Postcard from Abroad

This fortnights challenge at Crafty Boots has been set by the lovelly Gabrielle and she has set us the task of creating a post card so heres my vintage version all wrapped up with a pile of keep sake letters that I have imagined digging out of a battered old suitcase when sorting through an attic.

I cut plain white card to the right size and rounded the corners before staining with broken china and tumbled glass and some walnut distress stain. I roughed all the edges and inked again in the walnut stain.

I used 2 stamps  one from Indigo blu Grand Tour 2 and the other from Glitz Clear Stamps Distressing set 3.

 Once this was all dry I roughly swept a clear embossing pad across the top and covered in clear embossing powder before tapping off the excess and heating. Once the embossing was dry I inked it again with the walnut stain to get in the crevasses to give it that worn out look.

The pile of letters were created from just rough paper torn and roughly inked before being tied with some scrap ribbon that I inked with brushed corduroy distress stain.

 I think people have forgotton how lovely it is to receive a post card from family and friends when they are away as facebook, twitter and all those lovely bits of technology seem to keep most of us connected even when we are away, so this week when I go away for a few days camping my challenge to myself is to try and write and send a couple I am sure there will be time to write them while its raining :o) They will probably arrive at their destination after i ahve returned but thats half the fun seeing how long they take to get delivered.

I cant wait to see your designs so hope you can squeeze some time into crafty between, holidays work and looking after family. xxx