Voluptuous Noel Revisted

Well she's back. This time Noel dressed up in a corset made of Stampin'Up Designer Paper. This was a birthday card for a very good friend..male of course. I drew the design with my Pazzles Software and cut it out from the two different papers. Then I inked the edges of the lighter paper so it would stand out! The eyelets were set with the new Crop-A-dile II Big bite. Which is a great tool for those hard to reach places that the original C-A-D could not reach. Then I used the white Uniball pen to add the white dots to the scallops.

Sorry I have not updated my blog for quite some time now. I have been on a couple mini vacations and have been in the process of purchasing a little historic cottage in the Sierra Mountains. I already have a cute little trailer on the Kern River but the owner had bumped up the space rent last year to a whopping $475 a month. Now is the time to buy so I bought this cottage that is 5 min to fishing and 5 min to the Latte' cafe or if your in the mood for a beer....a 5 min walk to the local pub. So my blogging has and will be a bit off until I get all the arrangements made for upgrading the little cottage. New tile, Central Heating and Air, a paint job and landscaping. But that is why you have Contractors and Landscaping Contractors as friends! Also I have been working on projects for the Pazzles Design Team which I am not allowed to post on my site till about a month after they are done. I was pleased to see on the Swirls &Twirls design CD that comes with the Pazzles Inspiration there were a couple of designs that I had done. Whoo Hoo! Between Stampin' Up, Scor-Pal and Pazzles I am in paper crafting Heaven. And I broke down and ordered the new Inspiration too...Because it is going to go traveling to Utah this summer with me in my motorhome!

Voluptuous Bag & Tag!

Here is the cute Voluptuous Noel Bag I promised...finally. Been so busy this week I have not been able to upload the sexy set. Oh how I hate working with mariboo feathers. They are worse than glitter. Everywhere, they get absoulutely everywhere. ppppttuuuu! I plan on making a whole year of different bags and cards around Miss V. What do you think? Do you think they would sell at my local craft boutique? So far I like the Liquid Applique the best for the cards and the feather boa for the bag. I also tried heat & stick and flocking. Cute but no dimension! I designed the diecut HO HO HO with my Pazzles Pro. I stamped the sides of the bag with the small Stampin' Up Ho Ho stamp from the set Pictograms. The trick to stamping the sides of the bag is using a shoe box inside the bag and stamp .

Voluptuous Noel

This kind of reminds me of a Betty Boop style. I have had this in my mind for months but have not taken the time to draw it up. My original inspiration came from Ann Clack months and months ago. I drew the body, dress, belt, and buckle in my Pazzles software. I wanted more than one, so hand cutting was out for me. (If you want my pattern to trace I can email it to you.) The top of the dress has Liquid Applique applied and heated. The necklace is some very tiny wrapping beads (red, green & white) I purchased at Michaels. Siver Stampin' Up glitter on the belt. I used my "Bejeweler/EZ Glitzer" to heat set Swarovski rhinestones for the "ruby" necklace and corner adornments. The NOEL stamp came from the Stampin' Up set "Many Merry Messages" To make the "cleavage" appear bustier I added Creamy Caramel chalk between and around the shoulders. I have what is called a kiss cut in my software which makes a line of dashes and that is how I underscored the "cleavage". Chalking and very lightly inking the dashes with Going Grey to make them look like a shadow. Ummm I wonder if "NOEL" is Santa's favorite helper? Ho Ho Ho! More variations in whole sets to come tomorrow. Wait till you see the bag. Now its off to Cirque du Soliel...for a Saturday matinee.