Vintage Vintage Card

I came up with this idea of grapes out of buttons last week when thinking of something for the "Button" challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show.  I played around with different techniques over the last week and finally came up with this thank you card.

The card is a piece of cream-colored cardstock.  I stamped it with a sheet music stamp and added a piece of newsprint scrapbook paper that I covered with matte multi-medium mixed with Frayed Burlap Distress Stain.  A piece of canvas-textured scrapbook paper was cut with Tim Holtz's On the Edge Ticket Postage die and grunged to form the background for the grapes.  This piece was laid aside until I made my "button grapes" .

To make the grapes I started with a piece of Ranger Gloss Paper and that I covered with a combination of Sail Boat Blue, Cranberry, and Eggplant alcohol inks.  I cut the paper with Sizzix Buttons #5 die.  The buttons were stamped with a variety of vintage images in Tsukineko Brilliance - Archival Pigment Ink in Moonlight White.  I added shading and highlights with Picket Fence and Black Soot Distress Markers.  After laying out the buttons in the "grape pattern" that I wanted on top of the Postage-edged background, I took a picture of it my phone and used that as my template for sewing the buttons onto the paper with embroidery floss. 

 I took a 6 x 6 piece of paper from a scrap pack and freehand sketched my grape leaf.  After cutting out my leaf, I used Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo Distress ink to go around the edges.  The leaf also got a coating of matte multi-medium and Frayed Burlap stain.  The leaf veining was drawn on with Vintage Photo Distress Marker.  The leaf was added with tape runner and a couple of foam adhesive squares.

I finished my card with a "Thanks A Bunch" sentiment.  

I'm so glad I finished this card.  I really enjoyed working on this project.  I think I'll submit it to Country View Crafts' Die Cut challenge.  Now it's time to call it a night and pack for a business trip that begins tomorrow.  Have a great weekend.  

Until next week -- Mary Elizabeth.