flappers

Hi! It's French week over at Papercraft Star, and
here's my vintage-y little piece.

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 It's a flappers themed deco I made for a swap. 

Wherever possible, I try to reuse stuff, esp paper, and this is no exception. The image is matted with a used envelope (reused item #1). The stamped image has been trimmed and placed on either side of the main image. I love how the base visually holds everything up, and it's really firm, too! It's cut from the back of a pizza box (reused item #2), then embossed. The letter stickers are adhered, then the whole strip coated in crackle paint. It is simply embellished with a layered flower. And as nearly always, everything had been given the distress treatment. 

Also entering these challenges

The Crafty Pad Challenge #167 - Live on the Edge (the base)

Frilly & Funkie: RePurpose to UpCycle

Crafts & Me Challenge #80 Vintage

365 Cards Day 49 - Getting Inky

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: printed image (The Sum of all Crafts), stamp (papermania), daisy punch (dovecraft), flower die (cuttlebug), fence die & embossing folders (sizzix), distress inks & crackle paint (ranger)

beach babe

Good morning! I actually have a second creation to share this week!

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The theme for this is vintage bathing beauty, and I have chosen to use a natural palette, with bits and bobs thrown in. The burlap base gives it a rustic feel, which has been enhanced with bunting and buttons. The bunting flags are cut by hand, then raised with foam pads. I have a thing for flourishes, and have added them on either side to frame the main image. The background is a misted and stamped piece. There's a frame just behind the image, with muted corners and edges all done in swirls and flourishes.

 Challenges entered

Papercraft Star challenge 92 - umbrellas

Crafty Friends Challenges #2 - use 2 die cuts

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - #19 nautical theme

Fairy Fun Fridays #76 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

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supplies: dies (spellbinders), stamps (viva decor), alphabet (sizzix), distress inks & stickles (ranger)

victorian ladies

Oh, it's been so long since my last post. Yup, life does get in the way sometimes . . .

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Sharing a deco I made for a victorian theme swap. I'm using a digital image from theHouseAcrosstheBay, and paired it with some frilly die cuts from spellbinders. Finished simply with layered punched flowers, a button and some bling. Oh, and some inking and stamping in the background.

Entering these challenges

Papercraft Star challenge 92 - umbrellas

Top Tip Tuesday challenge #74 - spotty, dotty! (polka dot dresses)

 Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge 79 - Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad challenge #165 - Just Die-Delicious

Thanks for stopping by!

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