Scrapbooking Global Vintage Challenge

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I am the Scrapbooking Global Creative Design Team Member
who sets the Creative challenges and Blog Hop themes for Novemeber.
Each team member get to decide on a theme for both challenges.
We are almost at the end of our first 6 months of challenges and blog hops.
Only myself and Stesha Bloodhart to go...
Then we will be calling for some new design team members....
check out the link at the end of my post if you would like to join.


I chose a theme that I love creating Scrapbooking layouts for...Vintage

Vintage scrap booking, either choose photos that are truly vintage, meaning the old black and white photos or create your own vintage styled photos. Pretty dsp with a floral base with these neutral, brown, gray or green colour tones that create the vintage feel.
A vintage style scrapbook will stand out amongst your other scrapbooks. 
There’s just something about looking at old photos and
feeling as though you stepped into the past.
So I hope I take you right back to approx 1966...

The photos I chose to scrapbook were of my parents when they were dating
or just newly married... I absolutely LOVE this photo.

I found this inspiration while looking at Pinterest...

So that was were my starting point was, trying to recreate a similar background
with our beautiful Share What You Love Stampin' Up! DSP
which has a pearlised finish to some of the papers.

Lots of layers were added to this to make it look vintage....
Embossing Paste, Re-Inkers, Copper Spritz and some stamping.

Very different to what I started with...

More textural elements were added to create that Vintage feel.

Speciality papers, corrugated cardboard, bandage texture, lace, tearing, stamping,
layering of flowers, black and white photos, bling and handwritten journalling

So who goes and rips a perfect background, yep that is me!!!
I needed to add more texture...

These next few photos were taken late at night. So the colouring is way off!!

At this point of creating this layout.. I was almost ready to throw it in the bin
I could get my photo placement right (in my tiny mind)
Or the use of mats for my photos...many options were tried.
I asked many friends what they thought.
Thankfully they don't get bored with me sending photos.

Getting to where I wanted to be now, can see the beginning of a Vintage layout.

So once I worked out my photo placement the layout really started to come together.
The flowers that I cut from Project Life cards that are no longer available
were the only ones that I felt right for the layout.

Then it was just basically placement of the flowers and journalling spot.

Lots of processes to go through to create this layout...
Hope you are not too bored with the process.

FINALLY  the BIG reveal

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Products used were...
These can all be found in my online store.

White Cardstock - 106549
Share What You Love Specialty DSP - 146926
Crumb Cake Cardstock - 121685

Joyous Noel 6" x 6" Glimmer Paper - 147817
Copper Foil Sheets - 142020
Aqua Painters - 103954
Stampin' Spritzers - 126185
Palette Knives - 142808
Embossing Paste - 141979

 Pattern Party Decorative Masks - 144103
Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - 148026
Bright Copper Shimmer Paint - 147045
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Ink Refill - 121029
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Ink Refill - 105220

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Ink Refill - 147181
Momento Pad - 132708

Leaves Trinkets - 146343

Very Vanilla 1/2" (1.3cm) Lace Trim - 141672
Tea Room Copper Vinyl Stickers - 146314
Clear Mount Stamp Set - PS You're The Best - 146516
Clear Mount Stamp Set - Artisan Textures - 146573

Leaf Punch - 144667
Pear Pizzazz Cardstock - 131290
Old Olive Cardstock - 106576

Retired Items
Fancy Frost Sequins - 142519
Hello Lovely Project Life Cards -