Christmas Card Club Challenge # 8 - Vintage

Hi Crafters,

I'm back today to share my card for the Christmas Card Club Challenge. The theme this fortnight was chosen by our lovely Rachel, she has given us the challenge to make a 'vintage' Christmas Card. I know that vintage doesn't necessarily mean distressing but I fancied another go at distressing the edges of my card and DP's. It's quite subtle but I enjoyed doing it and felt it added to the look.

 

Recipe

Image - Stampendous Christmas Cottage Stamp

Coloured with Distress Inks (get me!)

Go Kreate Oval Dies

Go Kreate Large Frilly Frames #10 Dies

Kraft Card

DP's - Magazine freebies

Cheery Lynn Snowflakes Die

Lea'billities Pine Branches Die

Sentiment - Crafters Companion

Dovecraft brown doily

Anna Marie Designs festive berries

Lace - Crafty Ribbons

Button Cabochon

Gold Pearls

 

Like the distressed edges, colouring my image with Distress Inks is something I don't normally do. I love my Promarkers but they didn't seem right for the look I was after. I struggled a bit to begin with, I'm not happy with the watercolour paper I have, it is very textured and I found it difficult to move the ink around, but as I only use it once in a blue moon I don't think I will bother to get any more. For the snow drifts I brushed on some frosted lace stickles for a thin sparkly layer but I don't think you can see it very well in the photo. The pine leaves were given a coating of white embossing powder for their snowy look and there is a subtle touch of glitter around the oval and snowflakes but as it was meant to be vintage I didn't over do it.

Here is a side on view to show the layers:

 

The other ladies in our group will also have their beautiful projects on their blogs today so if you would like some inspiration to make a start on your own Christmas cards then why not give them a look, you can find the links in the page tab at the top of my blog. 

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

TTCRD - ATG

Papertake Weekly - ATG

Crafty Creations - # 286 ATG

Completely Christmas - #58 ATG + Add A Touch of Gold (Gold oval mat and cabochon)

Brown Sugar - # 141 Distress (Edges and Inks)

Sister Act - #101 ATG

Creative Fingers - #75 ATG

One Crazy Stamper - April ATG

Country View Challenge - Use Kraft Card

Little Claire - #56 Use Kraft Card

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add A Sentiment

CHNC Extra - April ATG

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, thanks for visiting today and I will be round later to do a bit of commenting.

 

Lorraine