Soooo glad I don't have to wear these contraptions!! Doesn't matter, you say? Of "corset" matters - to the ones who had to wear them.
Okay, poor attempt at humour there, but humour is the theme of this week's Paper Players Challenge #89 - Tickle Your Funnybone. At first I thought that I didn't have any funny stamps or sentiments, but then I realized that one of my newer sets was perfect for the challenge. Here is my creation:
I also used the MOJO Monday sketch #235 for the layout. I love how it turned out. I was skeptical about being able to create real shabby chic style cards using only Stampin' Up products, but it turned out to be completely possible and so beautiful! Yay, Stampin' Up! Here's the MOJO Monday sketch:
I used Soft Suede cardstock for the base and the large flag, which was embossed using the Stripes embossing folder. (You can barely see it now, but that's the creating process for you.) I used a piece of Beau Chateau DSP for the back panel and some River Rock cardstock for the middle panel, edged with some Pretty in Pink punched with the Eyelet Border punch. I used Very Vanilla edged with Crumb Cake ink using a sponge dauber for the stamp and part of the sentiment and matted it with Baja Breeze cardstock. The stamps are from the Rues des Fleurs stamp set, from the Occasions Mini catalogue.
The small flag was stamped with another stamp from the same set on River Rock card stock and the end was separated and curled. I inked the Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon with Crumb Cake ink, misted it with water and scrunched it up, then tied a bow and added it to the paper over top of some leaves die cut using the Little Leaves Sizzlit. The flowers are made from SU's Paper Daisies and sponged again with Crumb Cake ink!
And I think the sentiment has just the right amount of humour - not overendowed, and it didn't fall flat either! And I'd better quit while I'm abreast of the situation!
