Going Vintage for Jingle Belles

For their current challenge the gals at Jingle Belles want us to go vintage. I have to admit, every time I hear "vintage" I panic a bit, as its not a look I feel I can pull off very well. However, I put my head down and went to work in my craft space, determined to get this challenge done!

Well, it took me a few days but I did finish it and I have to say, I am pretty happy with the way it turned out!  People interpret vintage so differently and for me I picture browns and reds and very subdued hues. I pulled out the SU retired stamp Christmas Collage and inked it up with the StazOz Timber Brown on some Crumb Cake. I then used my aquapainter to color in some leaves with Always Artichoke, and some berries with Cherry Cobbler. I then took the sentiment from the retired set Bells and Boughs, stamped it in Always Artichoke on Crumb Cake and then punched it out with the Decorative Label punch and sponged the edges with the StazOn brown. I stamped an image from Bells and Boughs, water colored it and then attached it to the sentiment panel, and popped the whole thing up on the card with dimensional's. Then I stamped the main image on some Crumb Cake again, this time coloring in the '25' with a Cherry Cobbler marker and the surrounding design with Always Artichoke. I punched it out with the 2 1/2" circle punch and popped it up on the panel with some dimensional's. I completed the card by placing some Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details on some of the berries.

Make sure you head over to the Jingle Belles blog and play along! It feels great to be so ahead on Christmas cards!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Christmas Collage (retired), Bells and Boughs (retired)

Paper: Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake

Ink: StazOn Timber Brown, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Decorative Label Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details, sponge, dimensionals

Trying a Vintage Christmas

I managed to sneak in a little stamping time today and wanted to play along with both the Jingle Belles challenge and  Freshly Made Sketches.

The current challenge over at Jingle Belles is to make a vintage Christmas project. Now I will be the first to admit that I am not good at vintage, it's just not a look I can pull of on my cards. However, when I think vintage Christmas I think browns and reds and so that's what I used for my card.

I love this image of a large lodge in the woods and what better way to highlight it than with this great sketch from FMS. I used some retired DSP from Deck the Halls to make the banner, and liked the red against the brown. The banner is popped up with dimensionals so it doesn't sit right on top of the other layer.  I also added some glitter along the roof of the house, but I took the picture before it dried so it may be hard to see :)

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Christmas Lodge, Plaid Pattern(retired)

Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Deck the Halls DSP (retired)

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso

Accessories: Dazzling Details, sponge, dimensionals

Wonderful You

I recently received an order for 5 cards. I posted one of the cards the other day, and here is another one I made for the set. My friend wanted a specific "thinking of you card"(which was the moose one I created) and anything after that was my choice. I decided to go with a general "wonderful you" card and this is what I came up with.

I normally dont do vintage very well but I think this card came out pretty vintage looking and I must say, I really love how this card came out! I just know my friend is really going to love it also.

The main image panel is popped up with dimensionals as is the sentiment section. The edges of all the paper has been sponged with Soft Suede except for the main image panel, I sponged that with Pool Party.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts

Paper: Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla, Attic Boutique DSP

Ink: Soft Suede, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Accessories: Big Shot, Lacey Brocade EF, Framelits Labels, Aquapainter, sponge, dimensionals

Sketchy Vintage with Friday Mashup

Happy Friday to everyone! I hope you have had a great week. Mine has been wonderful, lots to smile about and be thankful for!

Todays Friday Mashup is brought to us by Kasey and she is giving us a sketch to work with, plus she also wants us to make give our projects a shabby chic or vintage feel. Thats really not my type of thing so I had a tough time with that portion of the Mashup and I dont know if I really captured it or not, but at least I tried right :)

Now make sure you head on over to The Friday Mashup and play along with us and dont forget, you can still submit your ideas for the Fan Favorite Challenge! The link is open until Feb.22nd!

1. Make a project using the "Sketch".
2. Or Make a "Shabby Chic / Vintage" project.
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Shabby Chic/Vintage project using the Sketch".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: On The Grow

Paper: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede, Black StazOn, Marina Mist, Basic Gray, Real Red, Lovely Lilac, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Photo Corners Punch, Color Spritzer Tool, sponge, dimensionals

Friday Mashup Vintage Flowers

Its the best day of the week again, Friday! You know what that means...its time for another Friday Mashup challenge and this week Kathy is bringing it to us and boy did she send me out of my comfort zone with this one! Kathy says to:

1. Create a project with a vintage look
2. Create a project with flowers
3. Create a project with a vintage look that also uses flowers!

This one really had me stumped for a bit because while I like the look of vintage cards I'm not good at making them, and while I love flowers its generally not something I put on my cards. I started 2 or 3 cards before I finally ended up with this one, and even this card isnt my normal style as the only stamping involved is the sentiment! That is totally not me...usually I pick the stamps that have a lot of detail and need coloring for my cards. This card is all stickers and die cuts! Hope you like it....my husband actually did so I figured I did okay if he liked it, LOL.

Now head over to The Friday Mashup , check out all the other great cards by the rest of the design team and play along with us!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: sentiment from Thanks For Caring

Paper: Crumb Cake, Old Olive

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Flower stickers from K&Company, Sizzix Branch w/leaves die, small oval punch, dimensionals, sponge, Color Sprizter tool

Going Vintage

Well, I attempted to anyway. This weeks challenge over at the Jingle Belles blog is to go vintage, connect with Christmas Past. I grew up in MA and when I think of vintage I get images of Norman Rockwell. I LOVE his winter and Christmas images. However, I couldnt quite bring that sort of thing to life so this is what I came up with, a CAS card,lol.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Winter Post, sentiment from Bells and Boughs
Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Deck the Halls DSP
Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler(inside sentiment, not shown)
Accessories: Always Artichoke brads, Early Espresso ribbon, sponge, Scallop Border Punch, dimensionals