Saturday 2 February 2013

Iron Maiden

Hello folks, and welcome to my blog.  This is my contribution to the Dragon's Dream TIO challenge Dress to Impress- the recipe being a dress or dressform, an embossed impression and some bling.

Sewing Room is one of my favourite Tim Holtz Alterations dies and I've used the dressform again and again.   And I'd just taken delivery of the new Embossabilities folder from Spellbinders and was itching to play with it, so I decided on a "steampunk" look for my dressform (surprise!) Once I'd embossed and coloured my tag with Distress Inks (Rusty Hinge, Tea Dye and Stormy Sky)  I cut the dressform in kraft card and another body piece from card I'd covered with aluminium insulation tape distressed as per Tim Holtz's tutorial and then added the AB crystals.

The last job was to stamp the words "Iron Maiden" using a set of alphabet stamps onto card coloured with Vintage Photo DI, and there we are! 

I hope you enjoyed your visit - you're welcome back at any time!

8 comments:

Redanne said...

A really beautiful tag Keren, love that embossing folder and the way you have dressed the form with the metal tape. Love the bling too! Anne x

Silvia(Barnie) said...

A cool, you've created a wonderful dress. Love the iron style. Thanks for dreaming with us at Dragons Dream Tag It On.

Terry said...

Awesome tag, Keren! Love the patchwork dress form and that sentiment! Great embossing! Happy Sunday!

Sue said...

This is fab Keren, great embossing and I love your text. Thanks for joining us at Tag it On. Sue xx

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Jenny Marples said...

Fabulous Keren! Don't know if it's intended but there is a definite blue hue over your metal mannequin and it almost looks like patched denim! So suits your overall look for this. Love it. Hugs, Jenny x

May said...

Fabulous tag Karen, Love that dress fantastic embossing..perfect sentiment for this wonderful piece.. Thank you for dreaming with us at Dragons Dream... May x x x

Monique's art said...

Fabulous tag love the colors and embossing. Thanks for sharing at tio