Vintage Christmas Card and Tags

Hello! It's Gloria Stengel back again with another project. I made a card and two tags for you this week. (If you missed my Christmas composition box from last week, click HERE to see it.)

My favorite type of Christmas decor is vintage with traditional colors and a bit of rust and whitewash tossed in for good measure! I like to use chipboard elements on cards and tags because it adds a lot of detail and interest without a lot of bulk or weight.

The card is 6" x 5" and made with dark brown cardstock. I used just a bit of designer paper because I wanted the chipboard elements and the sentiment to be the stars of the show. {Stars...get it?!} I covered the oval element from the Stars and Flourishes Borders and Corners Set with gold pigment ink and then embossed with Aged Bronze Embossing Enamel. I made sure to allow the enamel to look pitted and aged, with a few bits of the original chipboard showing through. 

I decorated the star oval with snowflakes from the Winter Shape Set and the  Snowflake Shape Set. I sprayed the snowflakes with white shimmer mist, and then embossed them with sparkly white embossing powder. The buttons are tied with kraft twine and then glued to each snowflake.

I covered one of the keyholes from the Keys and Plates Shape Set with gold pigment ink. I added tiny gold brads to the keyhole. Each flower was dipped in gold ink before I glued them to the card.

I decorated the inside of the card with some leftover bits of paper and a stamped greeting.

I always need extra tags around the holidays, so I made two tags to match the card. 

I added a bit of paper to the front of the tag before adding the chipboard elements. I sprayed the star flourishes from the Stars and Flourishes Borders and Corners Set with white mist and then dabbed them with watermark ink. I then embossed the flourishes with embossing enamel. I mixed white embossing enamel with gold embossing powder to make a custom enamel! I love how "clumpy" and thick the enamel is, but the areas with the gold embossing powder are thinner, sort of like rust. It makes the chipboard look amazingly vintage!

I sprayed the word from the Words and Phrases 1 set with Fire Baseboard Mistable Paint and Pearl Glimmer Mist. I added some "gilded" flowers and some bits of paper the I curled around a stylus. I also tucked a few faux postage stamps into the flowers.

I decorated the small tag with one corner from the Art Deco Corners Set, which I sponged with gold pigment ink. I sponged the miniature bookplate from the Miniature Bookplates Shape set with silver pigment ink. I added tiny silver brads to the bookplate. I used a Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel for the stars.

I hope you use up some of your paper scraps and bits of chipboard to make a few cards and tags this holiday season! Come back next week to see more...fun with chipboard!

~ Gloria Stengel: Scraps of Life 

Supplies:

Gina's Designs Laser Cut Chipboard:

Stars and Flourishes Borders and Corners Set 

Snowflake Shape Set

Winter Shape Set

Keys and Plates Shape Set

Words and Phrases I Set 

Art Deco Corners Set

Miniature Bookplates Shape Set

Other Products:

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Rhubarb Stalk dye ink, Delicata Silvery Shimmer and Golden Glitz pigment ink, Top Boss Watermark ink 

Mist: Tattered Angels Fire Blackboard Mistable Paint and Pearl Glimmer Mist, Deco Art White Shimmer Mister

Embossing powder and enamel: Stampendous Shabby Blue and Aged Bronze EE, Hampton Art glitter white EP, custom mix white and gold EE

Paper: Graphic 45 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Paper Studio Old World Winter

Cardstock: WorldWin Papers Cocoa and Natural

Stamps: Verve Stamps Holiday Treats, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Christmas Innies

Tags: Graphic 45

Ribbon and twine: Really Reasonable Ribbon Light Silver and Old Gold Diagonal Stripe Satin ribbon, Iridescent White Metallic String

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Brads: Creative Impressions

Buttons: craft supply

Tools: corner rounder, Spellbinders Framed Tags One die

Adhesive: Ranger Glossy Accents, Scotch 3M ATG tape, hot glue

Romantic Cards

Hello everyone!  Barbara here with a couple of mixed media cards to share.  I love working with Gina's Designs Lasercuts chipboard because it is so easy to make beautiful cards.  I have a complete step-by-step tutorial on my blog if you are interested.  Otherwise, here is a quick explanation.

For both cards, I used paper from the same Kaisercraft pad and acrylic paints to color the chipboard.

On the Love card, I colored cut sections from the Swirled Hearts Texture Sheet  with blue, buff, and red acrylic paint and adhered them to the card front, as shown. 

I colored the half Intricate Cardstock Doily with blue, green and buff paint, which I layered onto a scrap circle of corrugated cardboard.  The word Love was colored with red and buff acrylic paint and adhered to a label from the paper pad, along with Rose Leaves that were colored with blue, green and buff acrylic paints.  A butterfly and gem swirls were added, as shown.

For the second card, Lost In You, the same acrylic colors were used as in the first card.  However, a slight change was made when coloring the peacock feather   After adding blue, green and buff paint, I then coated the feather with a mix of interference gold and red.  

Two banner shaped papers were distressed and adhered before layering the half Intricate Cardstock Doily and chipboard pieces Lost in You phrase and peacock feather. Lastly, flowers and a butterfly were added to finish it off.

Gina's Designs Lasercuts supplies used:

Peacock Feathers Shape Set

Texture Sheet Swirled Hearts

Rose Leaves

Cardstock Doily Set - Intricates

Words and Phrases 1

Other supplies used:

Kaisercraft paper pad

Acrylic paints

Paper flowers and butterflies

I hope you enjoyed my cards today and will check out all the wonderful chipboard products at Gina's Designs Lasercuts.  You will also find more inspiration from the design team there.  You won't be disappointed.  

Have a wonderful and creative weekend!

Barbara

Vintage Dressform Note Cards by Kim C.

Do you ever just need a simple but lovely note card to send with a gift?  I know I do from time to time, so I decided to make some vintage note cards.  These are simple, but very easy to make 3 x 3 note cards.

I started with some kraft colored cardstock and added some vintage looking pattern paper.  Vintage lace was added to the edge of each card.  The dressforms have some gesso applied to them to enhance the look of the forms.  I then made a punched flower with a flat back pearl to the center of each one.  I didn't add any sentiment to the cards, I can do that when I send each one of them out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina's Designs Used:

Dressforms 1 Miniatures Shape Set

Other items used:

Kraft Cardstock

Vintage Lace

Gesso

Pattern Paper: Paper Studio Mirabelle Collection

Flat Back Pearls

Punches

Two Thought Provoking Cards

Hello everyone!  Barbara here, and I am in a card making mood.  It might be because I have several birthdays on the horizon, and I am in dire need of masculine cards.  My first card is made with the male recipient in mind, while the second card could go either way just by changing the bicycle.  

As you know, we have been featuring papers and embellishments from The Robin's Nest this month.  I love the quality of their products, and I know you will, too.

Directions:

Clockworks Penny Farthing Card

Cover front of 5"x7" kraft card with the brown herringbone print from the Regent Street paper pad.

Cut Graphic 45 paper to 5"x7", distress edges.  Tear a "V" from the top, large enough to fit a gear behind the opening.  Distress edges with paper distressor tool, edge with Vintage Photo distress stain. The stain gives the edges a burnt look.  Mist corners with water and curl around the end of a paint brush.  Let dry.

Stamp sentiment (One Penny for Your Thoughts) onto a fussy cut printed label from the Steampunk Botanica pad with black archival ink.

The Clockworks Penny Farthing was inked with Vintage Photo and Black Soot Distress stains.  The two gears were inked first with Vintage Photo distress stain, then Tarnished Brass and Antique Bronze distress stains.

I could not resist adding a spinner to the center of the Penny Farthing (below). I love the two-toned effect on the chipboard from the two distress stain colors.

In this photo, you can see the gold gear that I slipped behind the torn away paper, and on top, I added the second gear with another tiny spinner.

Before adhering the stamped label with foam dots, I heated a section of film strip to "wrinkle" it.

My next card could be either feminine or masculine, just by changing the bicycle to a boy's bike.

Life is a Beautiful Ride Card

Cover front of 5"x7" kraft card with The Robin's Nest Saffron Honey paper.  Distress the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink.

Use the reverse side of the Saffron Honey paper to punch a decorative strip and adhere along left edge of card.

Use a Versamark pen to color the bike, and heat emboss with Glacier embossing powder.  The tires were heat embossed with Midnight Black embossing powder, while the pedal, handlebar, and seat were heat embossed with Black Puffs embossing powder.

A tiny pieceof olive green paper was glued behind the basket section, while two larger metal gears were glued to the wheels.  A tiny watch part was glued above the pedal.

I cut apart one of the chipboard pieces from the Mixed Media Fragments 2 set and colored the arrow with Vintage Photo distress stain, then dabbed the Peeled Paint Distress Paint randomly over the top.

The other section I cut away from the Mixed Media Fragments 2 set were colored with the Peeled Paint Distress Paint and adhered to the card, as shown.

I cut apart a piece of the chain border and colored with Antique Bronze distress stain. Then I dabbed the chain randomly with a Versamark pen, and heat embossed with the Glacier embossing powder to give it a patina.

I used Big Chat Stickers and Label Letters to form the sentiment "life is a beautiful ride".

Supplies:

Gina's Designs:

Clockwork Penny Farthing

Steampunk Shape Set

Chain Borders

Mixed Media Fragments 2

Bicycles

The Robin's Nest:  Saffron Honey

Rubber Stamp: One Penny 4 (PaperArtsy)

Kraft 5"x7" pre-folded card stock

Versamark Ink Pen

Black archival ink

Embossing Powders: Glacier (Zing), Black Puffs (Ranger), Midnight Black (Mark Enterprises)

Distress Stains: Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Antique Bronze, Tarnished Brass

Distress Paint: Peeled Paint

Paper:  Steampunk Botanica, Regent Street (Recollections)

Decorative punch (Martha Stewart)

Tim Holtz Ideaology: Film Strip, Spinners, Brads, Label Letters, Big Chat Stickers

Watch parts, metal gears (my stash)

Prismacolor Metallic Silver pen

I hope you enjoyed my cards today and are inspired to make some with chipboard shapes in mind.

Please check out the links to The Robin's Nest Store and Blog.  Don't forget to visit Gina's Store, Blog, and Facebook Group so you will always be privy to all the wonderful happenings  

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful, creative week!!!

Barbara
  

Botanical Tea-Birthday card and tag

Hi, Lynne here with a card and tag made with the lovely Graphic 45 Botanical Tea collection and Gina's Birthday Shape Set and Spring Shape Set. Two of my good friends have July birthdays and this card was made for one of them and included a "voucher" for girls' lunch out one day soon.

I covered the lower part of the chipboard cupcake with pleated paper top create the look of a baking cup, then used texture paste for the "icing", on which I sprinkled glass glitter. The candle was painted with acrylic paints and the flame was created with cheesecloth and Gelatos. The sentiment was painted with pearlized acrylic paint then rubbed lightly with pink paint along the top.

Here's the inside of the card; I used a fun pop-up design.

Continuing the theme of the Botanical Tea papers, I used a bird and a dragonfly from the Spring Shape Set. The bird was covered with patterned paper and then I added a wing with foam tape and inked the edges. The dragonfly was painted with pearlized paint then lightly rubbed with wedgewood blue paint.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a terrific week!

Gina's Items Used

Birthday Shape Set

Spring Shape Set

Other Items Used

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea paper pack

acrylic paints

spanish moss

cheesecloth

glass glitter 

texture paste

Sweet Summer Cards by Barb

I know I shouldn't complain, but when you live just north of Seattle, 85° plus temperatures feel like an insult. And that's what we've been dealing with for a while, with seeming no end in sight. So, while I'm busy wishing for cooler days, I'm also craving those wonderful tasty treats of Summer.

Those treats are my inspiration for this week's project, a set of note cards.

For the cherries, I began with a thin layer of gesso just to make the colors pop a little more. I painted the leaves with green irRESISTibles spray - I simply unscrewed the cap and used my finger to "paint" it on. I dabbed on StazOn Black Cherry and Claret, then I slathered on some Rock Candy crackle paint. Once that dried, I dabbed on a little more of the StazOn Claret. 

The ice cream cone was so easy and so much fun! I really love how it turned out. I began by sponging Distress Ink on the cone part, then used a stencil and darker ink to create the waffle cone look. For the ice cream part, I glooped (if you're a crafter, you know that's a real word!) on some white Neon Amplify. I let it dry for a few minutes then hit it with the heat wand to make it puff up. To give it even more of a frozen treat look, I smeared some Picket Fence Stickles onto the bumps.

To make the popsicles, I began with a coat of gesso (leaving the holders just as they were, since they already kind of look like popsicle sticks). I used StazOn Studio Glaze and once it was dry, smeared on a little Creative Medium in iridescent green and purple. I also outlined them with Stickles just to give them a little more depth.

The lemonade pieces also started out with a coat of gesso. For the pitcher, I slathered on silver Creative Medium. When it dried, I painted on some Rock Candy crackle paint. When that layer dried, I smeared a lighter shade of acrylic silver into the cracks. I liberally dabbed yellow Radiant Neon ink on the lemon. Without waiting for it to dry, I spritzed it with yellow irRESISTibles spray. Once it was completely dry, I dotted it with yellow Stickles to give it a more pocked look.

Now if you'll pardon me, I'm off in search of ice cream!

Gina's Designs Product Used

Sweet Summer Shape Set

Other Products Used

Print Pattern rubber stamp by Stampin' Up!

Ranger Distress Ink

Tsukineko StazOn Ink

Tsukineko StazOn Studio Glaze

Imagine Crafts irRESISTibles

Imagine Crafts Creative Medium

Imagine Crafts Neon Amplify

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon Ink

Ranger Distress Stickles

Ranger Rock Candy Crackle Paint

Liquid Pearls

Gesso

Ribbon

Baker's Twine

Teardrop Rhinestones

Inky Cards by Shanna

Hey everyone Shanna here and it is my turn to share more lovely inspiration with you all again. 

This month we are having this awesome swap with ColourArte and I got some yummy colors to play with. So here are two cards I created using my goodies along with some new chipboard pieces. 

First card I went with more of an orange look.

The second card I wanted more pop with the teal. 

For the base of my cards, I used the H20 colors Mandarin Citrine, Orange Peel, and Ginger Peach.

I laid some base color and then spritzed it with water to make the color spread. 

After heat setting, I got this gorgeous watercolor with magnificent shimmer. 

I used the Silks on my chipboard (of course the chipboard had a coat of gesso first). 

I used Lemondrop for the base on the Tudor Rose before going in with some of the Ginger Peach. I used a heat gun with these and if you use more paint and heat set it creates great bubbles. 

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Tudor Rose Singles

Damask Singles

ColourArte Twinkling H20's 

ColourArte Silks

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

Shanna

Father's Day Cards by Kim C.

With Fathers Day fast approaching, I decided this week to make some Fathers Day Cards.

I by no means am a card maker, but I do at least try and attempt them.

My first card is very simple, but masculine!  I used black cardstock and pattern paper from my stash for the base.  Black cardstock was layered with cream cardstock.  I used the Compass Shape Set along with a piece from the Miniatures Guy Thing set.  The edges of the telescope were inked with Walnut stain distress ink.  I left the chipboard pieces their natural color.  They just didn't need anything to make them stand out at all.  I then added some metal letters to spell out the word "Dad" along the edge of the cardstock.

On my second card I used the Gears Borders & Corners set and a gear from Miniatures Guy Thing set. I inked the gear corner piece with walnut stain distress ink and vintage photo ink.  I then added clear embossing powder and it gave it a rusted look.  I then used walnut stain ink to the smaller gear at the top as well as the chipboard letters. Glossy Accents was used on the letters.  Metal gears were added to give more dimension.

I hope you like the cards I have created.

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Gears Borders & Corners

Miniatures Shape Set - Guy Thing

Compass Shape Set

Other items used:

MME Paper

Black/Cream Cardstock

Metal Embellishments

Distress Inks: Walnut Stain/Vintage Photo

Clear Embossing Powder

Glossy Accents

Thanks for stopping!

Kim 

Metallic and Enameled Winged Things

Hi Everyone! Barb here with a set of four note cards that I made for a friend.

I love things that look aged. I also love taking organic things like bugs or leaves and giving them a metallic or enameled look. That mix of industrial and natural just does something for me.

I began by making the metallic butterfly and dragonfly. First I coated them with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate. 

I love this ink for its more gentle metallic look - brown, but with a hint of silver.

Next I cut out paper for the background of the wings and glued it on.

Finally, I used every metallic available in the mini-Delicata inks. I don't mind being messy, so I just tapped my finger in the inks and then lightly dabbed at the dragonfly and butterfly in various places.

I then adhered them to the background that I'd already prepared, using rubber stamps and inks.

The enameled butterfly and dragonfly were so simple to do! For these, I used my pico embellishers in white and bronze. I simply washed over the wings in white, waited a few minutes to let it set, then went over the body with the bronze color.

I love the shiny enamel look that the pico embellishers lend to my projects!

These were fairly simple, fun cards to make. Thanks for looking and sharing in my fun! 

'Til next week, take care and happy crafting!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Butterflies & Dragonflies

Other Products Used

Brilliance inks in Pearlescent Chocolate, Olive and Poppy

Imagine Crafts Delicata Metallic Inks

Ranger Distress Inks

irRESISTibles in Wedding White and Bronze

Rubber Stamps Used

Leaves by Fred B. Mullet

Fern by RubberMoon

Newsprint Background by Posh Impression

Skinny Weeds -  Maker Unknown