Thursday, January 15, 2015

Vintage Ladies with Floral Background

Hello Everyone!
Been kind of a not so good week.  My husband was home sick.  He tried going in today.  He still does not feel good though.  And, we have a busy weekend ahead too.  The Dearborn Big Band is playing at the Michael Guido Performing Arts Center on Sunday ( Don is the director and trumpet player).  So, a big day for the band.
Saturday, I am going to a fund raiser/card making day with my buddy, Sharon.  Should be fun!  Looking forward to getting out and making a few cards for fun after the hustle and bustle of the holidays.

I thought I would post two cards today.  The cards are a variation on my Vintage Stamping Challenge project I posted two weeks ago here. The challenge runs all month and the details can be found here.  The theme is "New Year - New Stash"


Here is Card one:


Materials List:
Stamps: Flowers Engraving and Vintage Fashion Girl - Twenties 2 both from Flonzcraft Stamps; speckles background stamp
Ink: Rich Cocoa, Toffee Crunch -Memento;  Creamy Caramel from  Stampin' Up
CS: Cream; Tobacco Brown; Black; Mustard yellow
Watercolor Crayons - Stampin' Up
Distressing tool
Ribbons
Heat gun
Spray bottle 

 Instructions:

  • Make a card from tobacco brown mustard yellow CS
  • Add a torn layer of black to the tobacco brown card
  • On Cream CS, stamp the Flowers Engraving with Toffee Crunch and another with Creamy Caramel ink
  • Stamp the Fashion Girls with Rich Cocoa ink
  • Stamp speckles on the background with Creamy Caramel for card two


  • Tear the edges of one stamped piece and distress the edges of the second stamped piece with distressing tool 
  • Color the edges with the watercolor crayon
  • Distress edges again
  • Spray the watercolor crayon lightly with water and dry with heat gun ( I rubbed the crayon coloring with my finger to soften the edges before drying)
  • Add to the card base


  • Add ribbons to each card




The cards are going in my to send box.  They will be perfect for any occasion.  I will add sentiments when I use them.

A Few Fun Challenges for my Vintage Ladies
Simon's Monday: inky background
4 Crafty Chicks: flowers
Just Inspirational: add a background stamp
Penny's Challenge: anything goes
Sisterhood of Crafters: anything goes with twist of new stash---my new stash---the Flower Engraving and Vintage Fashion Ladies stamps


I have three more cards made with the same stamps--They are not quite so distressed.  I will share those next week.  Hope you are having a great day!  Love ya.
Karen

9 comments:

  1. Two real beauties Karen, can see you are enjoying your Flonz crafting. B x

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  2. Both cards are beautiful! You know I LOVE vintage so this image really 'spoke' to me! Great job! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘ANYTHING GOES with a TWIST – use a new craft item’ challenge and please come back again soon!
    Darlene
    one of the 'Sistahs'
    The Sisterhood of Crafters
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

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  3. Two gorgeous cards Karen as always your so creative hope you enjoy your time at the fund raisng and card making day and hopefully hubby will get better soon x

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  4. Lovely cards, great use of those gorgeous stamps!

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  5. Beautiful card Karen. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty. We would love to see you again ... Anet DTx

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  6. Your Cards are beautiful Karen, love the vintage look. Great backgrounds for the ladies!

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  7. Fabulous cards, Karen. Love the vintage image and the ribbons are gorgeous. Thanks for playing along with the Sisterhood's "Anything Goes with a Twist" challenge.

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  8. Two beautiful cards and beautifully stamped! Thank you so much for sharing your project and for joining us over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! :)

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  9. Clean, simple and fabulous! I love the added touch of the flower. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderous inspiration with us at 4 Crafty Chicks Flowers Challenge.

    Tamie DT

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