Hi, welcome back.  Monday is Late Night Stampers Design team challenge and this week the challenge is:

Using current Stampin Up products show us your version
of a "vintage" project.  Are you distressing paper, using old
photo's, or new photo's made to look old?  Vintage colors? How about the
new Vintage inspired stamp Set?  You are only limited by your imagination!

I'm all over this one, LOVE VINTAGE.  So Here is what I did.

I started with the CHARMING, stamp set.  This set was originally in the Holiday Mini but it is still available because of the delay in the Simply Adorned items.

Simply addorned-coordinating stamp set 

Charming Stamp Set, item #116519, price $19.95

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using Close to Cocoa and Soft Suede, I randomly stamped the flower image on a piece of Very Vanilla

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I cut that into a tag 2-3/4 x 4, added a scrap of designer paper from Razzleberry Lemonade and stamped the flower image with Rich Razzleberry

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My card base is Basic black, 4-1/4 x 5-1/2,

mat is Rich Razzleberry 4 x 5-1/4

top is Kraft 3-7/8 x 5-1/8, stamped images down left are in Basic Black, then I sponged the edges of the top and the tag with Soft Suede.

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I decided to use a piece from my Hodgepodge Hardware, this is Styled Vanilla, it was a little bright, so I antiqued it with my Soft Suede reinker and a sponge dauber.

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on another scrap of Very vanilla I stamped the tag design in Basic Black

the little flourish in Rich Razzleberry, stamped off once to make it lighter

the word is stamped in Soft Suede first, then in Basic Black, off set just a hair so it looked shadowed.

I punched this out with my Designer Label Punch as it fits right inside the metal tag.

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I built a hole strengthener by punching a hole with my hand punch, then centering that inside my 3/4 inch circle punch – then I added it to the top of my tag.

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on a scrap of that background paper I stamped, I also stamped the little butterfly in Rich Razzleberry, and punched that out with my 1/2 inch circle punch which makes the perfect size to "BUILD A Brad"

I also added a couple pieces of ribbon to my tag, along the bottom, a piece of 1/4 inch black grosgrain, through the hole in the top, 5/8 black satin and 1/4 inch gingham.

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and here is where we started mucking with a little Science Project.

I filled the whole inside of the metal tag with Crystal Effects, then I sprinkled in, gold embossing powder, chunky essentials – black, and Fine Galaxy glitter – champagne.

I tied a piece of black embroidery cotton through a button from the LATTE selection, and stuck it right into this too.  Remember, Crystal Effects is great glue!

Ok, so at this point, I set this all aside and went and made a whole new card -  takes at least an hour to dry.  I know your not going to believe me, and you're going to stick your finger in it to see if it's dry, that's ok, I have sent many a card with my finger print in the C.E. just my own personal touch – LOL!

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here is the image of everything I added to the tags.  Yep, I'm making two cards again as one is another birthday card.

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and here is the finished card.  I taped everything down, then tore the top left corner, added more ribbon across the bottom and mounted my tag with dimensionals.

Hope you like it, I know the person getting it will, and come on back tomorrow and see what else I did with this stamp set, a hint, I'm wearing it today!.

Don't forget, New blog candy this week too, so leave me a comment before you dash away.

thanks so much for stopping in and spending a few minutes stamping with me.