Time Out Challenge #284 - Guest Designer for Theme Challenge - The Red Carpet - You Are Special In Every Way Polka-Dot Dress

Hello,

I'm especially delighted and honoured to be the Guest Designer for Time Out Challenge #284, where they've chosen The Red Carpet as their theme inspiration. 

Below, you'll see a collage featuring amazing fashion from Academy Awards through the years. The dresses...ohmyword! Gorgeous! Your project does not have to include clothing, however; you can draw inspiration from the colours, select images, the 'vibe'.  A plentitude of possibilities...but wait! There's more! You can also select your own favourite fashion photo and use that as inspiration; be sure to include that image in your post.

The beautiful flowy red dress (bottom right) caught my eye immediately and I set about trying to figure out how to replicate those lovely folds. I landed on a couple of origami sites which provided exactly what I was seeking. 

Even though following the videos and tackling the folds challenged my limited engineering skills, I'm fairly pleased with the results that you see in my 'dress' below. Yes, origami paper would have helped, but living in a small town makes that a challenge to find. I also have a limited selection of double-sided, light-weight patterned paper so...I did my best with what I had on hand. A heart die, three circles and a little strip of glitter: that's all I needed (and several practice sessions that wound up in the recycle bin!). My dress is attached to a layered oval die cut, then paired with a sentiment from Alex Syberia Designs and some black bling. 

This is definitely a hand-deliver card as the dress is quite 'poufy'! LOL!

This Time Out Challenge is sponsored by Picket Fence Studio. The winner will receive a $25 git certificate as well as in invitation to design for a future challenge. 

Please be sure to check out the beautiful inspiration from the Design Team on the Time Out blog.

Hope you'll play along!

Thank you again to the Time Out Team for inviting me to the party!

Thank you for dropping by!