Vintage Let's Chat

Hi. My name is Koren Wiskman and I am a member of the Time for Tea Designs Design Team. I hope that I can inspire you to create something cool with all of these awesome T4T supplies. Check out the Let's Chat stamp set and coordinating dies that I am using on this project in the T4TD shop. 

This card project is an A2 size card (4.25in x5.5in.) The front panel is cut to 3.25in x 4.75in. This is my favorite size card to create. I have tried so many others but this size is the one that keeps my heart happy. My card bases are typically made using a neutral gray cardstock. I should warn you, I enjoy my "white-space". My card designs can be all over the place, much like my personality. I hope you enjoy. 

Background

I used a little low tack tape to mark off a line towards the center of my card panel. I'm using watercolor paper for this card. You will see some light beige ink blending in the background of each card. 

Focal Image

This vintage phone image is from the Time for Tea Designs Let's Chat stamp set. I used waterproof ink on watercolor paper. To color this image I used black ink from a dye ink pad and a blender pen. I concentrated the majority of the ink towards the outside edges of the image and blended it out towards the center. This was my attempt to add a little dimension to the image. There is no light direction. I repeat, there is no light direction. I don't usually think that way when I'm coloring unless one image is in front of another image. Then, I might add a little shadow. I just like to color. 

I used the T4TD Let's Chat coordinating dies to cut out the images and pop them up along with a piece of string for the phone cord. Yes, we use to be attached to a place when we spoke to someone on the telephone. We also got to hang up on people. That was sometimes therapeutic. I was going for a vintage color scheme for these cards. The olive green and black remind me of times gone by. Also, it's a rotary phone! My kids have no idea what that is. 

Sentiment

The sentiment, also from the Let's Chat stamp set, was stamped in waterproof black ink. I did have to use my stamp positioner and stamp it several times to get it to look ok on the bumpy watercolor paper texture. 

I hope that I've inspired you to create something today. Check out the T4TD shop to find these products and more.

Koren