Monday, March 19, 2012

Frippery?




Now there's a word you don't see everyday.  Frippery.  Frippery.  Frippery.  There, I bet that is the most I have ever said and just a few short of ever having seen that word in my life.  According to the dictionary, Frippery denotes the following:

frippery |ˈfripərē|noun ( pl. -peries)showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language.• a tawdry or frivolous thing.ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting old or secondhand clothes): fromFrench friperie, from Old French freperie, from frepe ‘rag,’ of unknown ultimate 

Funny word, ay? Come to think of it, I may have purchased this newest released Waltzingmouse set not only because of its superlative images, but also because of this word, but unfortunately I cannot confirm nor deny the exact percentages as to which was the true mitigating factor, especially where anything tawdry or frivolous is concerned. What?  Like you didn't know I was a bit wacky in that way?   The flower was made by stamping the four pointed image from Florentine Frippery.  There is a spellbinders die that directly corresponds to this shape, but I cut out three of the stamped images by hand as I don't have the dies (yet). Too easy.  In fact, it was so effortless, it kind of has me wondering why on earth did I even bother placing an order for these exact dies?  Oh well, better to have them and not need them, then to need them and not have them, right?  (Sounding like a true craft tool hoarder, aren't I?)

The background was stamped with another of the beautiful stamps from the sets just having been released by Waltzingmouse.  It is called French Country.  Très, très jolie!    The sentiment on the tag is also another Waltzingmouse goodie.  It comes from a classy and oh so handy set called Fancy Phrases.  I know according to this weeks sketch there is supposed to be a rectangular layer under the flower, but the inner rebel in me just didn't want to. Busted.  Do you ever have those days when you feel like it would be nice to just go the less is more route with your card?  Sounds funny coming from someone momentarily obsessed with the word frippery doesn't it?   I just thought that my choice to go with the three layered "Fripped Out" flower, vintage lace, hefty swing tag and white double wrapped wax string was enough. Fingers crossed I don't get kicked out the challenge for being a tad cheeky in my interpretation of the sketch.  Oh wait, I could go with that additional layer in invisible cardstock.  Do you think they'll buy that?  Me either.  Oh, well, what about a promise to do better next time?  That I can live with.

Thanks so much for allowing me to share my (mis)adventures in papercraft with you.  As always, it's been a blast!  Here's to a stellar, fun, and frippery-filled day!      

14 comments:

Cindy said...

Jen this is beautiful. I love that word! And your card seems to define it perfectly. Love the background, the crochet wrap and of course the pretty focal image. Wonderful work!

Leah said...

So pretty Jen! Love the colors you chose and the cool flower you made with the stamps. That is a fun word, now you've got me saying it in my head! :)

Joyce said...

I see you got your new WM goodies and have put them right to work. Very lovely and frippy, too.

cards by cara said...

Your frippery was the perfect accoutrement ... indeed! :) Love this!

Pauline said...

Gorgeous! Love the colour combo and the distressing, love these new stamps!

Karen C. said...

Frippery is a fun word!! Love the lacy detail on your card, Jen. It really highlights the 'flower' focal point. So pretty!

JJ Bolton said...

Your frippery flower is fantastic! I absolutely love the way you layered them! And your stamped background is so lovely. Love the tone on tone look. I didn't get those sets in my last order, and I'm soooo regretting it! Have a super week!

Anne B said...

Frippery indeed! Love what you've done with these new sets. They're on my list too. Your flower looks fab - see you don't need those dies after all :)

carol (krillsister) said...

WoW! You've done it again creating another uniques card. The background is gorgeous. The colors exquisite. Love the 3 D flower with the crochet(?) lace middle. The lace border is so flippery!

Kelly S. said...

Frip Frip Frooray! No?! Heee, I thought you would appreciate my new cheer! Love your beautiful Florentine Frippery Flower (say that 10 times fast)! So lovely in green, and it's so lovely with the French Country background. (I have never typed "Fr" together more that in this comment!!) We would never, frever kick you out of a challenge, you're just too much frun (big chuckles from me at my computer chair!)

Marybeth said...

Great job Jen! Love that you just cut your own Fripped flower :) Now that I see what everyone bought I want to buy more… I have to stop and just enjoy the cards you have made. Hoping you don't get kicked out, lol.

Julia Aston said...

Thanks for the interesting definition of Fripperie Jen! Your layered label is so pretty - wonderful bg stamping and beautiful lace! thanks for playing with the WMS sketch this week!

Michelle said...

Frippery is a word? Never heard of it! Learn something new every day, I reckon. I do love WMS' style of their sentiments. The fonts are so pretty and you always do wonderful work with their products. Love that bright twine over the lace trim too.
And that gigantic purple butterfly down there - love that...purple is my favie and all that texture...{love}

Kim Duran said...

I love that you looked up the definition of frippery! I should try to use that in a sentence one day! Lol! And your card is so pretty! I love the way you made the stamp look like a flower. Thanks for joining us this week at Waltzingmouse!