Hello everyone!! 

I had so much fun making this card!  

Vintage/Shabby Chic is my favourite, I love mixing stamps, die cuts and bits of ribbon. It’s great when an idea in your head comes together perfectly too! Doesn’t always happen but I love when it does!! 

I distressed the art piece edges with my old scissors, added a doily die cut from the retired Encircled in Beauty dies…I love these dies! 

The die cut leaves and flowers are from Ranunculus Romance as well. All the edges are sponged with Crumb Cake ink. 

I also used some left over pieces I had from my original One Sheet Wonder and cut out an outline heart for the frame. I stamped the art layer and the heart with the script from Very Versailles and Ranunculus Romance. I also stamped the outline around the art piece with a stamp from the Stitchery stamp set. 

The main flower is from my favourite stamp set Flowing Flowers, stamped in Magenta Madness ink, I love this flower! 

I added Very Vanilla Scalloped lace and pink rhinestones to finish.

Here’s the inside, again I used the Stitchery stamp set, so glad it’s in the new catalogue!! 

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog!  Hope you have a fabulous day!! 

Hugs~💕🌸   

Cherry Cobbler Goes Vintage!

Hi Everyone ~ I had fun making this card....I just love the new Cherry Cobbler colour!  I paired it with Very Vanilla and Black and used the new Newsprint DSP.  It's a deep, bold vintage look...I love it!

On the first layer (Cherry Cobbler), the background is stamped with En Francais using Early Espresso Ink. I ran the next layer (Very Vanilla) through the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder and rubbed Early Espresso Ink over the top with a sponge....then I ripped it and distressed the edges. Then I spritzed it all over with the Colour Spritzer and my Early Espresso marker...this is a very fun tool!

Next I took a piece of the Newsprint DSP, embossed it, ripped it and layered it onto ripped and sponged Cherry Cobbler, then again colour spritzed it.  The ribbon is Black Satin...this is such nice ribbon! The flowers are cut in the Big Shot with the Birds and Blooms Die, sponged with Early Espresso and layered together with a vintage brad in the centre.  The Very Vanilla Flower is embossed and sponged and spritzed.  To finish, I used the sentiment from Elements of Style.

Hope you enjoy this card!  Thanks for stopping by!

Judy

Vintage Elements

Hi everyone!

Okay...the secret’s out.... {g}...I love the vintage, shabby chic and distressed look! I had so much fun creating this card. It’s so exciting to see Vintage Cards popping up everywhere and there are so many really great ideas and I love them all...this card is inspired by everyone!

I really tried and tried to get a good picture, it is so pretty in real life, and the picture just doesn't capture it well.

 

I lost all sense of time as I stamped, sponged, tore and distressed my cardstock! I started out with Very Vanilla cardstock and then used my Folk Flowers Stencil (#118139) if you haven't tried these stencils...try them!  They are so much fun.  I positioned the stencil where I wanted it and smooshed the Versamark Ink pad all over, holding it carefully in place.

Then I clear embossed and took time out to clean my Stencil with a baby wipe.... I couldn’t stand the sticky Versamark on it...you know the saying 'Take care of your tools'! Then I lightly stamped En Francais with my Close to Cocoa spot and put my stamp down on the table, laid my cardstock on top and lightly tapped it, so that the stamping wouldn’t be a solid image....more of a here and there technique! You can't really see it in the photo. 

Next I stamped with Elements of Style and the little flourish from Tiny Tags. After the stamping, I rubbed tissue over the embossing to make it really pop.  I ran my Kraft Satin Ribbon straight over my Soft Suede ink pad and sponged it as well.  I added a few little branches from my garden and used my new Martha punch for the leaves (it came with clear stamps and matching punch).  Then I cut out the Beautiful Butterfly Bigz Die, stamped the Tiny Tags flourish all over it, sponged and added some gold wire for the antennaes. 

I added the butterfly with 2 dimensionals onto the branches so it would look like it was just resting there. Finally I added the sentiment on a dimensional and dabbed my 2 way glue pen randomly all over, especially the butterfly (!) and then sprinkled on some Champagne Fine Galaxy Glitter. 

Do you like it?  I love it!  It's definitley one of  my favourite things!!  Here's a little peek at the inside...got to shabby that up too!

 

Thanks for stopping by today and sharing your time with me!  I'm compiling a list of my favourite ways to distress, at least how I like to distress things.  It's not a professional artist list....only things I have tried that I love.  As soon as I finish it I'll share it here for you all to play with...bye for now!

Judy

Quick Card today!

Here's a quick little card share for you today! This is a 4" x 4" card using the new set, Vintage Vogue. It's absolutely one of my favourite sets!  Sorry for the blurry picture...I was in a hurry. {g}

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Kraft and Whisper White

Ink: Close to Cocoa

Stamp Set:  Vintage Vogue

Accessories: Scallop Border Punch (new in the Sale-a-Bration Catalogue), Swirly Sizzlet Decorative Strip Die, Scissors to cut out Vintage flower and a brad from my stash.

Hope you like it, it's a fast and lovely card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Judy

Vintage Vogue meets Paper Lace

Vintage Vogue is one of my new all time favourite stamp sets!  I love this paper lace too, I first saw it on Kimberly's blog, StampingbytheSea. She has a fabulous video on how to make it. 

I love the idea of making your own paper lace to match any project, I'm going to try some of my other border punches and see how it looks...I don't know that you can top the look of the eyelet border punch though!

First step to this card was to wheel the Very Vintage across the top of the card in Versamark, then I gold embossed it.

I stamped the flowers with Versamark, then clear embossed them and sponged the Close to Cocoa ink all over them before I cut them out.  This simple technique gives it a soft look as well as aging it a bit while showing off the details of the flowers.  I shaped the flower petals with my fingers and added a half back pearl to the centre.

Don't worry about the edging of your paper lace, you'll be covering it up with ribbon, so it will look perfect no matter what!

Here's what I used:

Cardstock:  Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Old Olive (Leaves)

Ink: My favourite (!) Close to Cocoa, Versamark

Stamp sets:  Very Vintage Wheel, Vintage Vogue both in the new Occassions Mini, and the sentiment is Vintage Labels from the sale-a-bration catalogue and is a free set with a $65 purchase!

Accessories: Little Leaves Sizzlit Die, Eyelet Border Punch, Half back pearls, Pink Satin Ribbon, Clear and Gold Embossing Powders.

I hope you like this card!  Thanks for stopping by!

Judy