Vintage Travel

The new challenge starts today at Frilly and Funkie and it is called Planes, Trains and Automobiles.  The lovely Kathy is our hostess and she describes it this way:

Summer is a great time to travel. For this challenge, create a vintage or shabby chic travel themed project. Think folded maps, cruise ships, road signs, compasses, passports, trains, planes or automobiles. As long as your project features a travel theme, you're headed in the right direction.

I have been admiring the tall and skinny cards that my team mate Jenny has been making lately and thought I would give one a try. She makes them look so easy but I took a while to come up with a design that I liked and that was flat enough to mail without having to rob a bank to pay for the postage.

I started with some cream card stock (Staples) for the blank and then added a panel of rusty red card stock (Bazzill), which was distressed and inked on the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Tim Holtz).  Pretty well everything on the card was distressed and inked in the same manner.

Next I took another piece of cream card stock and inked it all over with Aged Mahogany, Frayed Burlap and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz).  This time I spread them on using a very wet paint brush adding a colour at a time in random areas and then drying with a heat tool (Tim Holtz) before I added the next colour.

Once the panel was dry I added some stamping using Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Tim Holtz) and one of the Travel Mini Blueprint Stamps (Tim Holtz).

A panel of rust card stock (Recollections) came next.  It was embossed using a Gears embossing folder (Tim Holtz) and then the highlights were rubbed with Rich Copper Metallique Wax (Prima).

I cut a chevron from Memoranda paper (Tim Holtz) and added that next followed by a half circle of some map paper from the same paper pad.

Some venise lace was dyed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and added to a smaller chevron cut from the Memoranda paper before the chevron was added to the card.

I used Versamark Embossing Ink and a pocket watch stamp (IndigoBlu) to stamp onto some acetate and then it was embossed with Copper Embossing Powder (Ranger).  I fussy cut the watch and added it next.

The lovely lady is from the Paper Dolls (Tim Holtz) and has been inked with Vintage Photo DI as were the clip art suitcase and the Small Talk Sticker (Tim Holtz).  A bit of Black Soot DI was added to the suitcase straps using a water brush (Tim Holtz)

Finally I altered an arrow (Tim Holtz) by coating it with a blend of Terra Cotta and Copper Mixative Alcohol Ink (Tim Holtz).

These products for my vintage card came from The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 12 x 12 Paper Stash Memoranda	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Blueprint & Gears Set	(February Pre-order) Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair - Metallique Wax- Rich Copper	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Vintage Photo	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Aged Mahogany
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot	Ranger Embossing Powder - Copper	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Copper Mixative	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Teracotta	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk
Tim Holtz Ideaology Paper Dolls TH93555	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments - Arrows	Venise Lace Trim - 1/2 inch wide	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Blueprints 3	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator, Stamp Handle and Felt	(APRIL PRE-ORDE) Tim Holtz Tonic Studios Black Kushgrip Snip w/Non-Stick Blade & Cap 7"-Small T817	(APRIL PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Tonic Studios Black Thread Cutter/Paper Distresser 370E	Scor-Pal Scor-Tape 3/8" x 27 Yards	Scor-Pal Scor-Tape 1/4" x 27 Yards	Scor-Pal Scor-Tape 1/8" x 27 Yards
Ranger Multi Medium Matte 4 oz.