Wednesday, October 31, 2012

# Alison # Borders

Vintage Inspiration


Hi and Good Morning everyone - Alison here today :)  We have a fab challenge theme of Vintage this week and already some really gorgeous entries so far.  Cheery Lynn have some beautiful and very elegant dies which are perfect for a vintage creation, and I really enjoyed making this style of card.
 
I started off with an 8 x 8 inch blank card base, so this is quite big.  I layered HOTP papers onto Kraft card and pale cream bazzill card, and the same cardstock was used for cutting all the dies. 
 
I used the wonderful Sophia's Heart doily die for the background and the border lace is the stunning Anastasia Border.  I added the Fanciful Flourish die to the side panel and then matted my vintage photograph using Oval scalloped and stacker dies.  I tucked  just one from the set of 3 Lace Deco Corners around the edges of the picture and added some pearls.
 
The bottom right hand corner uses Victorian Romance Flourish.  This was the first Cheery Lynn die I ever bought and still remains one of my favourites.  I made some baby's breath flower stems (these were soooo easy!), and the larger white flowers were again nicked out of my pot pourri bowl! :D lol.
 
All dies used on this card are:

Lace Corner Deco H
Sophia's Heart
Anastasia Border
Lace Corner Deco B
Fanciful Flourish
Oval stacker
Scalloped oval stacker
Exotic Butterflies Small #2
Exotic Butterflies - Small
Victorian Romance Flourish
Embellishment #2 - Baby's Breath
Hummingbird
Love
Rose Leaf Strip

I hope you find time to enter our challenge this week, I love looking at all the creative ways everyone interprets the challenges and uses these dies, its such a pleasure.  Dont forget, there is also daily inspiration from the other talented members of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog, so check back often :)

Have a smashing week, and thanks so much for visiting today.

Alison - aka 'xtglx'

10 comments:

  1. Alison, this is just stunning. What an amazing assortment of dies you have used and I love the vintage color! Fantastic card.

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  2. Wow this is just unbelievable and fabulous and everything other thing you can think of. Totally off the charts girl!!

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  3. Wow. That reminds me of something that I would see in a museum. Totally in awe!

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  4. Wowzers Alison it's absolutely gorgeous, I love all of the dies you've used to create a true Vintage card....so stunning.
    hugs
    Donna xx

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  5. Alison how beautiful!! I love the colors and gorgeous layout!

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  6. This certainly has been a week of beautiful projects and inspiration...this is gorgeous!!

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  7. Alison, your card is gorgeous! What a beautiful combination of dies you have put together! You are amazing!

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  8. absolutely gorgeous!!! Fabulous details!!

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