Oscar Dress Card Part Two

Welcome to Oscar dress card tutorial day. Last week we counted down our favourite Oscar outfits and we picked Vanessa Kirby’s light pink elegant gown as our #1 choice. Today we will unveil our card inspired by this gown and the steps to make it. Take a look…

First of all I went through all of the pink cardstock and picked out a couple lighter shades.

I used a darker shade as the base/card measuring 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches.

Next I cut a larger layer 4 ½ x 6 ½ inches to go onto the card front. It was the lightest shade of pink almost similar to the colour of the actual gown.

Then I chose a pink shade in-between the two and I cut two 1 ¼ inch wide strips the length of the sheet of cardstock.

I glued those strips down onto the light layer from diagonal corner to diagonal corner forming almost an X or what reminded me of the deep V neck on the dress. I then trimmed the strips to fit onto the card.

Then I glued this layer onto the card front.

Now I cut two more layers. One is a sparkly silver layer (2 ½ x 2 ¾  inches) representing the simple necklace that complimented the gown and then a smaller white layer (2 ½ x 2 inches) for stamping.

I stamped the white layer with a simple word “Happy” and I did this in red ink and embossed it. I wanted to really tie the entire Oscar look into the card so I incorporated her red lips and nails by stamping in red.

Then I glued the white layer off center onto the silver layer.

I put a foam piece on the back and then attached that to the center of the card covering where the two strips of pink come together in the middle.

And there you have our 2021 Oscar dress card!

Oscar Dress Card 2019

The Oscar’s were last weekend so you know what that means...Oscar dress card! We’ve counted down our Top 10 looks and number one has a card inspired by it. As usual, they are in no particular order; they are just 10 dresses that we like. Take a look and enjoy!

Jennifer Lopez-This was a super sparkly dress and I love super sparkly. It does have a high neck which I’m not a huge fan of, but this dress was just so sparkly that it didn’t matter. J.Lo’s after party blue dress was gorgeous too. It reminded me of a peacock in a good way. 

Octavia Spencer-A few years back Octavia Spencer’s grey-silver gown was our choice for a card  and this year her pick was beautiful and very princess like with the puffy skirt and off the shoulder neckline.

Lady Gaga-Lady Gaga’s awards dresses have been absolutely gorgeous. She opted for two black gowns at the Oscars and the second one when she sang “Shallow” was so Audrey Hepburn-like it was a perfect ball gown for her big night. 

Krysten Ritter-This was a very lacy form fitting dress with wide arms. You don’t always think of lace and red, but this deep red colour looked really stunning in the lace and the little bits of sparkle were just what the dress needed.

Tina Fey-We always gravitate towards blue shades each year and this year is no different. Tina Fey’s simple, flowy, royal blue dress was bright and cheerful and it was the perfect way to kick off the show.

Constance Wu-Last year’s card was inspired by a dress almost this colour and it’s on our list of favourites this year again. Constance Wu’s dress is so dreamy and fun that it just makes you want to smile and watch Crazy, Rich, Asians over and over again!

Marina de Tavira-This dress was a perfect shade of red. It wasn’t your basic strapless gown; it looked light and airy with just the right amount of frills and layers.

Helen Mirren-When first looking at this dress you can’t for sure tell what colour it actually is, but when you look at it from different angles you can see the pretty bright pink shade that it is. Poking out is the underlying coral layer. It kind of looks like a layered flower. It’s super flowy and simple; it doesn’t have lots of frills and bling on it. The colour and fabric took over for this dress. It's super fun and cheery and ready to ring in Spring. 

Regina King-The slit on this dress is amazing! It was high on our list for our card to make. It’s such a gorgeous gown that not everyone could pull off. It was paired with the right amount of jewels so as not to take over the overall look of the gown. The gathering on the side as well as on the bodice was beautiful and constructed to flatter the wearer of the dress. And that train...beautiful! 

Amy Adams – Ok, so our winner for our Oscar dress card is...Amy Adams. Both Nicole and I loved this dress. It wasn’t a straight across strapless gown; it had some shape to the top. The white and silver go so nice together and the sparkly silver patter just made the dress pop. So stunning!

Take a look at our creation...

DIY Ornaments

Once December 1^st hits, then it’s time to put up the Christmas tree. Mine went up this weekend. Usually it’s a work in progress as the first step is putting up the tree and then the next few days and weeks, we add ornaments to it.

We thought that it might be a fun idea to make some ornaments this week. In the past we have painted ceramic and wooden shapes, but this year we thought we’d use the plastic ornaments that you can find at the craft store which open up. We’re going to open them up and fill them to decorate as well as paint them.

Again, this one is a really inexpensive craft to make with items that you can easily get at the dollar store or probably even find at home.

Painting the ornaments takes more time so you’ll want to do this further in advance if you want to give them away or hang them up. We’ve picked a variety of colours for paint to use; some are Christmasy and some are not. We also have a bunch of different sizes of brushes and some sponges as well. You can pre-sketch out some designs or you can free style it and come up with your design as you go. Do whatever you like. Here’s what we came up with...

This is a drip paint ornament. What we've done is pick a couple of matching colours and dripped them into the ornaments and moved the paint around by turning the ornaments. We did this process a few times to get all of the area covered. Then we let them hang upside down overnight to drain out the excess paint and this is what we got...

Another option to is to fill the ornaments with curled ribbons, shredded snow, larger glitter bits, small punched shapes, or coloured paper or paper from old books so that you can see the words.

For both, you can put ribbons/bows on the outside to adorn the finished ornaments.  

Now you can hang them up in your tree or around your house or you can make a bunch and hand them out as gift this year.