Crafts & Me DT Card..........Vintage

Good morning my lovelies & what a beautiful morning it is up here on the north coast.....totally glorious.

Sorry I'm late this morning I've had a wonderful morning.....just the best & I've had some fabby news but I cant tell you just yet ;0)...........its so good tho I will be adding extra to my candy which will be ready next monday May 2nd.

Anyway onto my DT card & this week you have us Rockin Rubbah Girlies over at Crafts & Me Challenges

& this weeks its Angela's theme & she has chosen another of my fave themes....

VINTAGE

I love vintage & its give me an excuse to use this fabby stamp which is just perfect for vintage I think.
Teresa really does stock stamps for all themes & occasions.

I've inked distressed & rubbed everything to an inch of its life lol. I love this stamp & it really did seem perfect for this theme I thought. Another card with no colouring OMG lol & I've used 3 stamps for this card.

The first stamp is the postcard one which I really cant remember where I got it from but I really love this stamp. I stamped it with brown memento then inked it with vintage photo, distressed the edges then inked it again around the edges. The lace is from my fabric box & I just tied it in a bow & stuck a black feather behind the beady thingy's & of course the hat pin........Marilyn Monroe likes her bling!!

The ticket is also a stamp which had the same treatment. I then layered it up on some corrugated card which has been battered & inked & painted & had edges brassed a little lol.

The stamp is of course 'marilyn Monroe Sitting' from Stampsmith which you can get from Crafts & Me Store they are out of stock at the mo but Teresa does have the one where she has her dress flying.

To make it look vintage I made sure not to overload it with ink & stamped it on photo card. I sanded bits & then I added 'Crackle' accents but I didnt want it thick so I rubbed it over the image with my finger & then left to dry which didnt take long as its only a thin layer. I love how its turned out actually.

The mat I 've put it on is one of my new nesties I cut out using black card then put white chalk paint around the edge & rubbed it so you could still see the black & then heated ambossed it.

Papers altho you can barely see them are 'Paris Nights' by GCD. The doily is from my stash.

Bit of a different card for me but you know I dont like to stick to a style.......& I just love my embellies & vintage certianly needs it bellies & lace lol.

Hop along to the challenge blog cus the girls have made stunners again.

Teresa has the fabulous deco stamps back in stock, I ordered mine yesterday lol she also has new stampsmith ones in as well which are just fab so pop yourself over here for some r&r.

Cant wait see your creations this week.

Thank you soooooo much for popping in I sooooo appreciate it you all rock mmwah

Tatty bye for now............

Challenges I'm Entering......

http://creativecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Recycling (corrugated cardboard from a box)

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ - Recycle

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Pile It On (think there is about 7 layers lol)

Edited to add.....Will be back later to tell you my fantastic news!!!