More Vintage Fun!!!

I am kinda backwards...as most of you would know. I sent this card (my very first with Vintage Vogue set) to the delightful Anne Brignall with a Sesame Street card for her great niece. The instructions for this I got fm SCS. Here is the sesame Street card...

...and here is the card I sent as a surprise with it.....

...and a close up of the cut out flowers and the double-mounted "friends".

 I also got to bust out my Martha Stewart Double Loop punch......LOVE IT!!!!!!

I promise that I will give you all a break from this colour combination...as I realise I have done it to death the last couple of posts...but it is PURDY!!!

Thanks for dropping by.

Stuff used:

Card: (SU) Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Orchid Opulence.

Ink: (SU) Rich Razzelberry, Orchid Opulence, Old Olive.

Bits: 1/2 pearls fm stash, Martha Stewart Double Loop Punch, Dimensionals

Lynda xx

Crafter's Retreat #5

Yes....and still the creations come!!!!

The FAB Debbie P posted the most amazing wee box project sometime back...here....and I KNEW I had to give it a crack. I wanted to give it to my MIL for Mother's day. For this project I broke out the stunning Cottage Wall DSP and used the co-ordinating colours in that to make it work. I had many crafters looking at me put this together...and Debbie you'll be very happy to know it has a HUGE ooooooooooo and ahhhhhhhh factor!!! Debbie used the too cute Magnolia stamps...I decided to play a wee more with my Vintage Vogue clear mount stamps. The also very talented Kez and done some similar things here and here.

Here 'tis....fm all angles...LOL!!!

Fm the top...                                                           

With the top popped....showing the hidden calendar and the paper drawer open for those quick notes....

Sorry abt the variance in colour.....I tried to get it all the same but failed badly!! :(

Some close ups of the flowers on the easel and stand.....

...and finally a close up of the feature                          

...Oh yeah....and I did my first Build-A-Brad!!

The punch and 1/2 pearl combo.............
                                         

My MIL loved her Mother's day pressie (thank goodness). I had so much fun making these boxes and I can see many more being made in to not too distant future.

Thanks Debbie for providing such a great project and such inspiration for one of the great procrastinators!!

Stuff Used:

Card: (SU) Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP.

Ink: (SU) Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Orchid Opulence

Stamps: (SU) Vintage Vogue

Bits: (SU) Build-a Brad, Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch, Purple 1/2 pearls fm Bec's. Nestabilities Lg Ovals and Lg Scallop Ovals, double sided tape and SU Dimensionals.

Lynda xx

Crafter's Retreat #3

A set I recently aquired was the amazing Vintage Vogue set from SU's Autumn mini. this set is so fun to use and I got it in clear mount....so it speeds cards up in the blink of an eye. I have had a couple of ideas bouncing round the brain (very similar to the 80's Atari game "Pong" for those old enought to remember) and I wanted to keep them faily plain and simple. All have the same CS and ink combo with the same basic layout, but a tweak here and a twist there and the results (I think) are beautiful!!

And a close up of the flowers......They are raised up on a dimensional!!

Hope you enjoyed looking at these as much as I did making them.

Stuff Used:
Card: (SU) Very Vanilla
Ink: (SU) Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Old Olive
Stamps: (SU) Vintage Vogue, Whimsical Words (SAB 09 set), Great Friend.
Other bits: (SU) Dimensionals, 1/2 Ivory Pearls fm stash.

Lynda xx

Crafter's Retreat #2

Thought I'd start this one off by showing you exactly where I was for that weekend. It was held at the Collaroy Salvation Army camp, where we have been this past 3 years and it is a truly magical place to be inspired and create.

Here are the views that we are greeted with from the dining room...

And here is where we crafted....

And some of the magical cards produced.....

There was a fantastic mix of Scrappers and card makers and even 1 cross stitcher (the sister of the organiser...so of course she got an inside running....LOL!!!)

Now for some more of my creations.....

I have been hanging out a lot to get the Manhattan Rose Embossing folder fm SU and gave it a run at camp. On SCS there are many cariations of this card...but it was my first real fling with Vellum and I am wrapped with the result. My Prob has always been how to get the vellum to adhere well to the CS without too much tell-tale traces. HUZZAH!!!!! The results.....

I so love the intricate detail of this folder....

I can see myseld doing a lot more of these cards as they go up in a flash and are spectacular. Will definitely drag out the vellum again too. I love the way it looks in the Scallop Oval Punch (note to self to sharpen same) with the sentiment on top.

Catch you all soon with yet more!!

Stuff used:

Card: (SU) Whisper White, Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Vellum.

Ink: (SU) Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry

Other bits: Vellum Spray Adhesive, (SU) Dimensionals and Scallop Oval Punch.

Lynda xx