Alaskan SapphireRose: Roses, Lace, and French Corsets

The March kit for Alpha Stamps was all about fun frilly girly French Corsets. I created this fun little book using supplies from the kit as well as the Die-Cut Chipboard Scallop Shell.

For the cover I laced two of the Die-Cut Chipboard Corsets together with some pink seam binding so that it would open and close. I inserted some flower stick pins from the stash to make a tie so the corset would stay shut. I just love how pink and all frilly girly this is.

Here are pages from the inside of the book. I used images from all these Alpha Stamps Collage Sheets: The Secret Out At Last Collage Sheet, Decorum Collage Sheet, My Graceful Figure Collage Sheet, Large Victorian Corsets Collage Sheet, Pink Roses Collage Sheet.

For this layout I used two gold dresden banners that can be found with the Gold Dresden Fan & Banners Set. I colored the flowers and leaves with alcohol inks and also used some flowers cut from the Tim Holtz Tatterd Floral Garland Decorative Strip. I didn't want the book to be too bulky so I used thin embellishments on all the pages. I painted the Fancy Corset Chipboard Embellishment with Victorian Velvet Distress Paint and used some rock candy distress glitter to give it some sparkle. I also used some of the fun pink ruffled ribbon to give it some nice girly flare.

For the second layout I cut the large corset from the Large Victorian Corsets Collage Sheet that was printed on transparency sheet. I rough cut it out and then used glassy accents and glued it The Garden Timeless Scrapbook Paper and trimmed it down after the glassy accents had completely dried. I used some fun lacy trim from my stash as well as some creamy pearl stickers. The fun golden lace is actually cut from one of the 4 Inch Gold Doilies. I just love how it turned out.

For the third layout I layered some of the sheer pleated ribbon behind the gold dresden fan and fussy cut some roses from the Pink Roses Collage Sheet. I also used some more images from the Large Victorian Corsets Collage Sheet that I attached using glassy accents. For the sign I used an image from the The Secret Out At Last Collage Sheet which I cut down to size glued to the Gold Dresden Doily Frame and then rimmed with some fun pink sparkly beaded trim from the stash. I just love the look of the transparency layered over the corner of the gold of the rectangle dolie.

For the closure on the book I used some of the rose printed burlap ribbon that I tore in half and glued to the chipboard shells before I covered them with background papers. I then frayed the ends some more by pulling off some of the threads. I really love this burlap ribbon it's very soft and supple. I also used a length of ribbon and cut some flowers from the Tattered Flower Garland decorative strip. I had to run it about three times through my cutting machine to get the flowers to cut completely. I found that the bigger the flower the cleaner and better the machine cut it out.

To cover the binding of the book I cut a length of the rose printed burlap ribbon and then glued some flowers created by layering many of the flowers together that were cut from the Tattered Flower Garland. I glued some creamy buttons to the center of the flowers. I love the dimension all the different layers and colors of papers give the flower.

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