Shopping Our Stash #17 - Shabby Chic or Distressed or Vintage

  I want to shout out a big THANK YOU to Carla for inviting me to be a part of the Shopping Our Stash design team.  I have a serious amount of stash; after all I have been collecting for about a dozen years now!  Sometimes I feel a little guilty about the plethora of supplies in my craft room, but when I make a card out of neglected supplies or never-used stash it feels so rewarding.  Shopping Our Stash (SOS) is a brilliant way to give my papers and embellies some love.  And the best part for me?  Two of my DT sisters at SOS are my long-time blog friends, Lauren and Leslie.  This is my first time on a DT with either of them!

  This week's challenge:  Shabby Chic or  Distressed or  Vintage- do you have a plethora of Tim Holtz supplies longing to be used?  Or how about some vintage findings, or shabby chic trims?  Dig out your vintage-themed papers, stamps, embellishments or go shabby chic- or even just distress edges of your papers!

  I distressed the edges with chocolate chip ink to some vintagey-papers and added metal flowers.  Metal embellies make me think of the fabulously talented Tim Holtz.  I cut my base card @ 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" s that it still fits in an A2 envelope and no extra postage is required for the odd shape...though the metal flowers and popped up butterflies may be too weighty or bulky!

Supplies:
Cricut cartridge:  Martha Stewart Crafts Elegant Cake Art  (butterfly & shadow p.48 cut @ 1 1/2"; floral paper lace frame and shadow p.43 cut @ 4")
stamp:  My Pink Stamper Yummy-licious
paper:  Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime "Butterfly Kisses", "Primrose Cottage", and "Fairy Folk"
ink:  Stampin' Up! chocolate chip
lace:  Stampin' Up! chantilly
flower elements:  Maya Road

Happy Tuesday!