Lots of Layers with Vintage Stamping Challenge

Hello Dreamers!
It is time for a new challenge over on the Vintage Stamping Challenge Blog!
The theme for the month of March is:

Lots of Layers  

At least 3 layers, please, on your project with stamping (no digis).  The challenge is sponsored by Flonz Craft Stamps and one lucky person will win a $15 gift certificate to the store.

I used a beautiful Flonz Craft stamp for my Lots of Layers project.

Materials List:

Stamp: Flowers Engraving from Flonz Craft stamps

Ink: Black Dye Memento

CS: Glossy White; Pink; Black; Peach

Hand made Background paper

Corner Punch from Martha Stewart

Paper Doily

Fabric Strips

Make It:

• Make a card from pink CS
• Wrap Fabric strip around a layer of background paper--this paper was made with a mono printing plate, stencils, embossing folder, and acrylic paints.  (Decorative paper could be substituted)
• Tie fabric in a bow
• Add the peach CS strip and paper doily

• Stamp the Flower Engraving stamp on glossy CS with black ink
• Add a layer of pink and black CS
• Punch the corners on a rectangle of black CS
• Glue the stamped piece to the black rectangle and add to the card

So, let's see, that would be eight layers for this card.  Oh, how I like to layer.  LOL.  Take our challenge!! Link your project up on the blog--- can't wait to see what you come up with!!  Have a super day!
Karen
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Challenges:                                 Mojo Monday-

Our Crafty corner: anything goes
Creative Fingers: anything goes
Fussy and Fancy: bingo--Column one
Crafting with friends; anything goes
Crafting with Dragonflies: girly cards
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Vintage Apron White on White Card

Hi Dreamers!
I am still busy making cards for cards drives and charities.  Tomorrow I will share 6 cards I made for a card drive...check back tomorrow for those.  I have made about 50 cards so far!

For today, let's look at my vintage apron White on White card.  I stamped the Misses' Apron stamp from Pink Persimmon  and layered and layered in different shades of white and cream with  lots of textures.

Materials:
Stamp: Misses' Apron from Pink Persimmon
CS: Whites and Cream - smooth and textured; Wrinkled Paper from Snickerdoodle Scarps
DP: Cream Patterned from SEI
Ink: Espresso Truffle Memento
Embossing Folder: Eiffel Tower Tim Holtz
Leaf die cut: Sizzix
Edge Punch
Paper flowers
Pearls

Instructions:

• From the Patterned Paper make a large card base--mine is 5.75 x 6.75 inches
• Cut four layers from various cream and white CS
• Dry emboss one of the layers
• Edge punch a strip of white CS

• Assemble all the layers
• Stamp the Aprons on White CS and add to the card front
• Die cut the leaves from white and cream CS and add to card
• Add the flowers and pearls

**************How about a few fun challenges for my White on White Vintage card:
Papertake Weekly: bingo----I used Gems, Die cuts, Flowers.
Cheerful Stamp pad: anything goes
Card Mania:something new---I used my new stamp-Misses' Apron
Love to Create: anything goes
Crafty Hazel nut Patterned paper: use patterned paper
Emergency Crafters: flowers


I just love this stamp!!  Check out the other card I made with Misses' Apron here.  Really a versatile stamps!! And, you know me and vintage stamps---major love affair!!  LOL

Okay, so next time I will show you the cards for Emma's Card Drive.   I have 6 cute cards fit for a sweet little girl!!  I will have details on the card drive too.  See you then!!  Love ya.
Karen

Shabby Chic Apron

Hi Dreamers!
Let's get shabby today--Shabby Chic that is!  I picked up some new stamps the other day from Pink Persimmon.  Some of them are vintage in nature---are you suprised??!!   This stamp is called Misses' Apron.  I could not wait to ink up this lovely vintage apron image.  I already made two cards  with the stamp.  I will share the second card later in the week.  So, let's look at today's  card.

Materials:

Stamp: Misses' Apron-Pink Persimmon

CS: White, Kraft -TPC, Textured Brown -Bazzill

Ink: Mushroom - Adirondak to stamp with

Distress Inks: Anitque Linen, Frayed Burlap

Distress Markers: Antique Linen, Old Paper

Fabri-Tac Glue

Ribbon: Black- Stampin' Up

Black Bakers Twine

Lace

Buttons

Instructions:

• Make a 4.25 x 4.75" card from Kraft CS
• Stamp the Aprons on White CS
• Color Aprons with Distress Markers
• Tear out and distress the edges with Distress inks
• Layer onto a torn piece of textured Brown CS

• Glue two peices of Lace to the edge of the card base--I used Farbri-Tac glue for the fibers
• Glue  the stamped piece down onto the card base
• Add the Black ribbon covering the edges of the laces
• Wrap twine around card and tie in knot
• Add the buttons

Great image!  I can use this card for a note to a friend, thinking of you, or a just saying Hello kind of card.


*************How about a few challenges??!
Challenges:
Crafting by Design: anything goes
House of Cards: cute or Shabby Chic + buttons
Perfectly Rustic: shades of one color
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes
Dream Valley: vintage
Eceltic Ellapu: vintage
Fashionable Stampers: anything goes

Next up in Dreamland:  I will have the second Card made with the Apron Stamp.  It is a white on white with lots of textures and layers.  So, stay tuned for that!  I hope your day is going well!  I better get a move on and make a bit of dinner!  See you soon.  Love ya.
Karen

Shabby Circles with Blockheads Stamps

Hi Dreamers!
Here I am going all shabby chic again!  Today's project is Shabby Circles made with Blockheads stamps that coordinate with Spellbinders die cuts.  I used a soft earthy color palette of  yellow and green.

Materials List:

Stamps: Classic Circles, Small  and Verses, Special Delivery from Blockheads Stamps

Inks: Ginger, Pesto, and Butterscotch Adirondack; Mango Madness and Wheat Versa Magic

Standard Circles, Small Spellbinders Nestabilities die

CS: cream, yellow, green

Scraps of fabric

Pearls

Instructions:

• Make a square card from green cardstock and rough up  the right edge
• Layer with yellow CS
• Distress the yellow layer with Versa Magic inks
• Add scraps of fabric to the lower edge

• Stamp the Classic Circles stamp three times with each of the Adirondack inks
• Cut with three different sizes of circle dies
• Layer the circles on top of each other
• Add to the card front with dimensional adhesive
• Add pearls

• Tear a strip of cotton fabric and tie in a bow
• Add to the card

 Inside

• On the inside, stamp one circle with Butterscotch ink
• Stamp Thank you from the Verses stamp set with Ginger ink and cut with circle die

This stamp made a nice shabby Thank you card.  I can also see this as a Christmas card in red and green.  Or, a wedding card in blues and gray with satin ribbon.  

And, how about a few select challenges?!!

Simon Says stamp: anything goes

Loves Rubber stamps: anything goes

Papertake Weekly: anything goes

Shopping our stash: no DP

Love to Scrap: use rubber stamping

Well, I had a fun day working in the garden.  Put my dahlia bulbs in and planted some veggie plants.  Did lots of other dirty jobs like pull out brick edging, pull out all the  grass and weed, put the bricks back.  Looks really good now.   I will see you tomorrow with some ribbon ideas!  Have a great day.  Love ya.

Karen

Regally Shabby Chic with Blockhead Stamps

Hi Dreamers!
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.  Today, I am back with a project made with Blockhead Stamps.  I call this card "Regally Shabby Chic".

Materials:

Stamps: Feeling Regal and Grunge It Up from Blockheads Stamps

Inks: Victorian Velvet and Spun Sugar Distress Ink

Cardstock: cream, pink, brown

Mini Harlequin Crafters Workshop Template

Pink and Brown Ribbon

Instructions:

• Make a card from pink CS and layer with brown
• On cream CS, stamp the Crown Border with Victorian Velvet ink
• Stamp a second row of crowns on a small piece of cream CS and tear the crowns apart

• Stamp the lines (from Grunge It Up set) with Spun Sugar ink
• Lay the Harlequin Template over the CS.  Apply ink over the template with an Ink blending tool (Ranger) or a sponge will work too.
• Distress the edges with both Victorian Velvet and Spun Sugar inks.
• Glue the torn crowns to the card front
• Fold short pieces of ribbon in half and glue to underside  of cream CS 
• Add to card base

 Inside

• Repeat for the inside
• I still have room to stamp a sentiment or write a short note

A few Fun challenges for my Regally Shabby Chic Card

Avenue 613: anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody:anything goes

Cards In Envy: make your background --card no thicker than 1/4"

Craftin Desert Divas:Ribbon or twine

Created with Love: at least 3 layers

Okay, hope you enjoyed this Regally Shabby Chic card.  Have a super day and see you later in the week with something crafty and dreamy!  Love ya.

Karen

Shabby Chic Butterfly with Blockheads Stamps

Hi Dreamers!
Spent a lot of the weekend working on the yard and garden.  I had three flats of annuals and potted them in pots.  We are having unseasonably hot weather --90 degrees F!!!  So, it was too hot to work outside yesterday.  Instead, I made this Shabby Chic Butterfly card with stamps from Blockheads.
----My studio re-do is completed!  I will share photos of that later.  I still have to fine tune things after working in there yesterday.  I really need to move my inks. Have to come up with a way to have my inks on the desk.----
Here is the butterfly.

Materials List:
Stamps: Painted Butterflies and Feeling Regal both from Blockheads Stamps
Ink: Toffee Crunch Memento
Cardstock: cream, kraft, and med brown
Metal Stickers-Nail Heads/Silver
Cream Twill and lace

Instructions:

• On the cream CS, stamp the Large Damask (from Feeling Regal set) with Toffee Crunch ink--stamping off once first.
• Stamp the Butterfly with Toffee Crunch.  
• Rough up the edges of the CS and distress with Toffee Crunch

• Add lace, twill, and Nail Head stickers

Inside

• Stamp the Large Damask image again and repeat roughing up and ink distressing for the inside

I will add a sentiment later when I send the card.  I could add any sentiment to this multi purpose card: birthday, thinking of you, hello, etc.....  I love the monochromatic softness of this color scheme.  The Blockhead's Design Team is really working the Shabby Chic Theme this month on the Design Blog here.  Check out all the good stuff!   

I will be back later today or tomorrow with the photos of my room.  Stay creative!  LOL  See you then.  Love ya.

Karen

Vintage Santa Celebrates with Character Construction

Hi Dreamers!
I hope you are having a great weekend!  To help Celebrate the Season, I have made a Vintage Santa card.  To make this card with old world charm,  I used stamps from Character Construction's  Vintage Christmas Set #2 

To really get a vintage look, I stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento ink.  Memento inks work great with Copic markers.  I did color the Santa with Copics.  Here is how I got the vintagey look with Copics.

• I used only one color--a dark red and colored the suit.
• I came back with the colorless blender and removed most of the red marker. 

I am very pleased with the results.  Sometimes I thought that I really did not want to use my Copics on vintage projects.  But, now I have figured out a way to make them work when I want to go all vintagey.   Here is a closer look.

I layered Santa on a red card base, a red crinkle cs, and a brown CS.  The edges were distressed (not with ink, but with the edge of a broken pair of scissors).  And, I tore one edge of the CS layers.  The Sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped with Rich Cocoa.  And, of course, I added a big bow.

Another Christmas card for my basket.  I have not counted them in a while but, I think I am getting pretty close to being done.  I can make a few quicker cards if I run short.    Now, don't talk to me about Christmas shopping.  I am seriously challenged in that area.  As in not done one little bit.  Well, anyway, I could order everything from Amazon.  LOL  Just bouncing around a few ideas.  My husband hasn't even told me what I am getting him this year.  LOL  Oh, it is just so much easier that way.  He always wants some music thing.    Like for his birthday, a few weeks ago, I got him mouthpieces for his trumpet.  Oh, it is all good!


My Vintage Santa Celebrating is entered in the following challenges:
Dream Valley: non traditional Christmas
Corrosive Challenges: Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp: Anything goes
Stamping Sensations: a tree
Christmas Card challenges:Christmas and optional sketch
Winter Wonderland: Santa


See you on Monday with a sassy Christmas card with Marilyn Monroe !  Have a great day.  Love ya.
Karen