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!)

Hop Beginning : http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/ 

Vivian Keh : http://contadinak.wordpress.com/ 

Jan Garber : http://scrapnsurprise.blogspot.com/ 

Dana Warren : http://www.kraftpaperstamps.blogspot.com/ 

Hilde Stolk : http://hildejanbroers.blogspot.nl/ 

Gini Williams Cagle : http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/ 

Rita Barakat : http://letsembellish.blogspot.com/ 

Linda Abadie : http://lindaabadie.com/ 

Tessa Buys : http://precociouspaper.blogspot.com/ 

Beverly Sizemore : http://bevscreativepath.blogspot.com/ 

Karla Der : http://madebykarla10.blogspot.com/ 

Gloria Stengel : http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/ 

Amanda Philips : http://oldenough2beakid.blogspot.com/ 

End of Day 1 - Hampton Art :  http://blog.hamptonart.com/ 

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

Sunday's Bits & Pieces #27

Hi there!!

For those that visit my blog, i know i've been MIA the past two weeks!!! My classes started and all of the sudden i got a lot of hours at my part time job and i had a project for a friend to complete. This weekend is the 1st that i have had off in two weeks, so i have been enjoying it making card (and yes a little studying!!)

I made many cards and projects this weekend, but i can only show you one! The others are for Hampton Art and can be seen on their blog in a few months! And hopefully this coming weekend i can show you the project i worked on for a friend!

On to the card!! Its been awhile, so i wanted to make a card for CAS-ual Friday's. This weeks challenge is embossing, any kind of embossing.

For my card i did dry embossing. I found a big piece of green cardstock (this card will be made from the bits and pieces in my scrap drawer!) and used an embossing sleeve to get a notebook impression. Then i inked up the raised portions with a brown ink pad.

Next i used a texture tool and distressed the edges. Then i found piece of pattern kraft paper, i stamped the image on one side and again on the other. I cut out one of the girls from the red plaid side and adhered it to the other side. I also stamped a G at the top and bottom for 'girls'

I wrapped twine around the embossed panel and added the girls card with a tiny paper clip. Oh and i almost forgot i added a little white distress Stickles to the red plaid girl.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! While i probably will not be posting as often because of school, hopefully another 2 weeks will not pass without a post!! :)

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Hampton Art: Alphabet SC00485 (Signature Collection, Clear Stamps), Girls IC0128 (Graphic 45, Cling Stamps).
Ink: Papertrey Ink: Dark Chocolate
Embossing folder: Sizzix
Paperclip: Tim Holtz
Paper: Unknown (scraps)

Hampton Art - Christmas in July

Hi!

Today is my day at on the Hampton Art blog. We are celebrating Christmas in July, and i have card featuring Graphic 45 stamps. Their image stamps make for great coloring! For all the details and more pictures check out Hampton Art's blog!

And don't forget the Christmas in July giveaway! Check out this post for all the details!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Hampton Art - Christmas In July

Hi there!

Today is my day at Hampton Art and we are celebrating Christmas in July. My card features Hampton Art's Graphic 45 cling stamps! I have a little peek, to see the whole card and details click here.

Also make sure you are following along with Hampton Art's Blog this month for a change to win lots of Christmas goodies. See this post for details!

Happy Christmas in July!

Dana