OCC Vintage Verve

Hello All! I'm hosting a little mid-week challenge with a prize over on the OCC this week. The challenge is to use one of my favorite techniques called Vintage Values. Be sure to hop on over and see the vintage beauties the OCC crew came up with!

Vintage Values How-To: Requires 2-3 shades of the same color of ink and a craft sponge. Starting with your lightest shade of ink, use a craft sponge to sweep ink from the outer edges of your cardstock inward as far as you want your glow to touch. Repeat with your next shade of ink, but only sweep about 2/3 as far in (so some of the lighter color still shows in the inner sections). Repeat with the darkest shade of ink (if desired), sweeping with short strokes, only about 1/3 of the way in.

To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave a comment on the original challenge post on the OCC Blog linking to your project so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC. On Friday, October 31 at noon EST, we'll be choosing one random participant to receive their choice of any Verve Stamps set. If you don't have Verve stamps, feel free to play along with stamps from any company. We never met a stamp we didn't love!

Now, I usually do this technique with browns, but in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I decided to go pink. The three shades I chose to work with are Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose. I started by embossing a couple pieces of Classic Cream cardstock with the Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, then sponging the edges using the Vintage Values technique. I cut a circle with my Classic Circles Nestabilities, stamped the snowflake from Winter Wonder Remixed in Pretty in Pink and then sponged the edges with the 3 shades of ink. Next I cut a coordinating Basic Gray and Pink Pirouette circle and scalloped circle to mat behind it, and inked up the edges of the scallops. I used the Martha Stewart Fern Branch punch and punched about 10 shapes out of Classic Cream, and then randomly inked the edges with the three different shades of pink ink. I finished off with some Petal Pink liquid pearl accents, some teeny tiny rhinestones on the scallops and some Basic Gray taffeta ribbon.