You’re a Classic

Hi everyone, last week I was absolutely gobsmacked to win the top prize in the Visible Image FB 2nd anniversary ATC swap, which was a £50 VI store voucher … wow!! I nearly tripped over my own feet in my rush to claim it and to thank Mark and Helen from VI who had given such a generous prize, which enabled me to choose FOUR  stamp sets!! Here’s my first make with my new stash, using the set “You’re a Classic” which I deliberately chose to boost my supply of stamps suitable for masculine cards as most of my stash consists of feminine images!

This card really was quick and simple to make. I used some cream Lavinia multifarious card, which I bought on my visit to the Lavinia shop in March specifically to use for vintage and/or Steampunk style cards, and this is its first outing!! I dragged three different Distress Oxide ink pads over the card and spritzed with water, then stamped the car in sepia and dark brown ink - as it is meant to be a line drawing I didn’t think it needed colouring in. I then stamped sentiments in two corners, a couple of spatters in sepia, and grungy circles in grey. I then matted the finished panel onto dark brown card stock and my card base … job done!!

Stamps: Visible Image You’re a Classic (car and sentiments), Where Flowers Bloom (background circles), Sunflower Grunge (spatters);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Old Paper, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo); Versafine Clair (Pinecone, Morning Mist); Versafine (Vintage Sepia).

Challenges I would like to enter:

Country View Challenge (June) - Vintage

Double Trouble #139 - Masculine

Everybody Art #537 - Something For Men

Moving Along With the Times #155 - Man/Boy

My Time to Craft #509 - Masculine

{PIN}spirational Challenge #302 - Birthday plus Cars or Trucks

Sheepski #75 - For the Boys

Shopping Our Stash #498 - Let’s Hear It For the Boys

Try It On Tuesday - Make It Masculine - TOP 5

We Love Stamping (June) - Anything Goes with option CAS (2nd entry)

Happy times ahead playing with my new stamps (plus the couple of stencils I also bought at the same time, as it would have been rude not to!!🤣). 

I would also like to share a couple of fairly simple ATC's I made one day recently when I had a little spare playtime.

Sometime last year I won a $10 voucher over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, and I chose a set of 3 ATC background stamps. I have been getting round to using them ever since, and now was finally the time! I stamped, heat embossed in gold and cut out two of the portcullis stamp, then coloured each one with a vibrant colour of Distress oxide. I matted each one onto a standard black ATC base, and added a gold sparkly die cut flower. I couldn't decide what to do with the exposed black card on the top corners, so I delved into my rarely used folder of peel offs, and selected some gold corners, and while I was there i also added a little gold bee and ladybird that I found. I finished off with a Tim Holtz "Small Talk" sticker on each ATC.

Here's a closeup of one of them.

Stamps: Lost Coast Designs ATC Misc. Set 6;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers); Versamark; detail gold embossing powder;

Tools: Unbranded floral dies (Amazon);

Other: Tim Holtz "Small Talk" stickers; peel offs from my stash

Challenges I would like to enter:

Craft Rocket #104 - Use Dies

Crafting From the Heart #2 - Anything Goes (no cards)  (2nd entry)

Kraftin’ Kimmie Skrappy Challenge (June) - Anything But a Card 

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity #168 - Mini Me (2nd entry)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2322 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

QKR Stampede #466 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says (Monday) - Not a Card

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Flowers 

Word Art Wednesday #599/600 - Anything Goes

Take care, and thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,