In keeping with the real competition, I wanted my card to have a vintage European flair, so I chose rich dark colours for the layers and I needed just the right stamp set to achieve the old world look. And, after searching through my stamp sets I chose Postage Due because of the French Script in the background and the beautiful bicycle image. It seemed fitting.
Here's My Card:
Ink: Mossey Meadow and Hello Honey
Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Mossey Meadow and Hello Honey
Stamps: Postage Due and World Tour
Accessories: Big Shot, Trimmer, Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Beautifully Baroque, 3/4" circle punch, 1" and 1 1/4" square punches, Crumb Cake 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals and Adhesive.
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| Postage Due is a 4 piece stamp set that comes in Clear Mount (126397), Wood Mount (132064) and A Brush Stroke set for My Digital Studio. It coordinates with the Postage Stamp Punch on page 222. |
How It Came Together:
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| The card base is a standard A2 size in Crumb Cake. This was topped with a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Mossey Meadow cardstock. I double embossed a 5 x 4" piece of Hello Honey cardstock with the Beautiful Baroque and Rectangular Designer Frames* Embossing folders and cut this piece down to 3 1/2" x 4". From the remaining Hello Honey cardstock I punched out three 1 1/4" square pieces and mounted three of the bicycle images with dimensionals on top of them. ** Although the Designer Frames Embossing folders have been retired, they've been replaced by some really cute ones called "Fun Frames". Check them out on page 227 of the catalogue. |
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| These three portions of the bicycle were stamped on Crumb Cake cardstock and punched out with a 1" square punch. The edges were sponged with Hello Honey ink and then they were mounted with dimensionals on a 1 1/4" piece of the embossed Hello Honey cardstock. |
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| The inside of the card was lined with a piece of 5" x 3 3/4" Crumb Cake cardstock that was stamped with the Bon Voyage stamp from the World Tour stamp set (retired.) I stamped the image again on Hello Honey and cut the "Bon Voyage" from this piece and glued it onto the center of the stamped image, for some focal interest. I also added a 1/4" piece of Mossey Meadow cardstock on the right hand side of the card. |
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| I used two stamps from the World Tour and the Postage Due stamp for the Envelope details. On the bottom left hand side of the card you can see the 3/4" circle - it was stamped on Crumb Cake and then punched out with the 3/4" circle punch and added with dimensions to the card front. The complete image of that stamp is also featured on the bottom left hand corner of the envelope. |
So what do you think? Do you like this card? If so leave me a comment and let me know what you like most about it. Thanks for dropping by.
Happy Stamping!
Penny Tokens
