OCC Sketch With a Vintage Twist

Hi ya friends!  Thanks so much for stopping by today to see what I have made for my weekly Our Creative Corner sample.  Our hostess this week is the lovely and talented Vicki Burdick and she has a sweet sketch to challenge us this week.

As soon as I sat down to work on this project, I realized it was a perfect opportunity to work in some of the new vintage style crepe paper I have in the Etsy shop.  If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you will know that I absolutely LOVED using the Melissa Frances vintage style crepe paper on some of my projects last spring.  I was able to track down what I believe is her supplier and purchase the same type of crepe paper in autumn colors for the shop.  I knew that circle element needed to be edged with vintage crepe paper.

And then there are the very cool new wooden buttons I have acquired for the shop too.  They are ultra sweet - smooth wooden buttons with a lovely floral pattern on them.  I loved them the minute I saw them and could already picture them embellishing my cards.

To make the ruffle, I cut a thin strip of crepe paper and ran a basting stitch along one edge.  Then I pulled one thread to make it gather, kept pulling until I thought I had about the right length to go arouind the edge of the circle.

Here you can see how as you pull one of the threads, it gathers and curls around on its own.  Humm, I do believe I see some paper flower possibilities here too.  Maybe I'll get to play around some with the crepe paper this weekend and see what else it can do.  

Once I had it gathered to the right length, I tied the strings in a knot so it couldn't ungather and then glued it around the edge of the circle.  You can adjust how much shows over the edge on the front.  I also popped it up to make it lay better.  Here you can see what I use for popping my layers up.  It's actually the padding that is put between produce for shipping.  I work in a food pantry and once in awhile we get fresh produce - tomatoes, apples, pears - things that are cushioned and not just thrown in a bag like potatoes.  I don't throw anything out so when I see these spongy little sheets, I snag them and bring a stack home.  It saves me from spending my money on foam tape - LOL!

Here are the other supplies/tools used on this piece:

Outer shell - Very Vanilla, then Chocolate Chip and SU Springtime Vintage DSP.  Front panel is Pale Plum layered over Perfect Plum.  The Pale Plum was dry embossed with an SU EF.  The edges were scissor distressed and sponged with Vintage Photo.  The circle was cut with a Spellbinders circle die and stamped in Pale Plum, Perfect Plum and Always Artichoke with stamps from the new SU Field Flowers stamps then spritzed lightly with my Vintage Photo Glimmer Mist.  The button card is a stamp and die from PaperTrey Ink - stamped in Chocolate Chip and sponged with Vintage photo.  I added a couple of layers of crinoline cut with the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die and dyed a plum color with some proprietary ink mixture I blended to make flowers for the shop (coming soon shabby crinoline flowers in autumn shades).  I topped that off with a scrap of seam binding from my stash that I think was left over from some purple dying I did last Halloween.  Then one of those cool floral buttons with some burlap string for a bow.  The stick pin is also from my Etsy shop.  

It was sort of a happy accident how all the colors came together and I really love how they compliment each other and make such a strong vintage look.  Now that I'm done rambling on, I hope you will hop over to Our Creative Corner to see what the other designers have to show this week.  Hope you will play along with our sketch challenge too.  

Wishing you a lovely weekend!  Thanks so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments - I appreciate each and every one of them!!

Challenges Entered:

Sugar Creek Hollow - Buttons and Bows
The Pink Elephant - Stitching

Creative Card Crew - Handmade Flowers
Crazy4Challenges - BINGO - I chose the second row across - buttons, die cuts, flowers

Tuesday Taggers - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge - Your Favorite Stamp (yes, I just LOVE this set from PTI!)

Fab 'n Funky - A Stitch in Time

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge - Emboss It