Hope Chest - featuring Petaloo

Soooooo, I got my hands on Glitz's new paper line, Beautiful Dreamer and I knew immediately that flowers from Petaloo's Devon collection would be perfect!  This is my loose interpretation of the September sketch from Flying Unicorn.  Did you know that Petaloo's Devon collection of flowers is made from recycled cotton and silk?  How cool is that?!  I chose the Bristol flowers in white, pink and fuschia.  They really look perfect with this paper.

I chose to use a dress form made by Dusty Attic to keep with my girly theme.  I painted it using an Adirondack Paint Dabber in Snow Cap.  Then I used a "stone wall" stamp to give my clock rub on from 7 Gypsies a background and some depth. I glued a small black feather to where a dress bussel would normally be.  I finished it off by hugging it with more Bristol flowers.  

I really love the nested frames and corner bracket from Dusty Attic.  I painted both the nested frame and the corner bracket in Snow Cap.  Then I used Tattered Rose Distress Paint on the frame and finished it off by lightly embossing it with Bridal Embossing powder by Ranger.  When you emboss over crackle paint it really emphasizes the texture made by the crackle.  I used some Chestnut Roan to highlight some of the edges on the bracket and then embossed that as well.

I have these kraft envelopes in my stash that have been jumping out of my drawer begging to be used!  I first lightly painted it using Snow Cap.  Then I misted over it with a golden walnut colored mist whose name escapes me at the moment LOL.  I let the mist pool up and then let it soak in and dry on its own.  Adirondack's paint dabbers act as a resist so you really need to be patient and not mess with the mist.  It won't all sink in, but it gave me enough of a tint that I was happy with it.  After it dried I crinkled it up a bit and broke down some of the paper fibers making sure to give myself some wrinkles.  I used some Vintage Photo Distress Ink to highlight the edges and wrinkles.  I then used some Memento ink and a few small stamps to give the envelope some additional visual interest.  Finally I added some lace and a metal butterfly and I was done.

Thanks for stopping by!!  I have some Miss Art's news coming up in a few days!  Stay tuned. :)

XO, Lisa