A Vintage or Shabby Chic Christmas Card ?...

Hello My Dear Friends:
I am bringing to you this card that I posted yesterday at my French Blog for Memory Box ...but is it a Vintage one or rather a Shabby Chic card? what do you think?

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Well... it is rather difficult to place a sharp dividing line between these 2 styles because they have many things in common... they both depict old themes, they shared similar techniques such as tearing, sanding, crumpling and they both make you think about past times...
Both styles refer to distressed, well used, torn... but the difference can be found in the use of the embellishments, textures and the tonality of the colors...

There are subtle differences between the 2 styles but we can divide them I think,  as follow...

"Shabby Chic" refers to a discreet neglected elegance. It can be "new" but well worn. The use of certain embellishments and textures like lace, ribbons, pearls etc makes the difference. "Shabby Chic" can be more "feminine" and the colors are lighter (more white and light cream) and soft (pastels) than Vintage.

Vintage refers always to old pieces and nostalgic memorabilia. It  calls to mind to a particular era. It has more of a "retro" style.  Once more the difference lies in the choice of embellishments and textures (wood, metal, crochet etc) and colors. "Vintage" can be more "manly" and the colors more "dark" than Shabby Chic. 

So that is why I could not decide what type of card I made ...It has many things of both so I guess it is a Hybrid?..

The border of the card is the negative part of the "Heart chain" border...see photo...

I die cut the stars and the Holly vine  in silver paper
I used  a "collage" stamp from "Memory Box" as a background and I use a "Poppystamps" stamp deer  in the woods as a  focal point...
added some silver ribbon and silver "Stickles"...
and distressed all the pieces...

Ok my friends I have many samples at my Pinterest boards on these 2 styles...I hope you liked my small and very personal impression of these styles... and make you tried one of each or make a Hybrid like mine...

Thank you for the visit, remember to come back soon I will have every day a new project for Christmas or for Fall and a nice Tutorial that I hope you will like ...so keep on checking  back!

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