WMS Green themed Waltz

It's the 17th and that means time for WMS's monthly waltz. The theme for this month is St. Patty's Day, Irish, and/or Green. I went with the Green theme today for a very special reason. In just under four months my brother will be getting married to an amazing girl and their theme is Wizard of Oz. With that being said, I was inspired by the Emerald City. An amazing crafter also inspired me in coming up with three cards. Meredith has an amazing blog called A Delightful Waste of Time this is always a source of inspiration for me. This year she started two new series: One Set Wednesdays and Festive Fridays. For my post today I combined them (and instead of one set I did two: WMS's You're Lovely and Dainty Dollies).

For my first card I took inspiration from the WMS Gallery as well for the layout. However, I don't remember who it was. I watercolored the gown using Shabby Shutters and Crushed Olive onto watercolor paper (after I heat embossed the image) and then lightly coated with some pearlized spray for just a hint of shimmer. I used the big dainty doily for the framed background by inking it in Shabby Sutters and then stamping off once. I then stamped the gown image again onto the white cardstock to add the dress frame. The olive bottom strip was topped with a strip of scortape and cover in glitter. The image is from PTI's set Happy Trails. I thought it would make for a nice change from the traditional wedding/wedding shower sentiments.

This second card used the same gown image only a little darker. I used Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint this time with a light coat of the same pearlized spray. I layered colors for the background but thought the olive was just too plain for this card. I used a hero arts background (can't remember the name of it) by inking it up with Peeled Paint. After I stamped it I instantly thought of Scarlett O'Hara's famous green gown that she made from curtains. The black was clear embossed with the same background stamp. I then used one of the sentiments from the You're Lovely set for the card by embossing it on a strip of vellum. Again, a different take for a wedding shower but every bride is classy on some level right :)

For my third and final card I decided to focus on a holiday. For my last WMS waltz I took a Christmas set and used it for Spring, so why not turn a set NOT meant for Christmas into a card for Christmas. I used the other dress form for this card and part of a sentiment from the same set and part from the Say It Loud - Winter. I was also inspired from another card found the WMS gallery. The base is 4.25 x 4.25 with the olive color scored to create the pattern. I white embossed the large doliy onto vellum and the cut it out. The smaller, red on was also cut out. I created a banner for the card but, honestly, I don't like how ti turned out. Oh well, at least I can say I tried. I am still inspired by using green and have a few more ideas.

Challenges:
ColourQ - shades of green and white (card #1)
City Crafter - Things in my heart (card #1 & #2 since they are for wedding showers)
Creative Belli - Clean & Siimple (card #1 & card #2)
Papercraft Star - photo inspiration (card #1 & #2)