Dressing well is a form of good manners.
Tom Ford
Hey there from Nannyland,
I could spend countless hours creating fancy dresses from Anna Griffin's darling paper dress dies. Oh wait...I DID! I chose two of the three dies in this adorable set and reacquainted myself with my neglected 6 x 6 double-sided designer paper pads to use for "fabric." I got all giddy choosing coordinating designs for my chic frocks and was obsessed with folding them into stylish origami-style gowns. Zhuzhing them up with lace trim, button gems and elegant jewelry was the frosting on my girly cake.
I don't own the 3D Anna Armoire die that was designed to hang her dresses, but I wanted mine to take center stage so I checked out the Cricut image library for "Armoire" images. A pretty layered frame that mimics an armoire was sized to create a background for my layout. I chose a dress form instead of a hanger to showcase my designer ensemble and sized it to fit my dress.
I'm thrilled that I created enough of these adorable dresses to send cards to my friends through the millennium. I can quickly cut the files I have saved in Cricut, change the sentiment in the writing feature, and add my dress to make a card for any occasion.
I love the gold accent I was able to create in this layered frame.
My finished image fits a 4 x 9 slimline card with room for embellishing.
An adorable Spellbinders scissors die cut in silver and a mini flower
are a cute accent for my sentiment tag.
These first four cards will go my dear talented friends in California to express how much I miss our weekly card making sessions. Die cutting definitely is taking over a heartfelt place in my maker repertoire.
Thanks for visiting Nannyland.
I'll just be here blissfully creating until your next visit.
Nancy (aka Pink Panoply)
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