Belle Papier {pretty paper}

Jul 05 2009

Vintage & Fresh… a little experiment

Published by Julia Stainton at 6:40 am under Card Designs, Cornish Heritage Farms

I love calendars. I love planning on them and I really enjoy playing with them as a design element in my projects. For this design, I thought it would be super fun to try pairing up some very vintage-style images with a clean fresh look and color combo. I’m really excited with how it turned out. It actually works!

So…you’ve probably figured out that this is another sneak peek at my new Night Before Christmas stamp set. I love this color combo and just in case you can’t see it too well on your screen…it’s Iced Teal and Spring Willow Light cardstock by Prism Papers. I love the icy crisp look. I’ve gone really clean on this design and simply stamped the images in Black Memento Ink.I think it’s my all-time favorite ink and I never put it away. Trust me…I’ve tried out a lot of different blacks. For a little embellishment, I added some bling berries in greens and blues.

Now for those of you who plan on entering the Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge…you have until tomorrow to upload. Deadline for the first challenge is 9am CT Monday morning. We’ve had some great entries but hope you’ll join us too if you haven’t already!

December 24th

Supply List:

Stamps: Night Before Christmas (The Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Ink: Black Memento by Tsukineko,
Paper: cardstock by Prism Papers
Other:rhinestones by MAMBI

Have a beautiful Sunday!

10 Responses to “Vintage & Fresh… a little experiment”

Conniecrafteron 05 Jul 2009 at 8:13 am 1

very cute, like how the 24th stands out and the little gems!
Monika/buzsyon 05 Jul 2009 at 9:03 am 2

Lovely! I love that stamp with the calendar! TFS!
bronihon 05 Jul 2009 at 9:28 am 3

This is gorgeous, Julia! I love the fresh WOW statement it makes!
Traceyon 05 Jul 2009 at 10:33 am 4

This is a gorgeous card Julia!!
Danielaon 05 Jul 2009 at 10:37 am 5

This is so pretty! I love it!
Lavonne (tweetygirl)on 05 Jul 2009 at 10:52 am 6

very nice - I really like the holly leaves.
Bonnie aka raduseon 05 Jul 2009 at 11:38 am 7

I’m loving the look you achieved with the clean design and those embellies……awesome!!!!! Those are right up my alley!
Marceeon 05 Jul 2009 at 2:33 pm 8

This is just gorgeous!
Jean Beckon 05 Jul 2009 at 4:08 pm 9

More beautiful images, and a gorgeous card!
kjo13on 06 Jul 2009 at 12:02 am 10

WOW - This is FANTASTIC! So Fresh & Sharp.!! What a fabulous job you’ve done.