Hi everyone, this month’s Country View Crafts FB challenge is Aged, Distressed and More… so I made a vintage style card using mostly products stored by the CVC store. Here it is.
I cut a 5” square of stamping card and created a smooshed background using a combination of Elements and Distress inks. I stamped the focal flower using Portobello VFC then stamped again onto separate white card, heat embossed and set aside. I added background stencilling using Scorched Timber DOX and a little background script stamping which I heat embossed white. I coloured the separate flower with Distress watercolour pencils and Wink of Stella, then die cut with the matching die. I edged the panel with blended DOX then distressed the edges with my distressing tool, and added some gold Posca spatters. When dry I matted the main panel onto brown then white card stock which also had the edges distressed, and onto a kraft card blank. I attached the die cut flower with scrunched thread behind it, and finally added a sentiment.
Here’s an angled picture to show the gold spatters.
Stamps: Sizzix and 49 and Market stamp & die set - Floral Mix Cluster; Tracy Evans Boutique Designs TE11 Background Elements; sentiment - unknown;
Media: Lavinia Elements ink (Soft Cygnet); Tim Holtz Distress inks (Tea Dye, Vintage Photo); Distress Oxide ink (Scorched Timber); Versafine Clair (Portobello); Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils (Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw); Versamark; WOW Opaque white detail embossing powder; clear embossing powder; Wink of Stella (gold); Posca pen (white, gold);
Tools: Tim Holtz distressing tool.
Challenges I would like to enter:
613 Avenue Create (May) - Anything Goes with option Floral Delight (3rd entry)
Beautiful Blossoms #29 - Anything Floral Goes (2nd entry)
Country View Crafts FB (May) - Aged, Distressed and More …
A Cut Above (May) - Anything Goes with a Die Cut (2nd entry)
Die Cut Divas (May) - Watercolour (2nd entry)
Just Us Girls #776 - Use a Stencil
Let’s Craft and Create #219 - Anything Goes with option No Patterned Paper (3rd entry) - TOP 3
My Time to Craft #560 - Square Shaped Cards (3rd entry)
Path of Positivity #131 - Anything Goes Positive (2nd entry) - TOP PICK
Shopping Our Stash #548 - By the Numbers
Simon Says (Monday) - Emboss It - WINNER
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes
Sparkles #188 - Flowers - SPOTLIGHT WINNER
Word Art Wednesday #700/701 - Anything Goes (2nd entry) - TOP 3
We were in Derbyshire last weekend, and I got to use a birthday present my husband bought me … a walk with an alpaca! It really was the most heartwarming experience - our group walked with young alpacas which really were beyond adorable. We also fed them carrots, and at the end got to meet and feed the rest of the adult alpacas. Here are a few pics and a video - please excuse the poor quality but my husband had to compress it to send it to me from his phone. It is exceptionally cute though!
Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,
22 comments:
You've added just the right amount of layers and distressing to your project, it's terrific! Thanks for sharing it with us at Just Us Girls, Pauline!
Beautiful card! Love the vintage colors and distressed edges. The die cut focal flower really pops in the pretty yellow. Thanks for sharing with A Cut Above's May Challenge.
Love love love piece Pauline. So my style eh! So lovely to see you join us at Just Us Girls. Thank you. Hope I see more of your talent again. Love the alpaca pics. What a super birthday gift.
Gorgeous card Pauline, that lovely stencilled background in the sepia tones together with the distressing gives it a fabulous shabby vintage look.
Thanks for sharing your photos, what a great gift and a lovely experience.
xx
Oh my lands, that video is adorable! What a fun experience that must have been! That alone made my day more positive! Now to the card, love it! Beautiful aged layers combining nature with ledger and grid! Wonderful look. Thanks for sharing with us at Path of Positivity. Katrina
Fabulous background and love the die-cut flowers-wow what a brilliant birthday present.
Carol x
Those alpacas are so cute and adorable! What a fun and thoughtful birthday gift!
And your card is so beautiful! Yellow is always so effective on cards and I am loving all the vintage vibes!
Love your card and those gold splatters. Thanks for sharing the alpaca pictures, so cute xx
Fantastic card with all it's different elements.
And . . . what a great birthday pressie. Those alpacas are ADORABLE with a capital A! xxx
thank you for sharing this vintage creating with us at Sparkle Challenge Garden Theme
Awesome mixed media card design and the little Alpaca is just too cute! Thanks for linking up at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge, and we hope you'll share again soon.
Donna xx
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The alpacas are so swet and cute. I had to remind myself about why I am visiting your blog. LOL I love the smooched background of your card and those wonderful flowers. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas for our May challenge.
Aren't those Alpaca sweet? I hear they are lovely, docile animals, I adore those faces. And I adore your card, the shabby chic look is perfect here. Lots of wonderful work, thanks so much for playing along with us over at A Cut Above, I hope we see you back again soon!
Judy~ ACA CT Designer
Fantastic...love the subtle stenciled numbers...beautiful creation!! Way to go shopping your stash for our "by the numbers" challenge over at Shopping Our Stash. We are so glad that you joined the fun and played along with us. Deb Horst, DT #SOS548
The alpacas are so cute! Your card is really gorgeous! I love mixed media and all the little details. Thank you so much for joining us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge! Good luck and I hope to see you again with a new project.
An absolutely stunning card. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday, Pauline. I appreciate you so much and I hope that you'll stop by again soon. By the way, I love alpacas. They're so fun (once you're used to being around them). Blessings.
Gorgeous card Pauline, the whole design of this is stunning!!
Aww the alpaca's are so cute! what a fabulous birthday gift! Am sure you had a lovely time :-)
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Pauline, your card is just stunning! Really love all of the embossing you've done and the brilliant texture you've added to your design! Such a lovely birthday present you got! I love that! Thanks so much for sharing your creation with us at the Mix It Up Challenge!
Sorry, I meant to say, thanks so much for sharing your beautiful creation with us at the Sparkles Monthly Challenge!
A gorgeous card Pauline, the gold splatters on the inky background add a lovely touch. Sounds like you had a lovely day and the baby alpaca's are so sweet.
Avril xx
That's a beautiful background Pauline and the perfect setting for those lovely yellow flowers! Thanks for sharing it with us at Sparkles Challenge
Deborah DT
🌺 Wow! Your use of texture and color is amazing — your blossoms look almost real. Thank you for joining and inspiring us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge! 💛
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