Aged To Perfection

Good Sunday morning all!  Here's a rather distressed card that is great for both the males in our lives or any wine lover!  I started with the faux leather technique for the background.  There is a step by step tutorial at the top of the blog if you want a more in depth look at it, but basically it torn pieces of masking tape over a piece of card (I used black for a darker look), then went over the tape with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink to get a dark edge to all the torn tape pieces.  Next I cut the Vineyard Frame in milk card.  I used Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink (D.O for short) on the wine barrel and vines, Seedless Preserves and Wilted Violet D.O. for the grapes and wine bottles and glasses and Peeled Paint and Forest Moss D.O. for the leaves.  I applied the inks with the pointy tip of the small smoothies.  Next I cut a backing piece out of milk card and used Antique Linen D.O. on the edges.  I glued the frame to it, then cut the centre out with scissors.  I added mounting foam to the back and attached it to the background.  I cut the sentiment and inked it with Wilted Violet and glued it to the centre of  the frame.  I used a white pencil to add some highlights to the frame.   I completed the card with milk mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are
 6 1/4" x  7 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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