Simon Says: Vintage/ Past Times

I love the challenge on the
Simon Say Stamp Monday Blog:

Vintage/ Past Times

I have this suitcase full of vintage photo's.

They are all from my grandparents form my father's side.

I do know some of the people, but a lot I do not know

who they are. Just loving all the pictures.

I know I will use some for vintage projects.

There are all various kinds of pictures

for all kinds of projects.

So I started with choosing this picture of 

Great grandmother Sara (who died giving

birth to my grandfather). So I think she

does need a tibute.

I started covering the tag with Tim Holtz

tissue paper, cut the ornate frame and used an

oval die to cut the picture to match the

inside of the frame.

For the tag I used two colors of distress oxide in:

picked raspberry and walnut stain.

I used  the scribbles THS036 stencil

to make the background .

Here is the halftone stamp again. Seems to be

a favorite these days!

Next I used the Sewing Stamps THMB007 by Tim

Holtz and colored thes with Distress Markers.

This is the finished look of the background.

And here is the finished tag.

The ribbons and flowers are colored with the same 

distress inks i used for coloring by adding them

to the kraft mat with some water.

Dried them with the heat gun.

Here the bow on top of the tag. I wrapped the rbbon 

around my fingers and tied it together with a piece of hemp.

This came through the whole and I tied it together so I can hang 

the tag in my craftroom. I used a Tim Holtz vintage safety pin

to add the bow to the tag.

I thougt this sentiment was perfect for what

Great Grandmother Sara had in mind before

she gave birth to my grandfather on the 8th of

April 1893.

Here a good look at the frame. I cut it out of kraft paper

and added some pink ink before spraying it with

Mica Bronze Spray. The flowers are added to the 

frame with a brad in the heart of the flower.

I also added some buttons tied with hemp to the tag.

These are from the Sewing Rom Bigz die.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!