Sunday, February 10, 2013

Celebrate Life ... and Shaped Cards

This week at the Pile It On Challenge, we're celebrating Shaped Cards. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make a snow globe card! We're sponsored by Flonz Crafts, a stamp company specializing in Vintage, Retro & Modern designs, so I decided to go with a vintage theme.

Although I wish I could have used Flonz Stamps for this card, I did get to ink up this new-to-me set from Crafty Secrets for the first time. Each element of the Vintage Silhouettes set is a separate stamp, so it was easy to set up the design to fit the card. 

I wanted to keep the colors simple, so I used the "Blues, Browns & Beige" color combo from Flonz Craft's Vintage Stamping Challenge.
  


I cut the snowglobe shape myself, with help from IO Shake It's pouch, overlay & card, a Spellbinders circle die, and my trusty ruler & scallop scissors. The base is cut from a gold paper, but I sprayed the white frame with Iridescent Gold glimmer mist (Tattered Angels). I edged everything with Antique Linen distress ink, and painted the base & frame with Ranger's Crackle Paint. The stamping is all done with Vintage Photo distress ink. I added some detail to the image inside the globe with a gold pen (Sakura). The shaker is filled with "Champagne" microbeads. I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslit to cut the butterflies from a blue-and-cream DP from my stash.
 
Here's a close-up:

Challenges/Inspiration:
Challenges4Everybody: Anything Goes 
Craft Us Crazy: Die Cuts and/or Favorite Technique (I used two dies & making Shaker cards is absolutely on the top of my "Favorite Technique" list!)
Crafty Sentiments: Anything Goes
Divas by Design #71: Winged Things
Flutterby Wednesdays #226: Anything Goes with a Butterfly or fairy
Love to Create: Celebrate 
Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft: Blues, Browns & Beige


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8 comments:

  1. Such a fabulous snow globe and the silhouette stamps you have used are adorable.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Vintage Stamping Challenges.

    Hugs Shirley x x

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  2. That's a wonderful project. Great shape. Thanks for joining us at FlonzCraft Vintage Stamping Challenges.

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  3. Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Divas by Design.
    Good luck
    hugs Anke

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  4. I have to be honest and say I love everything about this card...from the image, to the shaker, to the wonderfully muted colors! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Flutter By Wednesday.
    :Dxx

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  5. Wow, love your card! great idea to make it a snow globe. I love the inside image. Beautiful card.
    Hugs Kelly

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  6. This is so clever CG, just love it! Thanks so much for sharing with our Crafty Sentiments challenge this week:)

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  7. Very nice! Thank you for playing along with my Flutter By Wednesday Challenge!

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  8. Wow what a gorgeous card. I love the snowglobe idea and those silhouettes are so beautiful, lovely colours too. Thanks for joining us at Vintage Stamping Challenge this month
    Claire xx

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