Vintage CAS

Hi Everyone and Happy February!!!  We are enjoying unseasonably warm weather here in St Louis this weekend. Still, I did make some time to get inky.  Hope you do too!
Are you ready for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create?  This week you get to create your own color challenge!

I went with the pink, green and 'Free' space, adding blue. 
I love the 50s vintage look but really am not good at it.  I decided to try to get the look with a CAS card.

I used some We R Memory Keepers dp for the background.  I have been wanting to use this sweet little bird and flower from Crafty Secrets; the stamps were perfect for the Less is More Challenge this week, 'Little Ones'.  Images were colored with Copics and then fussy cut out.  The birds are on dimensionals.  The greenery swag is an image  from a Simon Says Stamp Clearly Besotted set, Autumn Blessings.  Finished off the card with sequins from SSS and added a fine black frame around the card using a Copic multiliner.
I linking up to
 Papertake Weekly- 'Anything Goes' 
Party Time Tuesday- 'Anything Goes'
Sister Act Card Challenge- 'Anything Goes'
Fab 'n Funky Challenges-'Hearts and/or Flowers
Crafting by Design- 'Anything Goes'

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lee Ann  :)

Designing with Crafty Secrets

Hello Everyone!

I have the pleasure of being guest designer at Crafty Secrets this month. I love their sweet vintage images and am honored to be working with such great products and such a talented team!

Welcome to the October Linky Party! 

I am working with the brand new Thanksgiving Release.  These two cuties just had to be colored!  I love the detailed images and they are just so doggoned adorable!  I colored them with Copics and then fussy cut them out (yes, I really did!).  I printed the sentiment and die cut it out with MFT's Award Seal Die.  I framed the sentiment with the wishbone.

I 'fall for' texture and burlap is one of my current 'go to' items.  However, on this card I did not want to add too much bulk, so I embossed my kraft card stock to look like burlap.   How do you emboss a burlap look without going out to buy yet another embossing folder?  (I know- you already have too many folders, just like me!)  I used a piece of burlap, my tan embossing mat and a thin shim and was able to get nice, deep impressions. I also added a little bit of texture to the sentiment panel.  If you are like me, your embossing machine is well loved!  I am still using the original plates with my Big Shot and they are very rough from the amount of die cutting I have done on them.  I sandwiched my sentiment panel between the cutting plates face down on the rough, scratched up plate.  I added a couple of thin chip board shims and ran it through the Big Shot.  This gave my panel a hint of texture, but nothing overpowering.  I tried to get a good picture of it for you, but it is still hard to see in the photo.
My gold background paper is also from the new Thanksgiving Release.  Isn't it scrumptious? I love the deep, rich, earthy colors.  I added more texture with embossing, linen thread and an elegant seam binding bow.  This will go to my parents, who live in Florida.
 

Now it’s your turn! Visit each of the design team blogs listed below. Then create a NEW project of your choice featuring Crafty Secrets product and link it up to the blog (http://heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com/) no later than 11:59PT, Sunday, October 19th. You do not need to follow this month’s theme to play along. If you do not have any Crafty Secrets goodies, check the FREE DOWNLOADS located in the sidebar of the Crafty Secrets blog. Be sure to link to the Crafty Secrets Blog in your post, and let us know what Crafty Secrets product you are using in your project. One lucky player will be randomly selected to win a $50 shopping spree in our online store. Each player who participates will receive a $6 credit to the online store. We’ll be popping by to leave you some lovely comments on your blog post, too. Thanks for playing along, and good luck!

Crafty Secrets Design Team

Lee Ann Barrett-guest designer- You are Here!

Kathy Clement, DT Leader

Darlene Pavlick, Dar’s Crafty Creations

Diane Hover, Nellie’s Nest 

Elizabeth Lincoln, Paper Passtimes 

Gloria Stengel, Scraps of Life http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/

Melody Clement, Paper Melody’s 

Michele Kovack, Thoughts of a Cardmaking Scrapbooker 

Shantaie Fowler, Inking Pink http://www.inkingpink.com/

Sheila Rumney, Sheila Rumney Design and Photography

I am linking my card up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, 'Falling For...' and Craft Hoarders Anonymous, Happy Fall Y'All. 
Thanks so much for visiting and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Crafty Secrets Digital Stamps
Paper- Crafty Secrets Digital Paper, SU Early Espresso and Crumb Cake, Neenah Solar White cs
Other- Copics, SU linen thread and faux wood button, dimensionals, burlap, seam binding, SU Vintage Wallpaper ef, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax and Award Seal Die-Namics, Kaisercraft journaling tag

My Crafty Secret Summer Fun

Hello! 

Here it is Sunday night already; can someone tell me where the weekend went??  Goodness it has gone by fast!  I really wanted to play along over at Crafty Secrets;  I love their vintage images and have been to the website, but never realized they had a blog- and a Linky Party!  I just discovered the blog, thanks to a post by crafty friend, Kathy Clement.
So, I new I was down to the wire, plus I had to download a digi, and I am not very good with digis.  But, I persevered and here is my card~

 I really love vintage people.  That may sound strange, but I do love coloring them.  This sweet little girl fit the bill and as the theme to this month's party theme is 'Summer Fun'.  Enjoying the beautiful outdoors is my idea of summer fun. 
I craft in my basement and the lighting is not very good, so I use an Ott light.  My seam binding looked a very pretty shade of peachy orange while I was in the basement.  However, when I stepped outside to take a picture, there it was, all blaring in neon orange!  So please forgive the neon bow- it was not intended! 
This image is called Flower Girl.  I love this particular sentiment it came with; it is so versatile.  I used a scrap of a Resplendent Rectangle Spellbinders die cut that I had lying on my desk.  I thought the black corners were a great way to embellish the image along the top and the bottom.  The blades of grass behind the sentiment are a die from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Tall Grass Die.  The frame for the sentiment is the Vintage Oval and matching Die from Verve. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps-Flower Girl digi from Crafty Secrets, Vintage Oval Verve
Paper- Curious Metallic Cryogen White, SU Basic Black, Daffodil Delight
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black
Other- Copics, snss Tall Grass Die, SB Resplendent Rectangles Dies, Verve Vintage Oval Die, SU buttons and doily

All Things Baby with The Card Concept!

Hi Everyone!
Hope you are enjoying your summer!
 Lesley has some adorable inspiration for us at The Card Concept this week.

 It's all things BABY this week!  Aren't these cookies adorable?! I spotted the buggy and knew right away what image I was going to use.  And as usual, I am designing in the Classy and Elegant style.  My layers, textures, traditional image and bling all lend themselves to that style.

The border punch also lends elegance to the card- I am not sure what you call them-flourishes?  A type of leaf or flower?  Well, whatever they are, I think they are very elegant!   :)

 My stamps are from a retired Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamps set; the buggy was colored with Copics, fussy cut out, and popped up on dimensionals on my layered ovals. I added a Die~Namites Spring Blossoms Die Cut behind it, then layered up dp from Webster's Pages and a dry embossed background panel, and added that "whatever you call it" border, following this sketch from Jen at The Deconstructed Sketch.

Check out The Card Concept Blog for all of the amazing inspiration shared in all of the designing styles by our awesome team! I hope you will play with us this week!

I peek at our summer vacation~

 Southern Utah

Have a Blessed Day!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Crafty Secrets
Paper-SU Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Neenah Solar White, dp Webster's Pages
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Soft Suede
Other- SU Oval Framelits, MFT Fishtail Flag Staz Die-Namics, Die~Namites Spring Blossoms Die, Verve Vintage Oval Die, SU embossing folder, pearls, dimensionals , Copics