It’s Sunday, and time to play with The Paper Players! This week we are serving up a delicious helping of yummy colors for our color challenge! My card is a nostalgic design, combining curves and texture. It is a style I like to call “Clean and Vintage”. In today’s tips, I will give you a mini-lesson on how to achieve this look. Plus, I have prepared a “Down Home” video to go along with it. Enjoy today’s card…I was “thinking of you” when I created it!
The finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide by 5-1/2″ long.
- Vintage through color! This card screams “1920’s”, with its muted tones of Poppy Parade and Pool Party. Keep in mind that it isn’t necessarily the colors that characterize a vintage card…it is the “softness” of the colors!
- Vintage through embellishments! Vintage cards are often a tactile delight! Ribbons and pearls add to the experience.
- Vintage through texture! The “Floral Image” from the Sale-A-Bration set, Fresh Vintage, was inked using Poppy Parade and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers. It was used to randomly stamp a Very Vanilla panel. Zipping the panel through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder softened the colors.
- The finishing touch! The “Thinking of You” sentiment from Sincere Salutations was stamped directly onto the designer paper. Tip: For perfect placement, use a Stamp-a-ma-jig!
Ready to hear more about this Clean and Vintage card? Check out the “Down Home” video. Warning: Be prepared for Brady Schach’s trumpet intro. It is an eye-opening experience for sure! Sorry Brady…I know Mom asked for it, but I think for the next video, we will just go without music!
I hope you enjoyed today’s card! Won’t you leave me a comment and let me know? Your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one of them. As always, if you ever have a question about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away. Until next time…
This is a gorgeous card – I CASEd it using the Twitterpated DSP – it’s amazing how it doesn’t look much different! 🙁 I have linked back to this post. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂 I’ll be stalking – I mean reading – your blog regularly 🙂
Such a pretty card Ann! The embossed floral image and that ribbon is unreal. Also love the bow you created and the use of the die cut edge!! Great colours this week!
Aqua and red must be a trend. I am seeing it everywhere, and it sure is fresh looking!
I’m glad to see you used a stamp from Sincere Sentiments (did I get the name right?). I love that set, and still use it.
Beautiful Shabby Chic card!!! I have to admit I was a little scared of the color combo, but now I LOVE it!! I pulled those colors out and jumped in!! LOVE, LOVE LOVE!!!! Very nice!! Amy L. :C)
Anne, This is simply stunning. I love your color combo and all the amazing details are just fabulous!
A soft touch of vintage or clean like you called it. Either way I love it. Thanks for the video.
Ann, when I see a card you make posted with others, I can almost always pick out yours. 🙂 You have a very special way with each one you make.
I love this card!! I especially love how you stamped on the DSP. For some reason, I always think I need to stamp on white, but I love what you’ve done here!!
Another gorgeous card! Really love how you use the lattice embossing folder over your stamped images – so much depth and texture is added with it. Brady’s trumpet was great…nice intro!
Very interesting video–enjoy all your explanations. Card is just so my style–I love it. I need to find the time to enjoy some of my new SU products to make some new cards. Snow is headed this way tomorrow. It was a really cold weekend–we have gotten so spoiled with the mild winter. Have a fabulous upcoming week. D
Clean, vintage and absolutely “Schach-tastic”! Sorry it’s been a about a week snce I have said it. 😉 Love our card, the pretty pearls, the rocking ribbon and the mix of texture and patterns. Just swesome! Loved that video but I would like to make one request. Please don’t skip Brady’s musical intro for the next one. He is so talented and I loved that you shared that. Hope your weekend was fun! Hugs! 🙂
I think your “clean and vintage” style is my absolute favorite! I love how you’ved added your trademark vintage elements on this clean design. Love the pearls on the scallop trim and the ribbon is gorgeous. Great video and I LOVED Brady’s trumpet intro!
What pretty colors and what a beautiful card, Ann!
Great lead in for the video! Love your card. It would make a perfect thinking of you, birthday or thank you card. Great colors!
Beautiful card, Ann, and a nice video intro by Brady! Love the soft feminine feel with all of the Ann Schach touches finished off with the pearls; had to chuckle when watching your video and your comments about using restraint on not adding pearls to the DSP flowers as I was just thinking about how that might look when your comment came through! My grandma’s sweet image came immediately to mind as she ALWAYS wore an apron; must have been common for that generation. Although mine are not as pretty as hers were, I have begun wearing an apron as soon as I enter the kitchen just to protect my clothes. Thanks for the great video, Ann; you spoil us with your time! Hope the Twins are doing well! Hugs.
Beautiful card Ann. I had trouble getting to your site yesterday. Today I could see your card and was thrilled. I like your style “clean and vintage” along with the texture and the curves. Great way to display those new products.
Nice introduction to Bradys music. I enjoyed your video very much. Love the ruffled ribbon and your style of “CAFV” Clean and Fresh vintage.
I hope I can play along the PP challenge.
You Rock Ann!
xo, Marian
Ann, the intro was excellent! I love how you took clean and simple and vintage and mixed them together to make something that is reminiscent of our Grandmother’s aprons! Wouldn’t this make a beautiful Mother’s day card with an apron to match? Thanks for sharing your unique technique!
Love your layers and your bow, too!
See…I KNEW I would love it! 🙂
Sweet – love the clean and vintage. Also, reminds me something my mom might have made for for me in grade school or before to wear. I had all kinds of dresses with the matching colored dusters but in a different pattern to wear to church etc. Of course the pearls are the perfect touch too. Sort of of the June Cleaver look with her apron and pearls on! I enjoyed the video too explaining it all. Plus, the joy of Brady’s interlude! Fun!!!
Chris R. from Iowa
Ann, I admire your restraint with the pearls! This is a beautiful card and I enjoyed your video (and Brady’s playing!).
Another beUtiful card, Ann! I enjoyed the music as well as the video. You rock!!! Kathy in AZ
Wow, absolutely beautiful. Colors are stunning as is the card. Another great one!
Oh, Ann. I hope that you DO reconsider your decision to discontinue providing a few bars of Brady’s music to your videos!
Your card is truly LOVELY and providing us with close-up photos AND a detailed video are added treats (and encouragements to try out your techniques, ourselves).
Ann, this is beautiful thanks for sharing. You are so talented.
Renee
http://www.reneesstampincorner.blogspot.com
Oh that bow!! Bow-dacious for sure! Beautiful card! And I loved hearing Brady play on your video!
Simply gorgeous Ann! Love the colors and the style. And, I thought the trumpet intro rocked! Go Brady!!!
Gorgeous card. Love your ribbon treatment and all the gorgeous details. TFS
Ann – This is such a beautiful card (as all of them are)! Love it…and Brady’s intro! Kudos to you both. Great job on the video. Keep them coming! You have a wonderful way of explaining the details and your techniques. Thanks for sharing your talent… and your son’s!
Ann, love your card and the colors are gorgeous. Your bow rocks big time as do those gorgeous pearls. I just love this DSP and have a lot of ideas going through my head. BUT my FAVORITE part is the video. Just so enjoy your thoughts and I have to say I was so exicted to hear you say ‘art deco’. THAT’S what I thought when I saw those dies. Love them! Now off to make a card for this color challenge. Hugs
another creative piece…what do you do w/all your cards you make? there’s so much input & time, so do you send or hand deliver them? beautiful & thanks again for another great share!
This card is “simply” fabulous! I love the simplicity of the creation with the intricacy of the end result. I don’t know how you manage to pull this off card after card, but I truly appreciate the constant inspiration you provide.
I vote to keep the wonderful intro music! Very pretty card, Ann and really like how you explained that you can tone down patterned paper through texturizing it – don’t think I would have thought of that on my own! Love it all! Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
Hi Ann! What a gorgeous card! Love the edging, the patterns, and that beautiful wavy bow!! The soft patterns do remind me of an apron. How fun. Your video was great, and please keep the music. It was so nice to hear and unique from other blog music. Hope you have a great Sunday!
Beautiful card today: I wouldn’t have thought to use those colors together but they look great. I always look for your touch of pearls.I enjoyed the video and your son’s music, too!
I just love this card…It is so crisp & clean….Beautiful card..I am fairly new to making cards…your website makes it easy for me to create and learn more idea’s…and to build more confident in myself….
Ooooh, I love this card. The colors look wonderful the way you put them together. Love how you made clean look so vintage. And I enjoyed Brady’s trumpet lead in. The talent genes were overloaded in your house!!
Loved Brady’s intro to the video. The Pool Party seam binding bow is such a nice touch to this vintage card.
I can just see the apron Grandma wore with a similiar pattern to it.
You certainly predicted correctly! I do love it. And I love your “clean and vintage” style. Everything about this card is beautiful. Love the video, too. Thanks!
And I love the music intro, too!
Lovely color combo, Ann! I love these together! And you used all your papers and embellishments for a perfectly lovely creation! I love how shiny your ribbon looks….mine never looks that good! The video (and music) was great, btw!
Just simply beautiful! I love the colors and your “clean and vintage” look! I think I could actually re-create this one! Love your videos and I actually liked Brady’s musical introduction!
Your card is lovely and does remind me of my Granny’s kitchen and her aprons:-) The bow and the decorative edge enhance that image.I love your “Down Home” videos and the glimpse it gives into your design process.I really love the Brady music too and I would love to hear more.( My son was also a Music major in college (french horn) and is now a high school band director. Gotta love those musical kids!)You must be so proud of him! He is VERY talented! Thanks for sharing such wonderful talents of both mother and son:-) It must run in the family!
Speaking of family,how are the twins?
Inky hugs,
Janet
Your vision and creativity continue to amaze me. There must be a million ideas in your head just waiting to be implemented in another fabulous card.
Ann……the ‘Queen of Pearls’ rocks again. The card is Gorgeous and enjoyed the video as well…even with the music.
ColleenB.