Vintage Journey January Challenge Luggage card

My goal for 2016 is to be a month ahead on DT and blog hop projects...I am not quite there, but I am caught up enough that I thought I would spend some time on a challenge.  When I saw the challenge over at A Vintage Journey blog, I knew I had the perfect die to break out!  I kept reading the blog and was also inspired by this post using acetate and embossing.  I just love that butterfly so I had to try it!  My suitcase didn't come out quite as gorgeous but I am satisfied.

I have used this die before and knew I would be making multiple cuts.  First I used confetti card stock for the base.  Then I cut just the suitcase insert in acetate.  Finally, I cut the entire card out of my chosen paper and removed the suitcase.

I ran the acetate through my Big Shot with the chosen embossing folder.  I then played with the alcohol inks.  My fingertip is still mushroom colored!  I also used copper pigment ink instead of a pigment powder which would have been more of a metallic look.  I wanted to go for a more weathered look.

The mistake came with the adhesion.  I tried red lined tape and mini glue dots but neither would adhere to the inked side of the acetate.  I finally used 3 in 1 glue.  It turned the ink greenish.  I decided to roll with it...you wouldn't have even know if I hadn't told you, huh?

I stamped the Tim Holtz sentiment in Brilliance Coffee Bean and embossed with Clear Bark all layered on a Spellbinders label cut of the confetti card stock.

How can I add these feathers?  I found them while digging for brown ribbon, they were in my "brown embellishments" container.  I found a super heavy adhesive ribbon from DCWV travel collection, it was thick enough to layer on top of the ends of the feathers.  I think they turned out nice.

Ingredients:

Sizzix pop up card die with luggage die insert

Lifestyle crafts embossing folder

acetate

Ranger alcohol ink mushroom

Stampin Up off white confetti paper

Quick Quotes Mocha Moma chalking ink

K & Co Life's Journey paper and stickers

Brillance Cosmic Copper & Coffee Bean

Recollections Vintage Black ink & Clear Bark embossing powder

Staz On Timber Brown ink

Tim Holtz Lost and Founds stamps

7 Gypsies stamps

misc stamps

DCWV ribbon

Spellbinders label die

misc ribbon and hardware

feathers, sequins, beads and stickers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2016/01/himcr-234-embossing.html untl 1/23x

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/challenge-95.html until 1/23x

http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/01/crafters-cafe-challenge-141-male-cards.html  until 1/28

http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.com/2016/01/january-challenge-anything-goes.html until 1/30x

http://www.vintagejourney.com/2016/01/a-vintage-happy-new-year-and-new.html until 1/31x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-january.html until 1/31x

http://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-technique-die-stamp-colors.html until 1/31x

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia