Friday, December 30, 2011

Vintage Mashup

When I submitted my entry for the Friday Mash Up challenge #38 I noticed that they were leaving the entries for challenge #37 open until next week!  I was a bit intrigued by this challenge which was to use chipboard or distressing techniques, or mash them up and make a card using both distressing and chipboard. I am also entering this card into the 4 Crafty Chics challenge to use something new - new DSP from the upcoming Sale-A-Bration event.

For this post I have taken a few photos to show off different aspects of this card., this first one shows the card completely closed. I knew I wanted to use some of the DSP that is going to be available as part of Sale-A-Bration 2012, there are so many colours in this paper stack but I chose to keep it fairly simple and use two that use Calypso Coral and Pool Party.  The smaller butterfly is cut from DSP adhered to chipboard and then put through the Big Shot, the larger butterfly has been cut using the same die but with DSP only.  I added the sentiment and Crochet Trim to keep with the vintage feel of the card.


I wanted to take a close up of the butterfly accent because it shows off the distressing that I did.  I have to say I struggled a bit with this because I don't usually use distressing techniques.  I decided to use two on this card, one was to crumple the big butterfly and then drag the Crumb Cake ink pad over the creases to highlight them - I was a bit nervous about this but was happy with how it turned out.  On both of the butterflies I sanded back the edges of the DSP to give it a worn look. 

Now to the card itself ...  This picture shows the card partially open.  This was such a fun card to make and was the tutorial by Patty Bombyk and is featured on Splitcoaststampers this week, I wanted to try something a bit different and this certainly fit the bill.  The top 2/3 of the card opens up and the bottom splits in half and opens sideways!  

Here is a picture of the inside to show both how it opens and the insert I made.  I don't usually make an insert for my cards, but this one just needed something on the inside.  I am not sure if it was the expanse of Calypso Coral, or the general vintage feel of the card, but it seemed bare, so I added a piece of Pool Party card stock sponged around the edges and used the image from Creative Elements to create a border at the top and bottom.

Happy Stamping

11 comments:

  1. Very nice, Monique! I love the layered butterflies, and the distressed larger one turned out great! This fold looks fun,too! Thanks for playing the Friday Mashup!!

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  2. Hi Mon,

    This is so pretty, I saw this fold at splitcoaststampers and thought it looked interesting so I've put it in my to do list, and you've beaten me to it!!! LOL nice work girl!

    Love the combo you've used.

    Cheers,
    Kasey ~ in Oz
    Friday Mashup DT

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  3. Oh Moni ... I love it .. will have to give this one a try .. gotta finish tidying my desk first

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  4. Lovely card Monique - and great explanations of how you achieved the look. It is very pretty!

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  5. How cool of a fold is that? I love the colors on this card.. and that distressing is so pretty! Thanks for joining us this week at the Friday Mashup!

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  6. Love what you have done with this card, the colours are great.

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  7. Very pretty card and great job with the fold!

    Thanks for playing along with The Friday Mashup!

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  8. Ooooh, love the distressing and use of the new fold tutorial! Thanks for joining us at the Friday Mashup.

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  9. Love the fun fold of this one! That new paper is just perfect for a distressed card. Thanks for joining us at The Friday Mashup!

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  10. I love it Moni. It looks wonderful opened up. I love the colours of the new DSP. Shirley

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  11. What a gorgeous card! Thanks for joining us this week at 4 Crafty Chicks - Happy New Year!

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