The Traveller

Hello and welcome to my blog  :)  I have a collage/mixed media card to share with you today that I made for someone who loves travelling, as you can see I used it as a birthday card - belated I'm afraid  ;)  

I have used stamps from La Blanche - their Vintage Collection and Background Set; Distress Oxide inks, Versafine inks - sepia and black, a lazer cut MDF piece, puffy stickers and Vintage Ephemera from La Blanche, a couple of stencils and a some dies from my stash.

  

I took a piece of white card and blended a couple of DOs all over it.  I then flicked water over it and faux bleached randomly.  When it was dry I used a blue ink to stamp a collage image randomly over the background.

I took a stencil from my stash and used DO inks to add another layer to my background.  I love layering backgrounds.

I used a couple of the background stamps to stamp around the edges of a white base card.

I matted the background panel onto black card.

I stamped several focal images relating to travel with a Steampunk and Vintage twist, then cut them out.  I added gold gilding wax to the compass.

Next I took a piece of printed ephemera, I tore the edges and added ink to them then folded and rolled them to create an old, distressed look.

I took an MDF embellishment of a gentleman on a Penny Farthing, which was beautifully detailed, and stamped a postal themed collage image in black Versafine ink over it.

I stamped and coloured some more focal images.  I attached the background panel to the base card at an angle, then attached the other images and embellishments.  I decided to add the Penny Farthing because  the recipient is really into mountain biking, and he likes Steampunk too.  

I added some puffy stickers that look like rivets to add to the industrial Steampunk look.  Everyone knows how much I love Steampunk and Vintage so I  had a lovely time creating this card!  These gorgeous stamps are among my favourites in my collection, and the image of the lady with a steam ship and clock in her head is one of my oldest stamps.  It works just as well now as it did when new.  

Thank you for popping in today, I hope you have enjoyed this post.  Feel free to leave me a comment, I love to hear from you, and I hope that you'll drop by again soon  :)

Bright and Grungy

Hi - welcome to my blog  :)  I have a mixture of Vintage and Grunge to share with you today, another of my samples for the Chocolate Baroque October tv shows.  I have used stamps from the Baroque Ephemera sets 1 and 2 and the Floral Grunge set; matte spray inks, Distress Oxide inks, sepia Versafine ink and a gold pen from my stash.   

  

I began by stamping the flower onto a piece of smooth white card using sepia ink.  I masked the image with masking tissue and spritzed the card with the spray inks to create a bright but grungy background.  I then stamped various images from the Ephemera sets randomly over the background.  

I removed the masking tissue and painted the flower with Vintage Photo DO ink.  On a spare piece of card I stamped the flower again, painted it and cut it out.  I added gold pen around the edges of the background panel then matted it onto dark card.  

 I blended DO around the edges of a white base card then attached the background panel.  I then attached the flower I had cut out to the card.  I stamped the word 'Vintage' onto spare card, cut it out, edged with ink and attached it to the front of the card.    

This card was such fun to make and I'm really pleased with the result.  I love the mix of the Vintage flower against the bright cheerful colours of the background.  It's a design that would suit a lot of occasions and any recipient.

Thank you for popping in today, I hope that you've enjoyed this post and that you will come back soon  :)

Beachside Memories

Hello and welcome to my blog  :)  I have a lovely Vintage card to share with you today, one of my samples for the October Chocolate Baroque tv shows.  I wanted to create something that looked like a collection of seaside memorabelia - the sort that you might find in Grandma's attic.

I have used stamps from the Baroque Ephemera 1 & 2, Seashore Scenes and Eccentric Edwardian sets; Distress Oxide inks, and sepia Versafine ink.  

  

I began this project by taking a piece of copier paper and stamping ephemera images randomly all over it, using DOs.  I then spritzed water all over the paper and scrunched it up to create a distressed, aged look.  I pulled the wet paper out and flattened it, but not too much as I wanted it to look like a piece of old paper that had been folded several times and screwed up into a ball and forgotten about.  When the paper was dry I blended Vintage Photo ink around the edges of the paper and over the crinkled surface to age it even more.

I took a piece of smooth white card and stamped several images of tickets and post cards in the sepia ink and coloured them with DOs.  I didn't want the writing on one of the post cards so I used a damp tissue to remove it after inking.  I wanted to create a picture post card out of it.  Once I had coloured the images I cut them all out.  

After colouring the images I blended ink around the edges of each of them.  I then stamped the image of an Edwardian gentleman onto a piece of satin finish card using sepia ink.  I wanted to replicate an old photo.  When dry I took all of the images and scuffed, folded and tore the edges to age and distress them before arranging them on the background paper. 

I attached the background panel to an ivory base card, making sure that it wasn't too flat and 'perfect' looking.  

I attached the ephemera that I had made to the front of the card as a collection of memorabelia.

This card was not a quick one to make but I loved every minute of it!  I absolutely LOVE creating Vintage themed projects, and these gorgeous stamps gave me the opportunity to be really creative and indulge my passions. 
Thank you for dropping in today, I hope you've enjoyed this post.  Feel free to browse further, maybe leave me a comment, and I hope you'll visit again soon  :)