A vintage postcard is the first thing I thought of when I saw this beautiful Webster's Pages paper. I say paper, but it's actually a very heavy printed cardstock. My sweet friend, Cindy, carries the Webster's Pages line in her store, StarLitStudio. The floral bee pattern was cut from the lower portion of this striped piece of Reflections of Nature 12-inch paper and repositioned on the top part of the paper, to make my 4.50" x 7" card. I know that's an odd size, but I wanted to use all of this pretty pattern! (If you click on the red hyperlinked text above, you can see the whole piece of paper and that might explain things better!).
The card base is a very deep purple/eggplant (WorldWin's Deep Groovy Grape). I cut the card's mat using the new Inverted Scalloped Square Nestabilities from WorldWin's Medium Groovy Grape and pieced them together so I would have enough to go all the way around the border of the card.
The faux postage was created with an Inchie Arts White Inchie Square. I stamped Lockhart Stamp Company's Itty Bitty Lavender on it by inking the top of the lavender with Memento Grape Jelly Dew Drop ink and the lower stems & bow with Memento Rich Cocoa. This eliminated having to color the top of the lavender with too much other than Lavender Copic Spica Glitter pen! Green Copic markers in G21 & G24 were used to color the stems, accented with Melon Spica Glitter pen. The Inchie is also matted with the Inverted Scalloped Square Nestabilities.
To create the "10 cents" postage words, I used JustRite's Times New Roman font numbers for the "10" and the Small Letter Set for the word "cents". I love being able to create any sentiment or words I can dream up, using the JustRite products!
Thanks for stopping by! ~ Sharon
Lovely postcard and what an ingenius use of that marvelous IB stamp! I adore your postcard!
Posted by: Gabriela | January 30, 2009 at 05:47 PM
Truly gorgeous, Sharon!! Your stamp is perfect too!!
Posted by: Rose Ann | January 30, 2009 at 05:50 PM
Gorgeous! The stamp is too. I love the flower stamp that you used to make the stamp. Fabulous!
Posted by: jules p | January 30, 2009 at 05:58 PM
Wonderful...Especially the stamp!!!
Jan
Posted by: Jan Castle | January 30, 2009 at 06:27 PM
Gorgeous...love all the details!
Posted by: Judit V | January 30, 2009 at 06:55 PM
You've done it again, Sharon. Everywhere I look there's another charming little detail. Getting a card from you would certainly be an intimate little adventure. TFS your very creative mind.
Warm wishes,
NancyS in Indiana
Posted by: NancyS | January 30, 2009 at 08:38 PM
So very lovely Sharon!
Posted by: Melissa (SCS: stampin_melissa) | January 30, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Sharon, this is just beautiful! I love the colors and all your attention to the little details.
Posted by: Karen | January 31, 2009 at 07:35 AM
Sharon, you are such a wonderfully creative artist. I love this post card.
Posted by: Trisha | January 31, 2009 at 07:50 AM
Oh my it is just Beautiful!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | January 31, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Gorgeous! Love the vintage look of it.
x Natasha x
Posted by: bolha | January 31, 2009 at 01:12 PM
So very pretty. Love how you brought the different elements and patterned paper together. So incredibly creative! :)
And I really liked the purple too! I am seeing purple everywhere these days it seems. Hope that you are having a great weekend!
Posted by: Maria | January 31, 2009 at 02:02 PM