Celebrating our Anniversary at A Vintage Journey

Hi everyone. A Vintage Journey is celebrating it's 6th Anniversary! I know blogs and challenge blogs have lost some of their popularity but this one is very dear to me. I have made good friends, many of who I have met because of this blog. I have also been inspired by many artists both from the Design Team and those who have entered our challenges.

Brenda who created and started this blog is our host this month. We are looking for Celebration themed creations - let us know what you are celebrating!

My card is for one of those crafty friends who celebrate their birthday this month.

My background is some printed paper which I added some washes on paint to to tone it down a little. I painted and crackled some corrugated card as the base for my Tattered Butterfly.

The butterfly was cut from greyboard and texture paste added which I randomly stamped into to create texture. Once dry I painted black, dry brushed with white and then added washes on paint.

Under the butterfly are some weird extra wings. These are actually part of a wildflower die that I altered and really wanted to use but it didnt work with my layout so I improvised. 

A few crackled arrows, some fibres....

and some little squares complete my card. I hope you like it!

We hope you will join us for our celebratory challenge. 

Nikki 

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Books and more books!

Hi everyone. Just a quick post to share the bookcase and books I made for Lisa Horton's show on Create and Craft last week. I am sharing more details on one of these over on Lisa's blog this evening too. Here is a sneak peak!

Nikki xxx

Tags and Alison Bomber Quotes

Time for another creation over at PaperArtsy this evening - do follow the link to see how I made this and lots more details. Stamps by Alison Bomber and Gwen Lafleur.

Nikki xx

Mixed Media Tag

Just a quick post to share this MDF tag I made. There are more details and photos over on the Lisa Horton Craft blog today.

Excited to be on Lisa's new design team. We are large team covering a range of styles - so I am going to learn alot! For now I have stuck to what I know  - texture and paint!! 

MDF Tag, heart stencil and Ticker Tape stamps - all from Lisa Horton Craft.

Nikki

Getting the journal out .....

It's a PaperArtsy day today where I am sharing this subtle (for me!) journal page using new paints and stamps from Tracy Scott.

Nikki

Eileen Hull Notebook for AVJ

Happy New Year!

We begin 2020 with the theme 'We are all getting older'! at A Vintage Journey. Well that is true !

Time for weathering and distressing, or some ageing and antiqueing. Make a project using techniques for making the new look old, whether that's paper projects, altered art or mixed media. Just remember to ensure that you create in one of our preferred styles of vintage, shabby,mixed media, art journaling, industrial, timeworn or steampunk.

I have created a vintage notebook using Eileen Hull's notebook die. I began with the die cut book and covered in some Tim Holtz paper and added washi tape to help reinforce the spine. I started with washes of gesso to tone down the paper before stencilling, stamping and splattering to finish the cover.

I used distress paints to alter the little butterflies, corner pieces and letters.

The inside was simply done with a little paint and stamping before the signature was secured with some outer pages.

I cheated a little with my pages - using a stapler to create the signatures - which I then secured together with some calico down the spine.

Do head on over to A Vintage Journey where the lovely and talented Alison Bomber is our host for this challenge. There is lots of ideas to get you inspired if you would like to join the challenge.

Nikki

Dressed for Christmas

Hi there. I have been having a bit of fun making some Christmas Tags for PaperArtsy. I have used non Christmas stamps and tried to 'dress them for Christmas'. All the details over on the PaperArtsy blog.

Nikki

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