Hey friends! Happy Friday! I'm featuring a card over on
The Greetery blog for TGIF (The Greetery Inspiration Friday!) I'm sharing a vintage inspired card for this Summer Friday! I like a good vintage project, and getting my hands inky! One of the many things I love about
The Greetery stamps and dies is that they can be adapted to any crafting, card-making style. Everything is so creative and flexible to make your style shine. The stamps I used for this project could be used just as easily is bright bold tones, or soft pastels, or warmer hues…
Today I'm using one of my favorite products from the last Greetery release: The Pinwheel Party Dies and Stencils. I wanted to use them again with a retro look… I combined them with lots of previously released goodies and Distress Inks.
My finished card is an A2 sized card base in dark brown paper. I started by creating a cool, old paper looking background. I used watercolor paper, a water brush, and brown and blue Distress Inks. I kept layering the inks until I got a nice, worn paper look. Then I used stamps from the Pretty Postmarks Stamp set (the beautiful text and the circular postmark) and stamped them over the background. I sprayed the stamping with water to make it soften. I love text stamps! The overall feeling of this card is vintagey goodness!!
Lots of different elements on this card. I love the bright pop of pink mixed in with all the brown tones.
For the tag, I used the Speed Tagging Die Set and die cut the scalloped tag from watercolor paper. I used Distress Inks and the Oopsie Daisy stamp set to stamp the two daisy flowers onto the tag. I used a water brush to soften the edges of the stamping to mimic water coloring. I splattered inks over the flowers and also added a bit more of the text…. LOTS of splatters!!
Here's a photo of my bottom layer – all inked up and distressed.
I die cut pinwheels using the Pinwheel Party Dies – some from watercolor paper, and some from text paper. I used the matching Pinwheel Party Stencils to add blue and brown stripes. Then the pinwheels were inked around the edges with a sponge dauber…
I stamped and die cut a pretty postage stamp to add to my collage. The sentiment was die cut from the awesome Sentiment Starters word dies set. My finishing touches are a bit of twine and a few gold enamel dots. The main elements were attached to the card using foam tape.
I hope I've inspired you today to look at your stamps a new way!! If you usually do bright and bold, try vintage. If you always use one certain color palette – try something new. All of these stamps and dies are meant to spark your own style! I love that.
I am so happy to be part of The Greetery Team! And very happy to share some inspiration on this Friday. Please head over to The Greetery Blog to leave some love and see what else is new there! So many beautiful projects on the blog to inspire us!! I will see you next week! XOXO
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Comments
7 responses to “The Greetery – TGIF – A Vintage Note!”
Wanda, I commented on TG blog, but had to again on your blog. Your card is lovely & I appreciate the steps you describe so well. Mixed media is a challenge for me, but I love your card so much!
You are a great inspiration with these Greetery products… I have everything except the pinwheels. I’ll have to check if they are back in stock! Such a lovely job dear lady…
Stunning!
Oh this card is wonderful – I love the way you incorporated so many of the Greetery’s products in ways that just open up so many possibilities! Your creativity is amazing – thanks so much for the inspiration to look at my products with new eyes!
Love this! Vintage goodness!
Fabulous card! You rock!
Hi Wanda, a fabulous card. Love how you made the background and the cute pinwheels. Not very good at making mixed medium myself but love your work and to see others too. Hope you have a nice weekend. It’s Fathers day in the UK today. Take care x