Vintage Old Friend

Good morning!  It's Holly posting today.  Did you see all the great new vintage stamps from Technique Junkies this month?  I've used three of them on this card today, but I used some very non-vintage colors for the background.

I stamped the beautiful new Vintage French Advertisements background with some permanent black ink and let it dry.  I also stamped the sentiment from the You're Vintage set with the same black ink and let it dry.  I pulled out some distress inks (Wild Honey, Cracked Pistachio, and Salvaged Patina) and randomly brushed them on over the background.  Then I sprayed some water into my hand and flicked it over the background.  

I punched out some butterflies from white cardstock and stamped them with some of the stamps from the Grunge Circles set using the Wild Honey distress ink.  I also brushed some of that honey ink onto the edges of the butterfly wings.  Then I adhered the sentiment and the butterflies to the background and added some black pearls to the centers of the butterflies.

Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, when you shop at Technique Junkies.  You'll save 10% off your order, so stock up on some of the new stamps, the gorgeous Shimmering Bliss sprays, stencils, ink pads, and glitter pens.  Have a wonderful day!

  

Too Old Fun Fold -- with video tutorial

 Hello!

I'm so excited to share this with.  I love fun folds, but some can be really confusing and hard to make.  This fun fold is SO SO EASY and fits into an A2 envelope.   I made an video so you can follow along.  I added a bunch of tips to help make the process even easier. 

Video Link

Stamps:  use code TJ10Chris to save 10%

See What Happens

Too Old

Distressed Paint

A more complete supply list can be found on my blog- www.purplelakestamps.com

I'd love to know what version you like better.  These stamps are perfect for this type of card.  Isn't this old lady hilarious?

Video link

Copics used for this project:  If you are looking to shop- best price I found:

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Glasses: B000

Hair: C5, C3, C1

Shirt: C10

Here are the measurements for the card- 

You're not old...

 Hello Junkies!

Masculine cards can be such a challenge to make.  These new vintage stamps make them really easy.  I used a spotlight technique to highlight the man in the collage stamp.   I used the sentiment strip to ground the image.   It makes for a really fast and easy card.  This would be a great card to mass produce to have several masculine cards on hand.  

Stamps:  use code TJ10Chris to save 10%

Victorian Collage

You're Vintage

You can see full materials list on my blog

 

Grunge Circle Butterflies

Good morning!  It's Holly posting and I have another grunge-y, vintage-y card to share with you today.  I love the new vintage stamps that Technique Junkies just released, and it's been fun to get these inky.  On this soft pink card, I stamped the new Distressed Paint background with a dark brown permanent ink onto some white cardstock and let it dry.  Then I brushed on some Antique Linen and Tattered Rose distress inks all over the background.

While I had the Tattered Rose distress ink out, I brushed it onto some scrap white cardstock.  After that was dry, I used some Martha Stewart punches to punch out the butterflies.  I also punched out some butterflies from vellum, and then glued the vellum butterflies on top of their respective rose-colored butterflies.  I added some ivory pearls to the centers of the butterflies and set them aside.

Next, I stamped three of the new Grunge Circles with the same dark brown permanent ink and let them dry.  Then I brushed on some Frayed Burlap distress ink and cut out all three circles.  I glued the circles to the background and then added the butterflies.  

I love how this one turned out.  Soft, pretty, and vintage-y!  Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, to save when you shop at Technique Junkies.  Have a great day!

  

Modern Grunge- with video

 Hello!

Is modern grunge a thing?  Well... it might be now.   The theme this month at Technique Junkies is vintage.   If you follow me... you know that is a tough theme for me.   Sometimes that is the best... it challenges you to think outside the box.   I love this card.  Check out the video to see how I made it. 

Materials:

Stamps: Queenagers- Vintage Ads- Miami Vice spray- Flamingo Spray- You can save 10% with this code: TJ10Chris

You can find a more complete supply list on my blog

Link to video 

These are the 8 panels with sparkle splatter

Which one do you like better?

 No copics today

Glazed Vintage Trio

Good morning!  It's Holly posting and I have a fun trio of vintage cards to share with you today.  Technique Junkies just released some great new vintage stamps, and I used several of those to create this set of cards.  After I stamped the backgrounds and the sentiments, I covered all of them with embossing glaze for that vintage effect.  I used three different colors of glaze - Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, and Speckled Egg.  I love this combination of colors against the dark brown images.

On this first card, I used the new Distressed Paint stamp and a sentiment from the You're Vintage set.  I actually did the initial glazing and then went back over it and spread some more of the Antique Linen around the edges and then applied some extra Walnut Stain glaze on the edges of the sentiment.  This card has a richer coloring than the other two because of the extra glazing.

On this card, I used the Vintage French Advertisements and another sentiment from the You're Vintage set.  I only did one layer of the glazes on this card so it is softer compared to the first card.

On this last card, I used the Victorian Collage stamp with a sentiment from the new Queenagers set.  On this one, I only used the Speckled Egg glaze on the sentiment to make it stand out from the background.

It is fun to see how each card looks a little different even though I used the same products on each one.  If you'd like to go shopping at Technique Junkies, please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly.  All of the stamps I used today are actually on sale at 15% off through August 8 and you don't need a code for that.  The TJ10Holly code will save you 10% off everything else that is in the store.  Have a great day!

  

Musical Field Beauty

 

Good morning!  It's Holly posting and today's card has a bit of a vintage vibe with some distressing and a little shimmer.  I started by stamping the gorgeous Field Flowers from Technique Junkies onto some white cardstock.  Then I pulled out the Vintage Music background stamp (also Technique Junkies) and very lightly pressed over the flowers.  I didn't want a full impression of the music - just a very distressed uneven hint of it.

Once I was sure the black ink was completely dry, I pulled out some Shimmering Bliss sprays.  I shook up the Lapis Lazuli and Mardi Gras Purple Shimmering Bliss bottles and sprayed some onto my glass mat.  I misted the colors with a little bit of water and then pressed my stamped paper into the puddles.  I repeated this until I got the coverage I wanted and then set the paper aside to dry.

To create the matching ribbon, I cut a length of seam binding and crumpled it up into my hand.  Then I pressed this seam binding into the pool of color that was left over on my glass mat.  After I got the entire piece of seam binding colored, I crumpled it up again in my hands and left it alone to dry.

While my stamped panel and my ribbon were drying, I stamped the sentiment, Its Own Beauty, with black ink onto a small strip of white cardstock.  When the stamped panel was completely dry, I distressed the edges with a distress tool and adhered it to a black card base.  I tied the dyed seam binding around the top of the card and adhered the sentiment with some foam tape near the bottom.

This card has a beautiful soft shimmer that you can see when you move it around in the light.  There's also a subtle trace of that shimmer in the seam binding.  It's fun to have some shimmery goodness mixed with a distressed, vintage-y piece.  It's part of that shabby chic charm.  

Please feel free to use this code, TJ10Holly, when you shop at Technique Junkies.  You can find tons of gorgeous stamps, stencils, Shimmering Bliss, and ink pads for creating your works of art.  Have a wonderful day!

 

To the Moon

Hi, it's Gini and I'm back today to share a sweet vintage card.  Sometimes  detailed images, like this Mother and Child, can be slightly intimidating to color, but it is super easy.  I used Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers to color and then just cut out the image.  I matched the colors of the patterned paper with my markers.  The sentiment, To the Moon, was stamped on patterned paper to tie it all together.