During our new release party I made a dress for the special occasion from one of the new release stamp sets. I was surprised at the wonderful response and so I’m sharing more details of it with you today…
I started with the idea of making a Joyful Party Dress from the inspiration of the Joyful Noise art stamp set. I’ve used every stamp in the set, although some are easier to spot than others.
The skirt and bodice are stamped on one layer of a paper dinner napkin. What a perfect party dress, to be able to wipe your hands on your dress! LOL! The belt has both layers, giving it a whiter background. I used the napkin for a light and airy feel and added a touch of green in the folds and barely defined Touch of Elegance stamps along the scalloped hem.
Her body is a printed copy of an old engraving of an eighteenth century woman. I adjusted the position of her arms, colored in her skin, colored over details I didn’t want, like her dress and necklace, and stamped Touch of Elegance stamps on her gloves. (see the book: “Women, a pictorial archive from 19th-century sources” by Dover Publications)
There are snippets of furry yarn around the belt and the flower at her waist is made of gathered and fringed dotted Swiss cotton.
Underneath her dress she wears a gathered metallic netted skirt to add the kick and flounce needed for joyful dancing.
Her party environment is made up of three layers of printed colorful papers. I fringed and bent the top layer and randomly stitched the layers together for movement. The rose stamps are Vintage Roses, musical notes, postal stamp and G-clef are Joyful Noise. Words are Cavallini’s Paris collection. The blue scrolls are Touch of Elegance.
I added six metal eyelets tied with furry yarn over the paper layers and a stamp of the G-clef from Joyful Noise. I imagined this corset style closure to be on the backside of her dress giving it elegant details from every view.
I hope today’s couture close up dressed up your imagination and added joyful music to your creative ideas!
May God bless your day with layers of color,
She is one well dressed lady. I was wondering what program you used to print her.
The woman image is copied on my printer from the book, “Women, A pictorial Archive from 19th-century sources” by Dover. Mine in an old 1980’s copy, but I think that Dover has a current publication out. http://www.doverpublications.com
Thanks for the detailed description! Very interesting. This is such a beautiful creation!
Laura, this is truly amazing work. Thanks for the insight into how you put it all together.
Oh thanks Laura for the details – I am surprised at how much I actually saw and how much I missed! This is gorgeous, you have used so many gorgeosu techniques and added so muc detail! Fabulous!! Another example of your artistic gifting my friend! Love it! God bless you! {{{hugs}}}
Laura I meant to comment about your beautiful dress when you first posted it…..it is one of the most creative and stunning creations I’ve ever seen!
Wow it’s amazing! How clever and beautiful!