52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
There was a fab set of vintage style stamps in issue 70 of Creative Stamping magazine, one of which (the Penny Farthing bicycle) was ideal for this card.
I started by stamping a Stampin' Up "Crackle Paint" stamp to brown cardstock using Versafine "Vintage Sepia" coloured ink, I also inked the edges using the same ink.
Using Versafine "Black Onyx" coloured ink, I stamped the Penny Farthing stamp and the time sentiment below the bicycle, which was free with issue 70 of Creative Stamping Magazine.
Finally, I stamped the Papertrey Ink "Happy Birthday" sentiment from their "Stylish Sentiments" stamp set in Versafine Black Onyx shade of ink.
I made this card for a friend/former colleague who is fanatical about AC/DC and is celebrating his 50th birthday this year.
I looked on ebay for the 7" vinyl single "For Those About To Rock, We Salute You" and was fortunate to get two for £1.99 + £2 postage which I thought was a bit of a bargain. For this use, it didn't matter what the condition of it was, I just really wanted the look and the label to be ok.
For the background I used a background grunge stamp by Viva Decor. I had planned to type and create a special sentiment for the middle, but my printed decided to run out of one colour of ink and refused to print in black only, so I then resulted to stamping a sentiment. For this I used Papertrey Ink "Stylish Sentiment" stamp, and used a Spellbinder die from their "A2 Matting Basics" set.On the inside on the left hand side I have stuck the paper sleeve for the 7" vinyl single.
This card has turned out totally different from the one that I had in my head, all the same, I like the look of it and I'm sure my friend will be happy with it too.
It struck me that this style of card could be used for other events, like special wedding anniversaries where the record could be the first dance song.
I really like the way this simple birthday card turned out.
The Starfish image is stamped using a stamp from the Stampin' Up "By The Seashore" set. The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set called "Stylish Sentiments", which I cut into a banner/tag shape and layered onto blue cardstock.
