Today's Lesson From The Craft Room: It May Not Be What You Had Hoped, But It Can Be An Experience You Will Never Forget!
Prom. It is one of those events that seems to have "magic" written all over it...at least that's what we're supposed to believe. I'm sorry to say that my high school prom was not quite the fantasy that I had imagined. The night before the prom I still had no dress, no date and not a pair of shoes to be seen. I won't go into the details, but by the next day my dad had found me a date, the dress had arrived and the shoes were on my feet No, it was not the fantasy prom night I might have imagined, and I never did see the guy who took me again...but the night represented a time when my dad tried to make his little girl happy; where my white eyelet dress made me feel like a princess; and where I learned that an event is just an event - the event isn't the magic - it's the people and what you make of it.
This card was inspired by this Faviana dress http://www.faviana.com/popimg2.php?s...ront.jpg&h=480. I loved the color combo of brushed gold, really rust, and more mustard. I gold embossed the images, the greeting and the bookplate. The ribbon was "pleated" by laying down a piece of sticky strip and then slowly "pleating" the ribbon, little by little. Hope you like it!
Registered: March 21, 2006 Location: sunny southern california Posts: 20098
Sat, May 02, 2009 @ 11:59 AM
Dad's are wonderful knights in shining armor sometimes, aren't they! Your embossing detail is exquisite, BTW! Very pretty card!
------------------------------ christine m.aka summer and weekend stalker DOT INK (My yadda yadda) Don't magnify your problem . . .Magnify your God
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Registered: August 6, 2007 Location: Warm, sunny and beautiful GA!!! Posts: 21370
Sat, May 02, 2009 @ 5:21 PM
AWWW - what a sweet story - Michelle!!! I never went to prom, because I grew up in Gemany and we don't have anything as fancy as the prom nights here - LOL!!!
Anyway - I love your gold embossed card - so classy and elegant!!! Hugs ~S~