Vintage, Shabby Chic – Tangled Up in Creativity Challenge
Hi Everyone: This week’s Tangled Up in Creativity challenge is hosted by Rose over at Pink Lemonade. The challenge is to make your card in the vintage or shabby chic look. I hope my card is vintage enough.
This card is the first of several anniversaries that are happening during August and September so thought I would get an early start.
I stamped the Newsprint DSP using a stamp from Pedaling Past inked with Cherry Cobbler, tearing along one edge and sponging with Soft Suede. The Pedaling Past stamp is still available until August 31st in the Summer Mini Catalogue….don’t miss out.
To continue in the vintage mode, the Cherry Cobbler card stock (I am really liking this colour) is torn along one edge and sponged using Soft Suede, the bicycle built for 2 is stamped with versamark and Early Espresso and embossed using Clear Embossing Powder.
Finally, the paper flowers made using the Big Shot and the Birds and Blooms Die Cuts. Each flower has 3 layers which were sprayed with water until pliable, scrunched to distress them. The layers are held together with a brad and then scrunched again and left to dry overnight. The flowers feel like leather once they dried. The leaves are punched using the wings from 2-step bird punch. (another use for the bird punch – page 202 of the IB&C.
So until next time….
Karen
Very pretty! I love your shabby chic flowers! I’m now following you from SC!
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Karen – this is perfect vintage! You did a great job!
This is beautiful! Whoever receieves it will love it.
love it! Following from SC:
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Karen – great job on the vintage card – the image screams it, but your design in total makes it beautiful!
Oh wow! GREAT vintage card!! Love the new blog banner too!
This is just gorgeous Karen, a great card to meet the challenge. I just love the Newspaper Print DSP.
OMGoodness! This is just absolutely gorgeous! I love everything about it. So lovely.
Lynn
You have done just a terrific job Karen! I love the bicycle and flowers!
What an awesome design, Karen! Those shabby blossoms are exquisite!! So perfect with your wonderful papers and images!!
Love this card and the flowers are wonderful. The color combo is great for vintage. they will be happy to recieve it.
Beautiful card! The flowers are divine!
Very pretty and very vintage! Great card!
Great card. Very vintage.
Love it! Great colour choice and the flowers are fantastic!
You really nailed the Vintage style with this gorgeous card Karen! Thanks so much for taking my challenge this week!
Rose
I love this Karen, this is just fabulous, love the flowers.
Oh Karen this card is gorgeous! You did a wonderful job making the flowers.