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Tuesday 4 October 2011

Anything Goes #51 Challenge - Die Cuts/Punches or both

Hello to you all. This fortnights challenge at Anything Goes is to use die cuts and/or punches.


This is another commissioned card, this time from my daughter who wanted a card for her boyfriend as they were celebrating being together for a year. She didn't want anything lovey dovey so we looked at different stamps in my stash and we decided on the Vintage Photo plate from Creative Expressions - available from the Craft Den.

This card is 8 x 8 larger than my usual but to get the effect and utilise the stamps I wanted to use I needed a larger pallet. Oh I do  love doing vintage  and  these stamps so fitted the bill for my daughter's anniversary card.

I particularly like the heart splat which I used to create the background. The filmstrip is one of Tim Holtz's Dies and I backed it with acetate onto which I stamped the silhouette stamps, also from the set.

The photo of my daughter and her boyfriend was taken recently at his brother's wedding. I made it sepia to fit  with the vintage look and framed it with the frame stamp again from the set. I then filled it with glossy accents for a glazed effect and used chain and brads to 'hang' it.

Overall I was very happy with the finished card - I love it when a plan comes together! It was exactly as I envisaged which is unusual for me as normally the end result is nothing like I planned as I continually change my mind along the way! :)

My daughter was thrilled to bits with the card and her boyfriend loved it.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
papertakeweekly.blogspot.com Anything Goes
craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes with ribbon
emeraldfaeries.blogspot.com/ Dies/punches
abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/ Add punch,die cut


14 comments:

  1. Lovely card Joanie, great vintage look and the sepia photo works so well.
    Pauline
    x

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  2. oh hun really love what you created this week I adore vintage and you have done it to perfection hugs cherylxxxx

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  3. this is such great card and so my thing, I love the vintage colours.looking forward to working with you at anything goes . Hugs trace x

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  4. This is super Joanie...

    big hugs Vicky xx

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  5. Fabbie vintage style Joanie, love the little photo frame..
    Hugs
    Tamar a

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  6. Very pretty card! Thanks for joining in the A is for Anything Goes Challenge at ABC this week
    Hugs Julie P

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  7. gorgeous creation thank you for sharing with us at the Emerald Faerie Garden
    Hugs Kate xx

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  8. Gorgeous card love the vintage look and the photo
    theme.
    Thanks for joining us at papertake weekly
    Angie x

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  9. So gorgeous! So inky and vintagey! I love the photo strip in particular! x

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  10. Fab card Joanie, I love how you have created the background and all the elements work so well together.
    Hugs Kat xx

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  11. Wow, Joanie, such a beautiful vintage card! Great job! I love the frame :)
    Hugs Annette

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  12. What a fresh look and creative design. Love that you included a real photo on your card. Awesome creation.

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  13. Beautiful card x
    Thanks for playing along with us at Paper crafting journey & goodluck x
    ((hugs)) Suzie xoxo

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  14. Such a fantastic vintage card.So many beautiful details.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion. Hope to see you again next week :D
    Lisa x

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