A Touch of Vintage

Isn't this little girl sweet? She's from a wonderful clear set of stamps called Garden Girls from Crafty Secrets. The stamps are all so detailed & stamp beautifully!

I stamped the girl on glossy paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the image with Copic markers.

The frame was created with 2 Spellbinders dies: Lables 1 and a Petite Oval. I embossed the paper first with a Cuttlebug folder, then cut the frame & embossed the edge. I added color with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Tattered Leather.

I used the same Cuttlebug folder to emboss the strip of cream paper with added highlights from Distress Vintage Photo. The edge punch is Arc Lattice from Martha Stewart. The paper on the card front is from Graphic 45. A few buttons & a satin ribbon complete the design.



Hopefully, I'll find more time to create for my blog next week. I've been so busy with the Fond Memories workshop which is this Saturday. We have 111 stampers coming! Incredible! It will be a busy day but oh so fun!

Hope to see some of you there!



Enjoy!

-judy

A Bit O' Luck

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Here's wishing you a bit o' luck on this day!

I don't usually make St Patrick's day cards. I'm not Irish. In fact, I don't think I've ever made one until tonight. I started with a plan to make some four leaf clovers with Spellbinder's heart cut outs so I could post something here to celebrate this day. Once I had those put together, I needed a background to add interest to my photo. Well, that led to an actual card ....a very dimensional card.

What do you think of those four leaf clovers?

I cut small hearts out of green cardstock & added a bit of Distress Peeled Paint ink. I shaped them & glued them to green florist wires. The card top has a green & white oval behind the check paper. I used a small oval Spellbinder's die to trace the oval shape onto the check paper and cut it out with a scissor. The curved verse is from a Crafty Secrets set called "Home Sweet Home".

I used the only green ribbon I had to create the bow. It seemed a little big at first but I love how it looks on the finished card. The tag was cut with a Spellbinder's die out of white paper. I added Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed & Pine Needles inks to it after I stamped & embossed the greeting (Hero Arts Happy Greetings) . A mist of water blended the colors.

This card was so much fun to put together!

Stamps: Crafty Secrets Home Sweet Home, Hero Arts Happy Greetings

Spellbinders Heart & Petite Oval dies, Pinking Pierceabilities

Distress Inks: Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Mustard Seed

Papers: Cloud 9 & Imaginisce

Martha Stewart punch

May luck be with you this day!

-judy