Anthropologie Inspired!!

A few weeks ago, I got an Anthropologie catalog in the mail. As I flipped through it, I came across this lovely picture:

I saw it and thought, "Wow! This would make an awesome looking card!" So using it as my inspiration piece, I set about piecing the card together.

Unfortunately, I don't have a dark teal color that matches the picture, so I had to make do with my PTI Hawaiian Shores. It still looks nice to me, but I really want dark teal paper. It's such an awesome color! But I digress.

This is the card I ended up with:

I used PTI's Polka Dot Basics I to mimic the pattern of the black & white polka dot dress. I didn't have any black felt (but it's on its way from Jamie and my latest PTI order - eeeeee!!!) so just made white felt flower's using PTI's Flower Dies #3. I cut PTI's True Black cardstock with my MFT Jumbo Scallop border die that my FABULOUS FRIEND JAMIE gave to me. I am LOVIN' IT!! Then I decided the black scallops looked too plain and decided to stamp on a text background stamp from PTI's Background Basics: Hearts set...then thought the scallops blended too much together and decided to sponge the edges with white ink - gives each scallop layer more definition, dontcha think? I dig it!!

The white felt flowers have little black button brads, and I used Michael's satin ribbon. The sentiment is from PTI's Communique Curves.

Then I decorated the interior:

I masked the left-side of the card and stamped the same text background that I used on the scallops, and then also sponged the edges. I cut a simple white panel from Nestabilities Labels 8 and pau-wow, all done!

As a side note, isn't PTI's Fresh Snow ink like the awesomest white ink EVER??? I have Brilliance Moonlight White and it does not stamp this nicely. I dig it!!

Anyhoo, this card was me channeling my inner Dawn McVey. Whatcha think? Did I do her any justice?? She probably would've made one of her smushed flowers instead of the felt ones I had OR made like a 5-layered felt flower, but then I wouldn't be able to fit the card in an envelope so 1-layer felt flower works for me!

Card Details

Stamps: PaperTreyInk Communique Curves, Background Basics: Hearts, Polka Dot Basics I

Paper: PaperTreyInk True Black and Hawaiian Shores

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, PaperTreyInk Fresh Snow

Accessories: My Favorite Things Dienamics Jumbo Scallop border die, Nestabilities Labels 8, Michael's satin ribbon, PaperTreyInk Flower Dies #3, Making Memories black button brads, Impress white felt