Retiring Vintage "Bits" Card

This is a card that we did at club this week.

This card uses a number of my favorite retiring "bits."

This time of year can be so difficult, when we have

to say "goodbye" to some of our favorite stamp

sets and wheels.

Stamps:  Oh, Hello (retiring),  En Francais background

(retiring), Very Vintage Wheel (retiring),

From My Heart (staying)

Colors:  Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, 

Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Other:  Delicate Designs Embossing Folder,

Bitty Butterfly, Antique Brads,

Blushing Bride Chevron Ribbon

Vintage Dress Up

Let's face it, I'm not much of a vintage

 style card maker.  I lean towards

clean and simple.  I do like the vintage look, I

just have a harder time producing the look.

The Dress Up Framelit is very helpful in 

this endeavor.  The cut-outs can be used to

produce any style card or scrapbook page.

I also wanted to experiment with flowers.  The larger

flower was produced with the 7/8" Scallop Circle punch

on page 16 of the Spring Mini.  I punched 3 flowers,

scrunched them up,  peeled the 2 layers apart revealing

the suede-like inner material.  The 6 layers were

piled together, poked and held together with a brad.

I repeated the process for the 2 smaller flowers with

punches from the Boho Punch.

Sets:  Lacy & Lovely, French Foliage,

En Francais

Colors:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede

 

Big Shot:  Dress Up Framelits (page 32 of mini),

Ovals Collection Framelits (p 4 of mini),

Designer Frames Folders

Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder