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Monday, March 7, 2011

MFT March Creative Challenge



Hey everyone!

I have a creative challenge to share with you today! Every month, the MFT design team comes up with a challenge and participating members can step up to meet it! What a FUN challenge this was. The challenge was Die-namics Home Decor.

One day I was looking around my scraproom and saw all these dress forms I had on the shelves in my room. They make super pretty home decor, but all of them were "bare" and needed to be done up! :-) So I took one of my dress forms and went to town...









I decided not to cover the wires of the dress form entirely because I really wanted to be able to see the "form." The paper collection I selected was Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime.  I used the Dainty Lace border for the trim of her dress and layered some flat back pearls over that. I used some floral lace trim from A Treasure's Nest to accentuate the dress. I created a rosette using MFT's 1/4" rosette die,  layered on a petal from the Upsy Daisy Flower Builder die set, then layered on a small daisy petal from iamroses.com and topped it off with a vintage pearl rose button. For the back of the dress form, I tied some pink tulle into a bow and accented it with 2 Rolled Flowers and a couple of iamroses.com mini roses.

Here's a VIDEO that shows you the dress form up close and explains how it all came together.

Hope you like it! Be sure to check out Kim's blog to see what the other MFT gals came up with for the Creative Challenge -- they are certain to inspire and WOW! :-)

hugs!













Here are some of the Die-namics I used:


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19 comments:

  1. StampOwlMarch 7, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    awesome project

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  2. bernshwagMarch 7, 2011 at 11:30 PM

    Your dress form is gorgeous Arlene! I love how you used the lace die-namic instead of "the real thing"...your creations are always stunning and this is no exception!

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  3. Inge GrootMarch 7, 2011 at 11:38 PM

    Woooow Arlene, I love how you've decorated the dress forms! Absolutely gorgeous:-D

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  4. SandraMarch 8, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    Oh wow!
    The dressform is so gorgeous!
    Love that you wanted the wires to show! So much inspiration!

    Thank you so much for sharing :)

    S

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  5. PattMarch 8, 2011 at 12:50 AM

    awesome job as always Ar! love it! tfs hugs

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  6. Lisa H.March 8, 2011 at 5:32 AM

    oooooo, beautiful, Arlene. great idea and really, really pretty.

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  7. Jodi CollinsMarch 8, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    Oh my WORD Arlene! How STUNNING this is! LOVE the elegance and how BEAUTIFUL all the dies look!!!

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  8. BarbaraMarch 8, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    OK, this would be PERFECT in my living room! Love this, Arlene!

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  9. KeeponScrappinMarch 8, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    Love it Ar! Very pretty and elegant.

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  10. Kerie's KafeMarch 8, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    just stunning!! thank you for sharing :-)
    www.kerieskafe.blogspot.com

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  11. EvaMarch 8, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Arlene, WOW, I am totally drooling over this little MASTERPIECE! I NEED one of these little dress forms and I just love how you "dressed" it up with all the pretty dies and ribbons!

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  12. carole (TruCarMa)March 8, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    How fun and unique is this? I swear, Arlene -- you are an original! Love this! :)

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  13. MelodyMarch 8, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    What a fun, creative idea! Love how you used all the dies.

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  14. Christina FischerMarch 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    This is SUCH a fun project! It's just gorgeous, Arlene! :)

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  15. SherrieMarch 8, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    How pretty and CHIC! Love this Arlene!

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  16. Teresa KlineMarch 8, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    this is fabulous Arlene...I look forward to getting to know you better...have a super week!

    enjoy *~*

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  17. JulieMarch 9, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    Gorgeous dress form Arlene!

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  18. Jana WeaverMarch 11, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    So THAT's the dress form you all were talking about - wow...GORGEOUS! I especially love the rolled flowers on the back for the bustle. Now I've gotta go look for some adorable wire dress forms!!

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  19. Jessie/knightroneMarch 16, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    How stunning!

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Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! ♡ HUGS ♡ ~Arlene