Vintage Styling!

 Hi everyone!  What do you think of the new vintage dressform stamps?  These are being released later this month and I just love them!  There is a new vintage dressform embossing folder too.  For this card, I stamped the three dress forms and the sentiment using black archival ink.  I used the vintage dressform embossing folder and placed it so that it slightly overlapped the stamped images.  Once embossed, I sanded the raised areas to highlight and distress it.  I used my scissors to distress the edges of the card too.  I lightly inked the edges with frayed burlap.  I added a bow made from the cotton hemp ribbon but cut the ribbon down the centre to create a more distressed looking bow.  I topped it with a sand coloured zipper rose and some black rhinestone swirls.  I offset this on a piece of dark brown card that I also distressed.  I added a couple of faux screw brads to the top corner to give the piece a more grungey look.   I just love vintage!  What do you think?

On another more personal note, I was contacted by Bim Habeeb who is a regular blog follower and she is soon to have surgery on her shoulder.  Bim is a qualified midwife and has asked me if I would let everyone know about a petition that she supports and needs some help with getting signatures.  I feel as if this is a worthy cause so I am placing a link here to the petition, should you like to learn more about it go to http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/13716?http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/13716
 All for now, Sue x