Always A Classic

Welcome back! Thanks so much for sticking around even though it's been a little bit (cough cough six months cough*) Good news is that I've got SO many projects and photos so I'll be cataloging them via blog for a bit and I really hope they inspire you :)
For today I had a request from a friend for a birthday card for her mother. Being as her mom loves classic movies and tv shows, and I had a yen for doing another grey scale character, I came up with this little beauty:

 I went with vintage creams to give it a sepia type of feel. I had some old school Stampin' Up! patterned paper DSP in neutrals. I felt that the stripes and damask prints really looked like vintage wall paper. It was a perfect backdrop for an old bubble tv. I had NO idea how to make one- so I cut a 3.5 square, cut a circle in the center and stamped it with my woodgrain background. Inked the edges and added some pieces and 'feet'. I hope it's tv enough. I liked it! I then created it into a shaker card using The Greeting Farm's Mini Happy Remix girl. Using various tones of grey from my copic collection.

I mounted the shaker-tv onto a scalloped square and had my card base cut into the z-fold style, cutting the excess flap off. I also downloaded a free I Love Lucy Font from DaFont's webiste. The outside is just a simple "Happy Birthday" sentiment, but the inside says 'to someone who's always a classic.'. It was perfect for my friend's mom.

So there you have it! I hope you enjoyed it and I highly recommend trying grey scale yourselves. The key (for myself anyways) was to use the cool grey sets for the skin, the neutral greys for the hair and then the warm greys for all the clothing and accents. I enjoyed how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

~Brandie~