Quintessentially English rubber stamps, with unique and highly detailed deep etched designs – all made in England. IndigoBlu stamps have been featured on Create and Craft a few weeks ago.
Here is my DT card for this challenge. I generally go for the usual red for Valentine's but decided to go vintage this time and do something a bit different.
The rose and lattice frame and sentiment are creative expressions stamps which I coloured using Tattered Rose and Walnut Stain distress inks. I've used Tim Holtz's heart wings die and the metal embellishments are from his ideology range. Builders scrim and string add to the grungy effect and the papers which I have distressed with a craft knife, are from my stash. The faux screw brads are creative expressions. The stamps, dies, inks, ideology and brads are all available from The Craft Den.
I added a concertina butterfly using the music paper and distressing it with vintage photo distress ink. This is a fab template that I was kindly given by Shirley Chillman and she has a tutorial on her blog here
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ Distressing
craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/ Inspired by a song - There goes the strings of my heart
diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/ Antique or old fashioned
critterchallengeblog.blogspot.com Use 3 embellishments
cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com All you need is Love
daisydoodlescreativechallenges.blogspot.com Anything Goes
ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Always Anything Goes
papercreationsink.com love/Romance
paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/ Create a Valentine's project
papercreationsink.com Vintage
joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.com Celebrations
cottagecrafts.ie/fashionablestampingchallenges/ Butterflies and Bugs
Great card with fab vintage feel hugs trace x
ReplyDeleteoh this is one gorgeous vintage card hun,brilliant layout hugs Cherylxxx
ReplyDeletebeautiful, thanks for entering it into the CBN challenge, good luck xx
ReplyDeleteGreat vintage look to your card and I love the embellishments. There goes the Strings of my Heart is a good choice of song for your design.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with us at Crafty Boots Challenges.
Dionne
Love the eclectic feel to this and the metal embellies are gorg! x
ReplyDeleteJoanie,
ReplyDeleteSo much WOW to look at here! Love your eclectic compilation of elements and the way that you framed the sentiment is wonderful. Just a gorgeous Valentine/Love card. Great for many occasions. :)
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Lisa xx
Lovely card Joanie, loving the metal and the layout, Gaynor :)
ReplyDeleteI really love all the elements you have used together. The frame is so nice as is the Love sentiment. You have done a really good job with this card and thank you so much for sharing it with us at Crafty Boots Challenges for our Inspired by a Song Title theme. xx Denise
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely! I am liking the vintage touch! Thank you for sharing at Paper Creations Ink and good luck with the challene. Judy x GDT
ReplyDeleteGood choise to go Vintage! It's absolutely gorgeous! You have put everything so perfect together!
ReplyDeleteHugs Annette
Love this vintage look. Thanks for joining us over at Crafty Boots. Zo x
ReplyDeleteJoanie this is just stunning with lots of lovely stamping and embellishments. Colour and layout fabulous and of course I adore the butterfly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
Hugs Shirley x x
A beautiful vintage style card - thanks for joining the Joanna Sheen Celebrations Challenge.
ReplyDeleteWendy -x-
A wonderful card, looks really fab. Great, that you've add this concertina butterfly :) Thanks for joining us on FSC.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful vintage card with lots of detail and a brilliant job on the concertina butterfly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
Avril
How lovely and detailed!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us PaperCreations Ink Challenges:)
Huggs
Lynn xx
Hi
ReplyDeleteOoh this is lovely!! I love the way you have added texture to this card. All the elements just work so perfectly together. I wish I could create pretty vintage style cards like this one.
thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.
Michelle :o)
So much detail to look at - really nice. Saw your project on Make it Monday and had to come over and take a closer look.
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Paul
Crafty Blogocks
DT Member for Catch The Bug
Joanie, a gorgeous vintage Valentine with loads of details to absorb. Thank you so much for joining us atvFashionable Stamping Challenge. Yvonne
ReplyDeleteLove the colors, and your Design are beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs Nat