Scrapology June card challenge - Vintage

This month, Hels Sheridan challenged the team to create a card based on the vintage theme.  That came quite easily to me, as I had this particular Paperstack out in an effort to use it up!

I made this particular card for my parents' wedding anniversary which fell on 27th April - their 49th anniversary! They have both had health issues over the recent period, so the message on the card was one I especially meant for them. 

The paperstack is "KOlogy" from K & Company.  I remember having a very specific project in mind when I bought it, several years ago, but then the project fell off the radar and life generally got in the way.  Years pass, tastes change, and now I am not really interested in doing heritage/vintage layouts unless it is for a specific purpose ....

The card is quite simple and came together quickly. I cut the background patterned paper and adhered it to the card.  Being a K & Co pad, it comes with lots of different tags and journalling spots.  I matted this tag onto some cream patterned paper, and then outlined the lot with green chalk ink.   The copper dots are Tulip fabric paint.  I was surprised to learn that it dots quite finely - crucial in this type of project.  I wanted something light reflective, so adhered lots of light green faux pearls onto the oval of the tag.  I stuck them on with liquid glue and used a pin to pick up a gem from the pile and place precisely onto the card.  This method is quite quick, once you've allowed the glue to go tacky, and the effect is very neat. 



Sketch and Scrap December

I am posting things all higgledy piggledy, but here is the sketch challenge I did in December. 

I made this layout below.  It is my friend Tara's daughter, Leah.  Instead of giving her Christmas and birthday presents each year, I make her a layout, and that way, Tara gets some of her photos scrapped! 

The photo is of Leah dressed up as a Second World War evacuee, with a very pensive look on her face.  It looked as though she was leaving everyone she knew and everything she knew!  In response to the photo, I wanted to do a vintage "Tim Holtzy" type layout. 

Supplies: 

K & Co "Classic" collection patterned papers,

Jenny Bowlin Bingo Card,

Stationery Tag - stamped and distress inked

Jenny Bowlin chipboard buttons

Fancy Pants lace

Labelling done with Dymo labeller onto Bazzill cardstock

Making Memories vintage brads

Upholstery trimming

Tim Holtz grungeboard

Hero Arts flowers

Prima leaves

Teresa Collins fabric ruler

Pebbles alphabet stickers

So that is one of the four layouts done, and another challenge completed. 



Grow

I'm not usually a fan of calling a layout by a phrase, but there seemed to be nothing else to call it...

A challenge layout I did today - challenge was to use only cardstock (no pp), a quote, and lots of embellishments!

Each person got a packet of Prima Brad Bitts at the recent Inspired retreat, and I don't really like big brads, so I designed this layout with the purpose of using them in one go. (I failed - I've got one left! :lol:) Vintage doily bought at a boot sale yonks ago, and I "doodled" around the edge of the layout with lots of ribbon and staples. Photo is me when I was 13 months old. I scanned the back of the photo and used it as my journalling because it is my grandmother's handwriting. The quote is from Heidi Grace and reads "It's where we go and what we do when we get there that tells us who we are". Joyce Carol Oates.

Products were vintage ribbon, bingo card, Jenni Bowlin ticket, Prima flowers, leaves cut out on the Cricut and the little birdy, branch and treehouse are a cute set from Hero Arts.  Doodlebug bling brads are silver.  Those Prima brads look skewiff here - they also have tulle circles with the brads.