Moxie Fab New Year’s Party Dress

The current challenge at the Moxie Fab blog is to make a card inspired by some glitzy New Year's party dresses.

This Abstract Square Neck dress comes from White House / Black Market.  I loved the all over contrasted pattern; the wide strips of fabric around the sleeves, hem and necklines; as well as her glity jewels.  So, those are the elements I decided to incorporate into my inspired card design.

I had several sheets of marbled paper in my stash, but none that quite captured the two tone contrast seen in this dress.  Instead I stamped the Hero Arts DesignBlock Flourish in white pigment ink on a piece of patterned dark gray designer paper from  Provo Crafs Cadenza Slab XI and embossed with white detail embossing powder.  I really like the contrast of the subtle pattern with the embossed flourishes.

I left a wider mat around the flourish to mimic the wide fabric borders seen in the dress design.

The Hero Arts Collage Thinking of You was also stamped and embossed on the same designer paper and attached using dimensional foam adhesive.  I finished with lots of tiny rhinestones on the blooms to bring the jewelry inspiration into the design.

The final touches were grey taffeta ribbon and a butterfly punched from a discarded stamped image and embellished with more rhinestones.