Tag: Vintage
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The Background Determines the Aesthetic
When designing a card sometimes the background determines the aesthetic. Both of these cards use the same Hero Arts’ Cobblestone Bold Prints stamp. The lighter-colored card was stamped with black ink onto white cardstock. The cobblestones were shaded with gray colored pencils. The card pictured below was stamped with Versamark onto watercolor paper without cleaning…
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Vintage Photos Used in Cardmaking
Grandma as a young woman When sorting through water-damaged books I was reminded of a few things about life and stuff in general. One, never take anyone or anything for granted. Two, you never know what you may find when sorting things headed for the trash bin. Three, even though my grandmother lived with us…
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OWH Cards and Happy Fourth of July!
On Memorial Day I was going to post pictures of a few cards that I made for Operation Write Home. But I didn’t get a chance, so here they are now. 🙂 Actually, I made and sent 70 cards to them but I didn’t think to take any pictures until most of them were packed…
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Scrapbooking Without Pictures
After taking a very long break, I am glad that the first blog post of my work includes an image of two of the biggest blessings in my life. Thanks for sticking it out with me and being here to share it. I appreciate all the support that you all have shown me! Now on…
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New Tutorial – Making Faux Textured Cardstock
A couple of months ago I stated that I would share a video showing the techniques I used to change plain cardstock into something that appeared like textured cardstock. It has taken me a bit longer than I expected, but here it finally is: There are three different ways that I have used ink on…
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Frosted Designs Tuesday Card Sketch #16
Kraft Cardstock Base Stamped and Embossed With White Welcome to another Frosted Design’s Sketch Challenge! We are using another awesome sketch from Ann Bacon. In fact, I had so much with it that I made two cards this time! Ann Bacon’s Card Sketch For Frosted Designs I used the same SU! background stamp for the…
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Frosted Designs Tuesday Card Sketch #13
Vintage Card Welcome to another Frosted Designs Card Sketch Challenge! I hope you play along with us and link your card at Frosted Designs soon! The Oh, So Talented Jenny Evans created another fabulous sketch for us this week! It can take you in lots of directions depending on your mood or style. Frosted Designs…
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Shabby Chic Card
Spellbinders Label Twenty – Four Layer Center Focal If you are a fan of Shabby Chic, you might like today’s card. There are two background layers on the card base, two different ribbons, two paper strips and then the four layer center! Add some pearls, layered butterflies, studs and a charm along with lots of…
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Vintage Kraft CTMH Typeset Card with Tim Holtz and Pink Paislee
Lots of stamping on this CTMH 6 x 6 Kraft Die Cut Card base Vintage uses lots of stuff! I have lots of stuff that I like to use. Therefore, vintage should be easy for me to do, but it isn’t. I struggle with proportion. The people who are able to “Do Vintage” without having…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 