Craft Camp - #3

Morning all.

I can now post this card, as the person it was intended for was married this weekend past. Truth be told, I only recall vague parts of this card going together as (1)...it was done very late on the Saturday night of Craft Camp and (2)...I was more than slightly hypoglycemic when putting it together!!! On the upside....I was mote than happy with the outcome.

I knew that the colour scheme for the wedding was all vintage tones and I wanted the card to reflect this. I was inspired by the layout I saw here. I loved the idea of the hearts and birds. So...with that in mind, this is what I came up with......

There are lots of little things that are in this card that need a hi-lighted mention. The background is stamped with the largest stamp from "Style Beautiful"....a set that I have not pulled out in some time!! The hearts are actually White lace (yes shock horror.....I used LACE) and what is more shocking....I coloured it with a very light sponging in Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap to age it and make it fir the card. I was soooooooooooooo glad that Connie had these to sell at camp!!












As you can also see, on the bird I also carried through the large stamp to ass texture and interest. The DSP that was used for the Lace Border Punch was carried through onto the wings of the birds too.

Notice the different shape of the label? Believe it or not, it is actually the Decorative Label Punch. I got the idea from here at Debbie Henderson's blog.

I was so very happy with the vintage look of this card. I can only hope the bride and groom were too. I have a couple more weeks to wait and find out!!

Thanks for popping by.

Stuff used:
CS: (SU) Very Vanilla and Making Memories Paper Reverie - Brun Antique Dictionary DSP (#35856)
Ink: (SU) Soft Suede, Crumb Cake (stamped off), Tim Holtz - Frayed Burlap
Stamps: (SU) Style Beautiful, Petite Pairs
Punches: (SU) Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Word Window Punch, XL Bird Punch
Other Bits: Lace Appliques from Connie's Creative Scrapbooking, Dimensionals, Sepia Rhinestones from stash

Lynda xx

Style Beautiful - # 2

My MIL has the last family birthday for the year....5 days after Christmas....so in that...is a veritable minefield of fun and games. With JUST feeling good about what we got her for Christmas....we (or as in all cases.....I)have to come up with something for her birthday. I am not a big fan of combined pressies...as your birthday should be a seperate celebration.

With receiving Style Beautiful, I had the start of an idea for a card bouncing round my brain. Trouble is...what bounces around is very rarely what appears on the actual card. However, Here's what I came up with....

I wanted to keep it CAS and fuss free, cause that's the sort of lady my MIL is.

To get the flourishes lined up right, I cut a wide oval punch from a post it note and then stamped the black.  

Then it was a matter of stamping the larger flourish in Riding Hood Red as well as the sentiment over the top, cutting the wide oval punch out and mounting it on dimensionals.



Masking technique may need some polish, but I am happy with the way the card turned out....and it was also close to the idea I had bouncing round my brain. I think the sentiment is also lovely for a birthday too.

Thanks for popping by again.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Very Vanilla

Ink: (SU) Basic Black, Riding Hood Red

Stamps: Style Beautiful

Other bits: Dimensionals

Lynda xx