Thursday, June 19, 2025

Sort of vintage


 I've been attempting a  technique called faux tin ceiling, where you adhere foil to chipboard, emboss it, paint it, then remove some of the paint. It's supposed to look like an old tin tile ceiling. I finally made a piece I like, and tin tile made me think "vintage" so I made a sort of vintage inspired card.

The other vintage-ish elements are a quill and ink bottle (you can't get much more vintage than that). I arranged them on a piece of kraft paper with a sentiment that sort of looks hand-written. For the rest of the card, I followed the 3-2-1 recipe at Double Trouble, using the Try a Sketch on Tuesday sketch.  The papers are chose are old-fashioned fabric prints, so they feel vintage as well. All the panels are edged in the same blue ink used for the inkwell and sentiment -- it gives everything a little more definition.

The card is entered in these challenges:

Double Trouble #193 -- all three elements (layers, patterns, kraft) plus TSOT sketch

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #672 -- sketch

Word Art Wednesday #704 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2524 -- anything goes

A Cut Above -- use a die-cut (feather and ink bottle)

The Paper Funday #77 -- anything goes with optional twist of embossing (faux tile is embossed) 

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes 

10 comments:

  1. Sandy, you are so creative! I love how you incorporated your vintage tile into your card following TSOT's sketch, and all the layering Double Trouble had asked for!! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with BOTH of us!!! -Donna

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  2. Great vintage style card. You nailed the tin tile look with color and embossing. Love the ink well and quill die cuts. Thanks for sharing with A Cut Above's June Challenge.

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  3. Very handsome card - the inked edges add a lot of interest. Thanks for sharing with us at both TSOT and Double Trouble:)

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  4. Very clever Sandy! I love your tile, and the whole card! With the tile, did you just use acrylic paint? And to glue it down did you adhere the whole piece of foil? I would love to give that a try. Perhaps I can find a tutorial. I love using things that I already have in clever, new ways. Thanks so much for the inspiration! And thanks for playing along with us at Word Art Wednesday. We appreciate you!

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  5. Such an interesting technique, I think the tile turned out really good and you found a great way to use it with that sketch! Thank you for sharing with us at Double Trouble.

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  6. Such a fun and creative card, Sandy. Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful art with us at Word Art Wednesday. I really appreciate it.

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  7. Your technique on the tile piece does serve so well with vintage and your selection of papers were excellent for the vintage look too... love the image. Thanks for sharing your handsom card with us at Double Trouble and your perfect interpretation of our sister sketch challenge.

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  8. The vintage tile is remarkable. Way to continue the vintage feel to the rest of your card. Love your decision to ink the edges of the papers to add some subtle definition. Thanks for joining us at Try A Sketch On Tuesday.

    sue n.

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  9. Sandy, that's a cool technique to try on your card. I've never heard of it before, but it turned out great! Thanks for sharing with us at Try a Sketch on Tuesday!

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  10. This looks exactly like a tin tile, great technique! Thanks for joining us at The Paper Funday Challenge and we look forward to seeing more of your lovely designs soon.
    Donna xx
    Paper Funday Challenges
    Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
    Inspiration Station Challenge
    Classic Design Challenge

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