Frilly & Funkie,, one May 18, 2016, is thinking travel this week. We are to "create a vintage or shabby chic project with travel as the central theme. Think planes, trains, auto-mobiles, ships, maps, globes."
Well, as much as I would LIKE to be traveling abroad (which is what most of my travel-related stamps and papers portray), that is not in the cards for this year. In fact, a road trip to Louisville, Kentucky is the only travel in the foreseeable future. So...
I found sheet of double-sided paper in the Authentique "Abroad Collection" that is US-oriented, cut it to size;layered it with a dark blue card form the same collection and made my card base:
Well, as much as I would LIKE to be traveling abroad (which is what most of my travel-related stamps and papers portray), that is not in the cards for this year. In fact, a road trip to Louisville, Kentucky is the only travel in the foreseeable future. So...
I found sheet of double-sided paper in the Authentique "Abroad Collection" that is US-oriented, cut it to size;layered it with a dark blue card form the same collection and made my card base:
While the destinations pictured on this paper are not on our itinerary, It felt more road trip to me and, besides, most of it will be covered when I'm done!
I pulled out ephemera and stamps from my stash and came up with a collage of sorts to illustrate my destination. First, I used the thinlits die "United States" to get small representations of my home state and the destination state. I placed them on the card face and connected them with a dashed line...
I pulled out ephemera and stamps from my stash and came up with a collage of sorts to illustrate my destination. First, I used the thinlits die "United States" to get small representations of my home state and the destination state. I placed them on the card face and connected them with a dashed line...
Then I stamped, colored, distressed, added stickers, outlined and fussy cut images and sentiments that fit my theme and placed them on the card. Finally, I titled the card "Summer Vacation", although the trip really isn't a vacation (we will be attending the 2016 National Hemerocallis Society Conference and I will likely be hotel-bound with several hundred daylily aficionados for the entire four-day stay! - Oh well, I've never been to Louisville, nor stayed in Kentucky for any length of time, so it is a new place to "Go-See-Do"!):
Products used in making this card were:
- Dies: Sizzix Thinlits "United States" (660228)
- Stamps: Kelly Purkey "Hellow Summer" (HL0613); Imaginisce "Every Day..." (400559) and "Compass Rose" (400558); Stampin' Up! "Wish You Were Here!"
- Inks and other pigments: Archival "Jet Black"; Distress Marker "Black Soot"; Distress Inks "Old Paper" and :Blueprint Sketch"; Marvy Uchida "Liquid Gold" and "Liquid Silver"; Unibazl Signo "Broad white"; Pigma Micron "black"; Inktense Pencils "Cherry" (0510), "Madder Brown" (1920) and :Baked Earth" (1800)
- Papers: Authentique "Abroad Collection" 2-sided paper ("Dart" ABR 021 and "Memo" ABR 005); scrap dark green and scrap white
- Embellishments: Authentique "Abroad Collection" stickers ("Elements" ABR 011); Idea-ology Ephemera Pack "Expedition" (TH93115)
- Adhesives: Ranger Collage Glue Stick; Viva Las Vegas "Miracle Tape"
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