Inspired by Adam Lippes Fall 2015

YOU GUYS! I made a card for a challenge. I haven't wanted and/nor had time to do a card for a challenge in a long time. It feels good. I like it better when I feel like me. Anyway, I checked out a few challenges last night as I was about to create and decided on this great inspiration from the Runway Inspired Challenge blog, always one of my favorites!

There were a couple of things in the photo that really caught my eye. First, her belt. Yup. She is wearing a belt. It is the same fabric as the dress, only SHINY! I like shiny. That is likely why it caught my eye. Second, I loved the smooth, seamless white behind her. It really allows her dress to pop! (Dude, I totally just typed poop instead of pop. I caught it, but it was TOO funny to not mention it. For reals, though. HA! I'm five.)



Since I was sort of stuck on the belt, I designed my card based on that. I created a 'belt' on my card! I simply trimmed some black cardstock and then stamped the rose from Winnie & Walter's The Big, The Bold, and The Extras with Versamark. I heat embossed some in pink and some in white (I did that in two steps so I wouldn't contaminate the colors), and then adhered it to my white background with foam tape. The sentiment comes from both the same stamp set and Winnie &Walter's The Big, The Bold, and You set and is stamped in black VersaFine ink for a nice, crisp finish.



I mounted the panel on a black card base for a nice finish. I have to say, this is why I love Runway Inspired challenges. For some reason the collections chosen REALLY inspire me and I always love the results when I play along!

Folks, have a happy!

Welcome to my Musings!

I am so glad you have stopped by! Yes, this is my first ever post! I am very excited about it, but I am trying to figure out how all of this works, so please understand that this is a learning process for me! LOL! Because I love to scrapbook and create cards and all kinds of wonderful things with paper, that is what you will most likely find here. I hope to share with you, plant seeds of inspiration here and there, offer some fun tips, and, overall, just give you something interesting to read now and then!

I have been working on my scrapbook room, so I figured I'd begin with a photo from that adventure! I decided to organize my supplies into color coded vignettes within my IKEA Expedit shelving unit. I love this thing! It looks SO good like this, too! I am looking forward to working on the rest of the room to make it all look this good!