Believe

This month’s Design Team Creative Challenge with My Favorite Things is to create in a vintage style.   Fun!  🙂

When I think “vintage,” I think distressing…sponging…stitching…crochet trim.  I included all of those things here.

I used Inspired by Christmas.  The images in this set were perfect for this challenge.  As I was choosing my papers and embellishments, I thought of one of my all-time favorite holiday movies, The Polar Express, and decided to create my own “Believe” ticket.  🙂

I used MFT’s Just the Ticket Die-namics and Stamp set to die-cut the ticket shape and stamp the border.  The word “Believe” was taken from one of the sentiments in the set.  Before tucking my ticket beneath the trim, I lightly sponged the edges using Ranger’s Tea Dye distress ink. 

I stamped my Santa using Adirondack Espresso ink then clear embossed.  This helped to darken the stamped image and add just a bit of shine.  (His eyes actually look a bit twinkly.)  To add subtle shades of color, I first wet each area with Copic’s Colorless Blending Solution then slowly added color with light markers.  Santa’s beard, eyebrows and hat trim were left mostly untouched, creating an appearance of a lighter shade.

On the inside, I stamped another sentiment from the set, some swirls from Sassy & Sweet (there are a few around Santa on the front as well), distressed, sponged and added some stitching.

For direct links to more vintage styles, please check out Kim’s blog HERE. 

I’ll be back tomorrow for MFT’s Wednesday Stamp Club sketch.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!  🙂

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Inspired by Christmas,” “Just the Ticket Die-namics & Stamp Set,” “Sassy & Sweet”   Ink: Adirondack Espresso; Ranger Tea Dye Distress   Paper: Prism Birchtone Dark, My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found “Christmas” (6×6), Stampin Up Naturals Ivory   Accessories: Copic markers (E50, E51, RV93, YG91, W00), Teresa Collins World Traveler trim, Michaels mini brads, Westrim Crafts 6mm jingle bells, jute string, edge distresser, clear embossing powder, sponge.  Finished size 5″ x 5″.