalk ink on it, wipe it away and the resist remains

white--showing the cute little doilies!

  Our sponsor this week is Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. Our sponsor creates rubber stamps that can cling to any acrylic block! They are offering our second winner a $15 store credit! 

  So, now it's your turn to play. Visit our shop for the week and choose an item to base your creation on. Make sure to post your design to Etsy Inspired Challenge Blog by Friday, October 29th at noon! One lucky person will win two gorgeous prints from  Stiletto Heights   or  a $15  credit from  Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps.

  Don't forget to take a look at our fabulous design team's blogs for more inspiration and get your creative juices flowing! 

Ashley

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Emily N

Joy

Kerry

Savannah

Stephanie

Virginia

Rebecca

MATERIALS:

Post Card

Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink.

Patterned Paper: (We'll Always have Paris from Paris Vintage collection) Dove of the East

Clear Stamps: (Flourishes from Embellishments set) Papertrey Ink.

Dye Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko.

Chalk Ink: (Perfect Plumeria, Tea Leaves) Tsukineko. (Creamy Brown) Clearsnap.

Accents: (Floral Cameo) Webster's Pages.

Fibers: (Purple and brown seam binding) Prarie Bird Boutique

Tools: (Crop-A-Dile) We R Memory Keepers

Peacock Greeting Card

Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink.

Specialty Paper: (Darling Doilies from House of Three) Pink Paislee.

Chalk Ink: (Pixie Dust, Tea Leaves) Tsukineko. (Creamy Brown) Clearsnap.

Accents: (Pearlescent button) www.monamigabby.com 

Fibers: (Pink and turquoise seam binding) Prarie Bird Boutique. (Jute twine) May Arts.