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Friday, October 1, 2010

Dress Challenge - Dress for October

My Dress Challenge dress for October is all about autumn leaves.  The bodice is made from papyrus.  The leaves were inspired by this fantastic tutorial posted recently by Ink Stained Roni.  What a fabulous blog she has! 

I crumpled up brown paper and also white paper.  I then painted the paper with acrylic paint, and also used distress ink.  After the paint and ink dried, I spread Inksentials Glossy accents over the paper, sprinkled fine glitter over the paper, and then let it dry.  Then, I used a die cutter to cut the paper into the leaf shapes.  The waist embellishment is made from German scrap.


15 comments:

  1. Fab dress Jeanie! lovely autumnal shades! Perfect for October!

    Jan x

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  2. Oh gosh, this is gorgeous, Jeanie...wow!!! So much detail--it is so precious!!! I love this dress challenge because I get to see such awesome work like yours...truly fun!
    XO

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  3. This is the first time I have ever seen everyone's work in the dress challenge and it looks like so much fun!

    I am sorry to hear that she will not be hosting it again next year but I sure hope someone does because I would love to participate.

    Great Dress Jeanie!

    Take Care~ Sherry

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  4. Lovely! Beautiful seasonal attire ;)

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  5. This is absolutely beautiful! Thanks for the link to make the leaves, I'm going to try that, they look so pretty!

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  6. Gorgeous dress Jeanie, I think the colours are particularly beautiful and great texture, I can just imagine crunching through the leaves! M

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  7. Your dress is fabulous. Truely, amazing. I also LOVE your watercolour you've just posted. It is gorgeous!
    Thanks for your sweet comments about my "first" dress. I really appreciate it!
    Angela

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  8. WOW!!!!! This is soooo beautiful Jeanie, so much detail in it, I love it! x

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  9. What a lovely dress and what awesome techniques you used to get the effect. Using brown paper is not only good for the environment (less waste in the landfill), but also a brilliant technique. It sure produced some stunning results. This dress is to die for!

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  10. So intricate...love the design and can appreciate all the work that went into the dress.

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  11. What a beautiful detailed dress. Love all those leaves. Sounds as though you put a lot of thought and work into it, and it so thoroughly paid off! Thanks for the tutorial link, must check that out.

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  12. Such a pretty October leaf dress, it must have taken some time to do!
    I am finally playing along too :)
    oxo

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  13. Wow- such a fabulously collaged dress !

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  14. Love how you used all the fall leaf colors great dress.

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