Card Style Week: Let's Do Shabby & Vintage

Who's up for a shabby and vintage challenge?


In the latest and greatest special issue from Paper Crafts magazine, Card Style, there are 31 pages of cards representing these layered, soft, old-time styles. 31! Oh my!

What makes a card shabby chic? Well, shabby chic is a style characterized by layering. It is soft, utilizing ribbon, lace, and techniques such as inking and distressing. The final product looks comfortable, weathered, and worn.

What makes a card vintage? Vintage goes a step further by adding old images, found items, and antique trinkets to the mix.

Here are a few of the besties, IMHO, from this stellar issue. Check it:

Thanks for Being You Card by Melissa Phillips, p. 106

Moxie Fab Alert: Going down our checklist, this card has it all: layers, softness, lace, ribbon, and inking to create that weathered, worn, comfortable look. Not to mention, it's absolutely sweet as pie!

Old-Fashioned Luck by Cindy Holshouser, p. 124

Moxie Fab Alert: In this moxie fab vintage card, I love the way Cindy has used an image that looks old because of the way it's colored. And even though there are many layers to this card, it isn't overdone. Everything is balanced. From the red and white overtones, to the floral accent echoing the flowers in the photo, to the subtle lace, to the fancy die-cut frame with the simple, most appropriate font, there is harmony in everything we see.

Enjoy by Anabelle O'Malley, p. 127

Moxie Fab Alert: The layers in this card are elegant, aren't they? There is dimension in this card, but it isn't too heavy--which is a balance that is very difficult to achieve in shabby and vintage cards. The best trick? Anabelle has kept the sentiment super simple--otherwise it would have been completely over-the-top. It's almost as though less is more where there's lots of more. Knowwaddamean?

Dream Big by Danielle Flanders, p. 133

Moxie Fab Alert: First of all, the shape. Second of all, the color combination. Third of all, that yummy textured, natural ribbon. Fourth of all, that button! And last but not least, the sentiment that sums up all the alls!

Glittery Hello by Betsy Veldman, p. 136

Moxie Fab Alert: Well my goodness it's all here in one gorgeous card. I am absolutely speechless, which doesn't happen often, my moxie fab friends!

I can see you're chomping at the bit to give shabby chic and vintage a try. Here's what you'll need to begin:

• Create a card in the shabby chic or vintage style.
• Upload it to your blog, click on your blog's title, copy the URL, and add it to Mr. Linky below.
• Tell your readers that you've created your project for the Card Style Shabby Chic and Vintage Challenge in the Moxie Fab World and link it back to this post to encourage your readers to play along as well.
  
• If you don't have a blog, upload your project to this flickr gallery, copy the URL to your project, and add it to Mr. Linky below. Make sure you set the security on your photo so that I can copy it. If I can't copy the image, I won't be able to offer it as a winning entry.
  
• Upload your projects by midnight MDT on Monday, August 2.
• Two winning entries will be shown on this blog on Wednesday, August 4 and will receive an "I'm Moxie Fab" challenge winner button as well as a copy of Card Style magazine.

Feeling all my layers,

~Cath

PS Be sure and click on over to Paper Crafts Connection where the Card Style Week celebration continues!

PPS Don't forget that we also have another challenge going on in the Moxie Fab World! It's the Finding Inspiration in a Layout Challenge and it ends on Monday of next week!