Vintage Birthday

Hi everyone.  Two cards to share with you today.  The first is my Design Team card for the latest challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More - Theme#6 (Vintage).  This is not a style of card that I make very often ... but I think this CAS card still had a vintage feel to it.  Most of the work is done by the gorgeous papers - Simple Stories "Generations".

This week's sponsor is

Prize:  $20 Gift Voucher

(please follow the rules of the challenge to be eligible to win)

Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes (SU!)
Paper:  Very Vanilla (SU!), Generations (Simple Stories)
Ink:  Soft Suede, Early Espresso (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Big Shot, Rose Creations Nestabilties (Spellbinders), pearl ribbon, sponge, brad,  adhesives, and glue dots

I sponged the Very Vanilla card front (and inside panel) lightly with Soft Suede ink to give the paper an aged look.  The pearl "ribbon" is for my local $1 store - love it!  I made the rose from the same patterned paper, making sure to cut the blooms out of the "rose" pattern section of the paper.  Makes for a very dark rose, which adds to the vintage feel.  The leaves are also cut from the patterned paper.


Here's a close-up of the rose:

I hope I have inspired you to join us for this fun challenge.  Check out the other fabulous creations by the Design Team at ATS&M!

____________________

The second card is for today's color challenge at SCS (CC414 - Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake) ... with the "dessert" being dry embossing.  Love these colors together and thought they'd be perfect for a nature / masculine card.  I had fun playing around with watercolor paper and ink to come up with my "aged" fern.  :)

You're One of a Kind

Stamps:  Word Salad (Paper Smooches)
Paper: Watercolor, Crumb Cake (SU!)
Ink:  Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Big Shot, Pair of Ferns die (Cheery Lynn), Rectangle Nesties (Spellbinders), Forest Branches embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), sponges, water mister, Stamp-a-ma-jig, glue, and dimensionals

I sponged the fern with Certainly celery (covering it) and then added light sponges of Chocolate Chip ink along the tips of the leaves and along the stem.  I misted it with lots of water and then blotted off the excess with a paper towel.  I liked the look, but the colors were too soft, so I sponged more Celery and Chocolate Chip on top while the paper was still wet.

I cut a frame using the rectangle nestie from Crumb Cake cardstock.  I swiped my Chocolate Chip ink pad directly onto the frame to create an aged frame (love how it turned out!).  I embossed a small piece of watercolor paper with the branches and glued it behind the frame.  The frame is popped up on the card front and the fern is glued on top.


Here's a close-up of the fern: