Feeling Vintage

Feeling old? Well, yeah, a bit but mostly feeling vintage. In an effort to use up my stash of dp, I have found myself going toward the vintage/shabby chic.

And brown--lots of brown. Well, after all it is fall!!




Materials SU! unless noted
Cocoa Bliss Card:
Stamps and sets: Like it a Latte. Noteworthy, Elegant Inspirations, Linen, Swirls by RF (Autumn Leaves)
Paper: DP Kangaroo and Joey, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Close to Cococa, and Chocolate Chip
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate chip (and marker), Regal Rose, Creamy Caramel, Alabaster Chalk Ink by Clearsnap
Accessories: Cloud scissors by Fiskars, White Gel Pen, Tab Punch, Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals



Coffee Bliss Card:
Stamp Sets: Like it a Latte, Noteworthy, Time worn trim, Elegant Inspirations
Paper: 4 different dp's (non-SU!) Chocolate Chip, Close to Cococa, Whisper White
Ink: Close to Cococa, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Ribbon (unknown), Stampin Dimensionals, Cloud scissors by Fiskars, Tab punch

Shabby Box:
Stamp Set: Time worn trim
Paper: 3 dps (unknown), Close to Cocoa
Ink: Close to Cococa, Creamy Caramel (mostly sponging)
Accessories: Chipboard Coasters (unknown), Dies (Go Slim-alpha) and Machine (Ellison), 1/8" punch, Ribbon (various), Flowers (Prima Mktg), Deco scissors (Fiskars and Unknown), brads, Mod Podge (Plaid)

This also happens to be my #100 post!!

WOOO HOOO!!!!

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge

Beate posts a sketch on her blog (fresh & fun) on Fridays. I looked at it on Friday--but kept getting distracted. I had also done a few "false starts" for Jen's Limited Supply Bonus Challenge.

Well, today they all came together. (With a little help from a trip to the $ store yesterday.)

I looked to see what embellishments, paper and stamps fit into the requirements (monochromatic and floral retiring) and I built it up from there.

Happy Harmony is from Sell-A-Bration--so of course that is retiring. I had plenty of black, grey and white items--So away I went!!

The flower trio is stamped with white pigment/Craft ink, and embossed with white. I sponged the grey ink over the flowers to create a shadow by resist. I used the Color Spritzer tool to add depth. The image was cut out with the Coluzzle cutting system. I also cut out a black and white circle--each just one size larger than the grey circle.

The black circle was scalloped with a small corner rounder punch. The grey and the black are adhered together but popped off the white circle (which is sponged with grey).

The horizontal strip is Whisper White, Canvas stamped in and sponged with Going Grey.

On the grey background I stamped the Swirls in Going Grey, and highlighted them with a white gel pen. The black flowers are punched from black and I added the jewels. The sentiment is inked with a black marker (to leave out part of the sentiment) and stamped on white, and corners punched.

Materials (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

• Stamps: Happy Harmony, Canvas, Swirls: by Rhonna Ferrer for Autumn Leaves
• Paper: Basic Black, Going Grey, Whisper White
• Ink: Black marker, Going Grey, Whisper White (Craft)
• Accessories: Coluzzle, ticket corner punch, corner rounder punch, white gel pen, sponge, flower punch-$ store, jewels-PSX

Thanks for stopping by to look!