Friends & Family Sale at a Keaton Row Retailer Thru 5-2-14

Today, I am sharing a lookbook from a sale at Les Nouvelles, one of the retailers Keaton Row works with.  I love this swimsuit and cover up! Be sure to check out this lookbook with three pages here.

All Regular priced items are all 25% off through May 2, 2014.  Discount price does NOT show up on the Keaton Row site, but IT WILL SHOW UP ON YOUR PURCHASE INVOICE!  Sale items are priced as marked (red letters).

Fashion Friday: Lacey Layered Tops for Summer

Hello again, and welcome to this weeks Fashion Friday!  Today I am featuring a lookbook of Lacey Layered Tops I love!  Wearing a lace top with sleeves is a great idea for those of us who won't wear sleeveless and still want a Summer look and feel!  Think you can't wear a crop top if you don't wear junior sizes?  Just layer it over a cami top (no bikini top option)!   You can find the lookbook here:  https://keatonrow.com/lookbook/5357d724b99629f31e008998/1

Take a look at the price on the black crop top pictured below, it's less than $23.00!  Three of the tops are under $30.00, and two under $50.00

Want to see more of my Keaton Row Daily Deals?  You can follow my KR Bargain board here:

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Or follow me on Twitter using the button on the right hand side of the blog.  My favorite from the collection is this top:  

Since I'm over 40 I would wear it with a cami top underneath!

Happy Easter with FCCB Challenge 207

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #207 Easter or use a Bunny

This Weeks Sponsor

Aurora Wings Etsy Store

Winner will receive $10 in digital images

~This Weeks Challenge~

Easter

Create a project using a bunny or an Easter project

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Inspired Heart (window), New Testament (Angel), Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Cartridge (Easter)
Aurora Wings (digital Stamp)

I made this card for my Step-Mother-In-Law.  She always sends a beautiful card on the holidays and loves angels!  So, I cut the angel using New Testament, I hand traced the wings on some plastic packaging and embossed it.  Once embossed I used Art Glitter Ultrafine tip and Crystal Ultrafine Transparent glitter.  I used Aurora Wings Hydrangea Sprite Big Eye fairy for the angel and colored it with Copic markers.  I also used flowers from this same digi on a larger scale around the outside of the window.  The widow is cut with Inspired Heart and the Happy Easter is from Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Cartridge.   For the He is Risen, I use printed this in Microsoft word as I have no Easter stamps.  Below is a close up look at the Angel's face!  I added some of the Art Glitter to add a pop of color and some texture.  

Happy Easter!

Wishing everyone Easter Blessings!  So, thankful for all of holy week!  For more details on this card, please visit my blog tomorrow!  I will list the source for the angel and all of my Cricut Carts for the FCCB weekly challenge.

Tips for the Perfect White Paper Project

Supply List
Art Glitter Ultra Fine Glue Tip
Art Glitter Dries Clear Glue
Art Glitter 85 Crystal Ultrafine Transparent
White Card Stock
White Vellum
Cricut Sweehearts Cartridge
Cricut Damask Décor
Cricut CCR software

One of Clare's all time favorite paper crafting color themes is all white!  It's all about simplicity and texture and there is nothing as elegant!

Here are some tips for working with all white:
1)  Create texture:  use multiple medias such as white card stock, white vellum, ribbon, etc.
2)  Make it pop:  use glitter to highlight areas and make them pop!
3)  Add dimension-use more than one layer by cutting more layers or adding embellishments.

For this card Clare wanted to make a wedding card that was all white for her step sister.  She loves the lacy wedding dress cards, so she decided to make my own. She started with Cricuts Sweetheart Cartridge and  used the card image of the bride.  She added an image from the Cricut Damask Decor and welded it.  She thought the bride needed some head dress, so Clare used another Damask Decor image on her head. 
Clare says you can get this lacy look with any digital cutter, just combine a bride image with a lace image and weld.  Below you can see the two images she combined for her card using the Cricut.  Similar images can be made with a Silhouette, or other cutter.

She backed the cut with plain vellum.  Clare then used the Art Glitter Ultra fine glue tip to high light the vellum and the white paper.  She hoped to achieve the look of re-embroidered lace.  Clare loved the way this turned out!  To finish the head dress, Clare tied a simple bow and glued it to get the look of the veil.  Clare decided to stamp the sentiment inside the card to keep the card look clean.

Thank You's and Client Recruiting Cards

This week I am working on thank you cards for my customers who have placed orders.  Of course my first clients, are my sisters and I have made them some extra special cards.  I am entering this card into the Whiff of Joy Challenge 177:  Use Lace.  The stamp is called Shopping Willow and I tucked a tiny lace doily from CTMH under her.  Can you see the charm?  It says Sweet, so the whole sentiment is "Thank you, you are so sweet."  Don't forget you can distress your lace too!  I love this Shopping Willow and she will be making an appearance on lots of my client cards, and I miss you friend cards.  I'll just suggest we make a shopping date!
Along with thank you's I am making client recruitment cards for my Keaton Row Stylist business.  I want to send out some cards to people who don't have email, or Facebook and still love fashion and let them know what I can do for them.  So, I made up this card using some scraps in the stash and a dress form stamp.  I love the zipper lace trim from CTMH!  The dress form is Inkadinkadoo.

Fashion Friday: Spring Trend Neutrals

Now that I am working in the fashion industry again, I will be blogging on Friday's about Fashion.  Today I am sharing a big trend for Spring 2014:  Neutrals!  I like to add texture to my neutrals for that extra eye catching detail!  I love the geometric details in the white blouse and repeating them in the black purse!  And the pin tucks in the white blouse are such a pretty feminine detail!  I put together this lookbook that would be perfect for 9 to 5:  https://keatonrow.com/lookbook/53480aba908f0db34200f096/1
Deals for this lookbook:  Nude blazer under $30.00!  White blazer $44.00, white geometric blouse under $50.00, pencil skirt just under $34.00 and hand bag is under $50.00!
I love Keaton Row for their great styles, great retailers, free styling services, free shipping to US mainland customers and great return policies!  Don't forget, if you visit me at Keaton Row and request a lookbook in my first 2 month as a stylist (April and May), you will be entered in a drawing for  $25.00 gift cart to spend at any Keaton Row Retailer!  NO purchase necessary to enter or win!  You can find me at Keaton Row here:  https://keatonrow.com/stylist/claredempsey