Shrine to Wendy

I have had so much fun this week! Simon Says Stamp and Show want us to make our homage to Wendy, Everything Wendy Vecchi want a sewing theme and Hels and Sarah want to know how we find our crafting mojo. So what do I do when I have lost my mojo? I look through my stamps and see if something catches my eye. Since I invested in Wendy's stamps these are the ones I turn to and to be honest I haven't yet failed to find some kind of inspiration. If you haven't experimented with these stamps yet they are not only incredibly versatile but they stamp brilliantly every time. Sarah's theme this month is 'Under the Covers' and I took that to mean I could cover an art part - in this case an Artful Shrine. I used Tim's Kraft Resist paper and gave it a layer of Picket Fence Distress Stain and then some Pumice Stone. 

Then I cut out a dress form and two spools from my Sewing Room die and my trusty Vagabond. I also cut a second 'body' from printable canvas. The dress form was covered in Seedless Preserve Distress Ink which is just lush, and a spray of Heirloom Gold 

Perfect Pearls Mist and the canvas had a little Seedless Preserve and Vintage Photo Distress Ink at the edges. I added a Mini Pin, a pearl and crystal from an antique brooch and a stamped glassine flower as wings. The scissors and thimble are inked in Jet Black 

Archival Ink onto Silver Dabber painted grungepaper. There is lots more I could add to how I made this, and much of it is self evident  but I did dye the ribbon myself by misting a white cotton ribbon with water and then swiping the Seedless Preserves ink pad directly on to it. I then 

scrunched it up and waited patiently, with my heat gun in my hand, for it to dry! The little vial has pins in it, and when I find the vial labels I bought I'll add a label to the bottle - if you know where I put them do let me know!!! I suspect the I will add to this as time goes on but 

for now this is finished! I need to go and hide this away before my husband comes home as he's a button phobe - it's really a phobia and it's called Koumpounophobia though his isn't as bad as some people have! Thank you for stopping by. Gabrielle x
Edit: I am absolutely thrilled to say that the DT at Simon Says Stamp chose this to be in their top three. Thank you to all for your encouragement x