Buggy Vintage

We welcome back the fabulous May Flaum, our guest blogger this week.

“Bug Art”

Who said bugs can’t be on a vintage inspired paper? I used this beautiful paper from Webster’s pages as well as it’s coordinating ribbon to make this page. I mounted the photos on kraft cardstock (photo sizes 4 x 5 (top 2) and 3 x 5) and then cut it out around the edges leaving just a hint of the kraft color. I added in journaling then put it all onto foam dots and placed on my page. From there some stitched on fabric ribbon, buttons, a stamped image, and few more details more and my page was complete!

Supplies:

Websters Pages Patterned paper, vintage sparkler, letter stickers, fabric ribbon; Jenni Bowlin butterflies; Glitz Designs fleur de lis rub-ons; Jillibean Soup green large button; the Girls Paperie large pink button;www.catslifepress.com stamp; Prima flower; Tim Holtz Distress ink; unknown felt flower

We just love May’s layout! All the wonderful details are amazing!  Who says you cannot use Vintage with bugs?    Not us.

Thanks May for sharing this lovely layout with us.

May shares with us her favorite sources of Vintage supplies.

Favorite sources of “Vintage inspired” scrapbook supplies…

• Catslife Press – stamp designs that are awesome – many of which have a vintage feel
• Core’dinations Cardstock – with distressable designs and some patterns from companies like Jillibean Soup and Jenni Bowlin, you can’t miss!
• Glitz Designs – 2010 brought some vintage inspired lines from glitz, not to mention their distress pattern stamps!
• Graphic 45 – a whole lot of vintage inspired fun!
• Jenni Bowlin – she’s known for doing nothing but vintage inspired, and her kits often contain real vintage ephemera. How could I not love her?
• Kaiser Craft – Devonshire line pairs aqua + orange and vintage inspired accents. Love it!
• Katie Pertiet – the owner of www.designerdigitals.com is one of my favorite for vintage and botanical digital kits.
• Lily Bee – sometimes bright, other times more subtle, but always a delight and often with a vintage or retro feel.
• Making Memories – Vintage Groove jewelry line is great for papercrafting too! They also have Vintage Findings ephemera kits that can be found on sale at scrapbook.com
• Melissa Frances – pastels and soft shabby chic feel
• Melody Ross for GCD Studios “homespun chic” has a home-made vintage vibe
• October Afternoon – Thrift Shop has an aged vibe not to be missed
• Prima – a number of flowers, stamps, and paper lines that have a very shabby vintage feel are available this year.
• Tattered Angels – aside from their awesome mists, they’ve got some stamps, and other funky bits and pieces that are super lovely
• Teresa Collins – damask and fleur de lis (classic designs that have been used for hundreds of years if not more!) grace her beautifully colored lines.
• The Girls’ Paperie – vintage inspired, but very useful for today’s photos
• Tim Holtz for Ranger and Advantus – inks to stamps to buttons and so many details in between
• Websters Pages – from trims to sparklers to paper, it’s all lush goodness.

Need more May?  Check out her blog. It’s pretty cool.

Thanks, May!