A Vintage Collage for Craft Roulette 247

Hi all - Christmas is over and no rest for the weary! Had to watch this week's episode of Craft Roulette last night (#247 available HERE). This is my 38th card already - how the weeks fly!!

Supplies: Papers - Hero Arts Pine A2 card;

Paper Studio Entirely Textures (woodgrain);

DCWV Old World Stack; Mintay Academia 6x6;

Authentique Remembrance

Stamps - Paper Smooches Salutations (nib)

Dies - AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - Mrs. Grossman gold strip sticker;

Mintay Academia Paper Die Cuts;

Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink

Host Mary Gunn FUNN had Bitty Penny (her YouTube) as the guest. BP is a paper crafter who does a lot of unscripted craft videos on YouTube. The wheel spun some interesting parameters for us:

• Project - Card For a Craft Friend: I made a hello card for a painter friend.
• Colors - Pretty Paper: Says vintage to me so I went that direction for my palette.
• Element - Bell(s) And/Or Belle(s): School bell ephemera atop book stack.
• Random - Something Gold: Bell is gold but I also added a metallic gold strip.

I was visiting my sister and we had nothing in the stash with bells. That meant a trip to the craft store today and I found the Mintay papers and ephemera which included the school bell. I also shopped Hobby Lobby and came away with some jingle bells but I wasn't feeling a design with those.

Simply die cut a stitched rectangle and added some woodgrain patterned paper to the bottom for a "table". Inked the edges with Distress Ink. Added the panel to an A2 card covered with Mintay greenery paper, also with edges inked. Arranged the ephemera (also inked), including stacking a few books & adding the bell on top. Use foam tape on some areas for dimension. Stamped and fussy cut the sentiment & added to the card. Done!

That's it for today - hope you're having a crafty weekend!!