Crafty Secrets - National Scrapbooking Day - $50 Giveaway - Photo Challenge

Good morning Happy May Day and Happy NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!!!! In honor of NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage has been having a Fabulous Celebration all week long with several $50 Giveaways!! Several of the Design Team Members will be announcing the winners for the $50 Givaways on their blogs today.

Starting today Vicki, Heidi (that's me!), Linda, Melissa, Michelle and Flo. will all be posting $50.00 Crafty Secrets Giveaways and you just need to leave a comment to be entered (and an email address in case you win).

Today is also Crafty Secrets Challenge Day and Vicki Chrisman our Design Team Coordinator gave us a challenge to create a project using a photo in honor of National Scrapbooking Day. We could make a card, layout or an altered item as long as it has a photo. For my project I decided to create an 8 x 8 layout. I have had this picture of my two great uncles for awhile and thought it would be great for a layout but I wasn't too sure what to do with it. BUT then Sandy, owner of Crafty Secrets came out with this NEW Car Classics Stamp Set and I knew it would be a perfect match! I started with a white piece of cardstock and randomly stamped images from the Car Classics stamp set around the outer edges using Vintage Photo ink and then I inked the edges. I think I used almost every stamp in the set to create the background.Next I applied Caribbean Blue and Crushed Shells Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels. After applying the Glimmer Mist I placed a Kleenex on top of the cardstock and used a brayer to pick up the excess Glimmer Mist.After I had the background done then I made a border using a piece of paper from the Radiant Paper Pad from Crafty Secrets and the word block stamp the is included in the Car Classic Stamp Set to create the border. I also distressed and inked the edges with Chestnut Roan ink.Here is a close-up of the border.I stamped the car image from Car Classics onto white cardstock and colored with Copic markers and then I used 3D Foam Squares from SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ to add some dimension to the car.These are the Copic markers used to color the car image.For an embellishment I added this Word Key from Tim Holtz and I also added a few brown vintage buttons.
Supplies~
Stamps~Crafty Secrets-Car Classics
Paper~Crafty Secrets-Radiant Paper Pad; The Paper Company-White, Brown
Ink~Tsukineko-Memento Rich Cocoa; Ranger-Distress Ink Vintage Photo; ClearSnap-Chestnut Roan
Other~Tattered Angels-Caribbean Blue, Crushed Shells Glimmer Mist; Copic Markers-B00, B02, C1, T5; Tim Holtz-Word Key; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™-Crafty Power Tape 81', 3D Foam Squares; Stampin' Up-Distress Tool; My Stash-Vintage Buttons, Brayer, Kleenex

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you get to have some creative time for yourself and enjoy National Scrapbooking Day!!

Don't forget about the $50 Giveaways on some of the Design Team Members Blogs today (Vicki, Heidi (that's me!), Linda, Melissa, Michelle and Flo) and here is a link list to all of the Crafty Secrets Designers. Don't forget to leave a comment and an email email address in case you win!! I will have the Giveaway open from now until May 4th and I will announce the Winner on May 5th. Good Luck!!

I also wanted to say a very warm Welcome to Deborah March she is our Newest Design Team Member and also a warm Welcome and Congrats to Sherry Cheever, she is the Crafty Secrets Guest Designer for May!! Welcome Ladies!!

Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage
Heartwarming Vintage Blog

Vicki Chrisman Team Leader

Pam Hooten

Heidi Blankenship

Marisa Grosson

Linda Duke

Michele Kovack

Melissa Phillips

Michelle Van Etten

Flo from France

Julie Campbell

Deborah March

Sherry Cheever

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi