Post 6: Christmas, Shabby Chic/Vintage style

Post #6

Getting Ready for Christmas

Hello My friends:
For the next Couple of days I will be showing you some Christmas Cards that I have made using Memory Box dies...
I hope these samples will inspire you to start planning and making them from now to avoid the "Holiday Rush"...
So let's start...

Today's post is all about 

Shabby Chic/Vintage Look

This Card is made in earth tones to mimic the vintage look and full of details to mimic the shabby chic look (appearance of age and signs of wear and tear, mixed with the new)...
It is in between...the two styles...

I made the background using some stencils in "vintage photo"  distress ink from Ranger/Tim Holtz

added some dies in shiny and glittery papers

 last view

To See Past Christmas posts scroll down or Click

 Post #1:Different Color Combo...

Post #2: CAS with past dies

Post #3: scene with one die

Post #4: Bird in Pastel Colors

Post #5: Using Traditional colors

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Fall Deer Card

Hello dear blogger friends:

In my last post I shared a card using the oval frames...
This one is one of my favorites...
the stencil, the patterned papers and the ribbon add so much interest to this card

In this one I used sevaral versatile oval frames...( mix and match)
I used 3 oval frames: the pumpkins, the deer  and the trees frames ...

**** the forest trees were cut from a "wood veneer" sheet ...
the left over of this wood was used in the "Fall Country house card" from my last post
 So never discard anything !!!!!...

the background, the leaves,  were made with an stencil...

SEE POST HERE
for this stencil and how to used them (2 techniques explained in this post)

The pumpkins were sponged through the die on a patterned paper

I will be showing you some more cards using these frames...
so stay tuned...

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2 Ways Stenciled Fall Cards

Hello Dear Friends:

I used the same stencil to make these 2 cards...
using it in 2 different ways...

The first technique used in this card is to use your stencils as if it was a stamp...

1-  ink the stencil as you do for a stamp

2- spray some water on top ( to add more texture)

 3- "stamp" the stencil on top of the paper;

4- then sponge some more color on the edges and center...
here it is the result;

using the exact same stencil I made this second card...
in here I used the stencil as "normal", sponging some ink colors with a dauber through the stencil...

what a difference right?

In this 3rd card I used the stencil as "normal" too...
Sponging through the holes...

 final result

Ok my friends...remember to use your stencils for backgrounds or for main focal images using these 2 techniques...

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