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 A new month has arrived and that means a new challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This month's challenge is Old School (Back to School or Old/Vintage).

And here is the card I created:

I went with the Old/Vintage theme.  I am a homeschool mom, so my kids don't "go" back to school.  I guess I could make them first day of school cards, or something, but I don't.  Also, my brother-in-law turned 40 yesterday, so it's kind of a play on the Old theme.  (And I can say that because I am now over 40 myself!)  I created my own "papers" by spritzing some water color paper with water before stamping the images with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and then spritzing with water again.  Some parts didn't run as much as I wanted and some ran too much, but I guess it adds to the vintage look.  I made sure the panel was dry before stamping the script in a pale red.  His favorite color is red and I thought it added a little something without taking away from the vintage feel.  Then I blended around the edges with some Old Paper Distress Oxide and some Creamy Caramel SU! ink.  I did the same steps with the striped panel, except I didn't add any red.  I die cut my clock face, which is also vintage looking, along with the hands.  After die cutting them, I sponged on a little bit of light turquoise and copper metallic guilding pastes to give a verdigris look.  I finished it off with a stamped sentiment and some copper mini brads.  You can see the clock hands a bit more in the photo below.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head on over to the LTSCB blog to see what the rest of the team has created and to get the full details of the challenge.  Then get inky and play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Damask Designs", "Distressed Stripes" and "Hands of Time"

Dies:Papertrey Ink "Hands of Time"; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

The Paper Shelter--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #502--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Crafting Happiness #106--anything goes

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Lil' Red Wagon #612--Bette Davis Eyes (anything with a face--( I have a clock)

Aud Sentiments #280--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #570--anything goes

Cut It Up #231--create your own background paper

Cardz TV #146--anything goes

Sketch Saturday #671--any past sketch (I chose #498, but flipped it to the other side)