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December 12, 2012

Holiday Hop Day 1: Vintage with DCWV & Hampton Art


Hello and welcome to day one of the two-day DCWV/Hampton Art Holiday Hop!

DCWV and Hampton Art are two companies that go above and beyond to provide a wide seleciton of products from classic, to vintage, to trendy and modern. So, when we decided to team up it was only natural that we would want to show you some variety.

Day #1 of our hop is all about vintage! Whether you are talking lace and pearls and soft weathered colors or distressed, grungy and anged, if you love all things vintage we have some beautiful projects to show you today!

If you have come here from Jan Garber's blog then you're on track! If not, you should go back to the DCWV blog and start the hop from there!

Here's today hop list! (Giveaway info at the end of my post!)



I like vintage ... but i'm not good at making anything super vintage! There are some awesome designers out there that do it wonderfuly! But i'm not one! :) My vintage usually includes a vintage (or like) image, vintage paper and distressed edges, what i like think of as light vintage! :)


I started with some DCWV pattern paper and trimmed it to fit my cardbase, then i inked the edges with Mudslide dye ink by Colorbox. Their dye ink makes great ink to distress edges, i love to use Mudslide and Putty.

Next i stamped the ballerina image from Hampton Art/Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet 2 and embossed it with clear powder. Then i colored it with water colors. I trimmed my card stock, then i cut the panel into 3 strips. Next i rounded each corner of the strips, then inked the edges.



I matted the strips on some DSWV green pattern paper. I used pop up dots and let a little bit of the green paper show between each strip.

Next i made a twine fringe to edge the green panel (and i thought it added a nice vintage touch to the card) To do this i used double sided tape on the wrong side of the green panel. I made loops with my twine, once i did one row i went back down for a second and a third.



I stamped the sentiment in Mudslide ink, then inked the edges. But it still needed a little more distressing. To do this i pressed some of the dye ink onto a cleark stamping block. I added a little bit of water to the ink and painted some areas of the scroll. I adhered the sentiment to the stamped panel. And last added the panel to my cardbase with pop up dots.

Hampton Art & DCWV are giveaway some awesom goodies! Just leave a comment along each blog TODAY and TOMORROW to be entered, the more blogs you comment on the better your chance!

Hampton Art's Prize Pack:



Thanks so much for stopping by! The next stop is the wonderfuly talented Hilde Stolk!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: Hampton Art: Nutcracker Sweet 1 & 2 IC0204, IC0205
Pattern Paper: DCWV: Heirloom Christmas Stack
Ink: Colorbox: Dye Ink - Mudslide, Pigment Ink - Chestnut
Embossing Powder: Hampton Art: Clear
Twine: May Arts

67 comments:

  1. For 'vintage light' I think it is a beautiful project. I'm not the best when it comes to vintage either but I am inspired by yours. I really love the twine fringe..

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  2. I really like the fringe you made with the twine. Very clever and it just made the project POP! Great job! Thanks for sharing it with us. :)

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  3. Ooh I absolutely love what you did with the fiber! Great job, Dana! -Vivian

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  4. I love your light vintage! Just the right amount for my liking!

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  5. Very pretty! I love the twine loops!

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  6. I think your light vintage works very well, and the twine is a nice added touch! How clever!

    Lu

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  7. I love what you did with the twine. Will have to keep that in mind for future projects. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  8. The way you cut the ballerina into 3 pieces is so smart. I just love this card. I don't know why I always stamp everything in black..the brown ink on the magic of Christmas is beautiful!

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  9. voilà une créa bien sympathique et le tampon est magnifique! Bises. Nadine

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  10. I think you did a fantastic job on your vintage card! I love how you worked in the twine too!

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  11. Awesome job Dana! I love, love, LOVE how you did the three panels! And your "light" vintage is JUST right! Thanks so much for participating in the hop!

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  12. Love your take on the ballerina! So pretty!

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  13. I really like your card design. the ballerina is beautiful.

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  14. The way you did the ballerina make sit stand out well, and I love the twine fringe.

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  15. Love love love the twine fringe !!! The dimension you gave to the ballerina is really nice ! Beautiful card !

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  16. I love the vintage with the pop of color

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  17. I just love how you split the ballerina image. Vintage light is just my style/expertise as well. You made me chuckle with your description.

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  18. The twine trim is unbelievably awesome, Dana! You might not feel comfortable with vintage, but you certainly rock it! Love how you've done this :)

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  19. Thanks for sharing your lovely card.

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  20. Very cute and clever. Excellent color work and great tips. thanks

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  21. You nailed the vintage to perfection! Love the loopy fringe too!

    Lovely work!

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  22. I adore your cards. That image is really pretty, and very vintage! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  23. I like your vintage light:) Beautiful work!

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  24. Vintage light is a great description!!

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  25. Wonderful light vintage card--I like the twine fringe.

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  26. Interesting take on the vintage look, light vintage is a cute name for it. Lovely card.

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  27. Nice job and I like the way you used the twine!

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  28. I think this is really neat, I have never seen the front done like that before, I really like it.

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  29. Very nice card. The papers and the stamps coordinate well

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  30. LOVE the twine fringe on the side. I'm definitely going to have to try that.

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  31. I think you're selling yourself short....I think you did an awesome job with the vintage look! The stamp is gorgeous. The patterned papers and colors you chose are great, and the twine fringe is amazing!

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  32. You did a beautiful job with the vintage look. I really like the twine look!

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  33. Love the vintage card and how the stamped image are divided.

    Luanne

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  34. I like how you cut the dancer panel into 3. thanks for sharing.

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  35. Love this sweet card Dana! That twine fringe is amazing - I love the look of that!

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  36. Great Christmas card with a lot of interest and texture. TFS!

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  37. Love the ballerina.... The vintage look in this card is amazing... Stunning!

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  38. Great design Dana, and I really love that looped twine border!

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  39. Nice card. Love the twine fringe idea.

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  40. Love the twine fringe, very cool!

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  41. Fabulous card - LOVE how you have cut the stamped image into three panels and the fun twine fringe!!!
    Thank you for the inspiration :)

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  42. Love you card. The way you split the image up and the twine peeking out. Lovely.

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  43. So pretty. I love the 3 peices. Really makes it stand out.

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  44. Wow - stunning card! Thanks for sharing! ~ Doris

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  45. Oh, I love every bit of this card, especially how you made it unique by splitting the image, and that cute twine border! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  46. Your card is beautiful! bbiswabic@new.rr.com

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  47. great card and the split image is just great for a vintage "light". TFS.

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  48. I love the technique! And the loops of twine....amazing!

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  49. Love the idea of turning a large stamped image into smaller ones. Beautiful twine loops on the edge.

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  50. I love your "in stages" card so truly pretty.

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  51. LOVE how you split the image in three, never thought of that! The twine loops are perfect. Great card!

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  52. I think you do a great job of vintage.The jute "scallops" on the edge are the perfect touch.

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  53. Gorgeous card, I love the Nutcracker Suite!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  54. Great looking card.

    marg0006 at verizon dot net

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  55. wonderful card, love th elayering and the loops of twine on the edge, beautiful detail. thanks for sharing.

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  56. Gorgeous card! I think it has just the right amount of "vintage." I really like the twine looping you added.

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  57. Love those heirloom papers with that pretty ballerina.

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  58. Well,I think you did a fabulous job with your vintage projects. They are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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