Vintage or Shabby Chic

Hello everyone, thanks for your visit. Today sees the 

beginning of a two week challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.

Aly from the Netherlands has chosen for us

Vintage or Shabby Chic

Please pop over to the blog to check out the wonderful

creations from the Design Team.

I chose Shabby Chic, I love to distress the edges with my scissors, 

I do have one of those little tools designed for the purpose, but for me

it's too neat, no, I like to get my scissors to the edges.

Papers are from Do Crafts Bellisima pack.

The image is a StudioLight Romantic Image.

All embellishments are from my stash.

3 of the small flowers are air dry clay flowers.

Shabby Chic

The challenge for the next week at Make My Monday 

is a favourite of mine

Shabby Chic

The Design Team have created some wonderful projects

please pop over to see them. 

I have just recently bought a wonderful CD 

and thought the images are so wonderful I must make a few cards. 

 The  papers and images are all from 

Crisalis Classics Vol 2 from Crafter's Companion

All the artwork is by Christine Howarth.

I distressed the edges for the shabby part and added

some pretty lace and a ribbon for the chic. 

I added Glossy accents on the faux buttons.

Thanks for popping by and for your comments. 

Vintage/Shabby Chic

Hello, for the next month at Sparkles Monthly the challenge is

Vintage or Shabby Chic

the Design Team have enjoyed playing with their vintage style papers,

please pop over to see their wonderful creations.

Materials Used

Scallop edge Kraft card 6"

Papers and flower from Craftwork Cards - Vogue Collection

Pearls, glitter and lace from my stash

Gathered Twigs DI

Techniques 

Scratched all around the paper edges to create a shabby finish

Coloured the edges with the Distress Ink

Added glitter to the flower and birdcage.

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We have two generous sponsors again this month, I'm sure you'll

enjoy creating a card or project - have fun. 

Stamping at Ruby's Rainbow

Hello, and welcome to my visitors, every individual visitor makes having a blog all worthwhile, but when you leave a comment, well, you have no idea how happy and upifting it is, unless of course, you too have a blog. For the next two weeks at  Ruby's Rainbow the theme is STAMPING. Come on ladies, let us see your stamping.  Please do pop over to see the wonderful samples from the Design Team. My card was made for the challenge in the Shabby Chic style, yet the topper started out as a tutorial at my card class.  I had a request to show how to use Flowersoft, which has been sprinkled on the baskets on the bike. The bike is a Katy Sue Designs stamp, one of their very first stamps, so I suppose it could now be called an antique stamp, but I still love it, it is so useful and versatile. The topper was coloured using Promarkers. The papers are a mixture from my stash. Embellishments consist of hessian, pretty flowery cotton ribbon, handmade flowers, Martha Stewart leaf punch. I look forward to seeing your stamping, enjoy the challenge and again, thank for popping by.
I am also entering these challenges
Whoopsi Daisy Challenges - Summer
Sweet Stamps - Summer
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Weekend Activities
Vintage Stamping - Summer Blooms

Distress It! at Fantasy Stampers

A new challenge starts today at Fantasy Stampers - Distress It!. I love the technique of distressing, you can either be soft and gentle, or shabby chic or go real crazy, get down dirty. I think this card is between the latter two. I'm so sorry for the black areas on the picture, it is actually gold embossing and even after several attempts with the photography the gold still looks black, unlike in real life where it is bright shiny gold.
Plain cream card  plus two pieces of the same card. Main card, I used a Harlequin stamp with Worn Lipstick DI, 2nd generation random stamping. Mat card was embossed in an embossing folder - brushed with Brushed Corduroy DI The edges of the mat card were scraped with the inside of a pair of old scissors, then the brushed Corduroy was rubbed on the edges.  Ribbon and bow, rose and hat pins added top the mat card. The main image was torn, brushed with Brushed Corduroy around the edges.  French Rose stamp from Inkylicious stamped with Versamark Heat embossed using white detail powder. Worn Lipstick  DI rubbed all over the card - Resist Technique I sprinkled Gold EP and sprinkled pink and white Frantage EP - heat embossed Curled up the edges, added to the card.  I hope you like it and forgive the lack of photography for this particular card. Please pop over to Fantasy Stampers to see the wonderful inspiration for the Design Team, we would love for you to enter this challenge, if your stressed then go for it, get down and get DISTRESSED!

Flowers and Leaves at MMM

Continuing our theme for January, which is NATURE, this week we are asking for Flowers and Leaves, at Make My Monday. I'm sure this will be a popular choice. As long as it has flowers and leaves, you can make any project, with any medium, we don't ask for anything other than this, other than you having fun. Please pop over to the blog for the team have made some very pretty projects. I used a favourite old stamp from Elusive Images, as was, now Chocolate Baroque, the script and rose stamp. I stamped flourishes behind and used Vintage Photo to stamp the rose, I did a little watercolouring to add some shading.  The leaves on the horizontal panel are from a leaves set from Sheena Douglass. I covered the white card with Frayed Burlap to make it all look more Shabby Chic. I look forward to visiting you over the next week.