Tuesday 2 October 2012

Innocent Bystander

This is the name of a lovely Australian white wine I shared with family and the label was carefully peeled off the bottle for future use - the art work was too wonderful to throw out!

Why?  Challenge #16 which is on at Unstampabelles at the moment, requires you to use a recycled  item (or two) in your piece for the Challenge, and I thought I could use it for that.  Check out the wonderful prize for this challenge! Remember, no stamps for images BUT you can now use a small stamp for a sentiment if needed but we really prefer you challenge yourself and don't use any stamps at all - it can be done you know!


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So, eventually I got to use the wine bottle label - telling a story, a mystery - in a card for Unstampabelles.  I got to use my new Tim Holtz die cuts ( jalopy and man with umbrella) and some Kaiser dies from a Collectables set called Sears and Son.  The DP is from Basic Grey's Oxford pad. 

The black cord is from a label that was attached to a piece of clothing - I'm a bit of a magpie - and the base card is a piece of packing which was just the right size. What is the story?  You tell me............


I will enter this is the following challenge:
Charisma Cards - for men
It's All About Vintage - Brown tones (dark brown here)
TandaStamps - something mystical


7 comments:

Cat's sCrap said...

Interesting and beautiful card. Magnificent layout. Your theme reminds me "René Magrite". Wonderful interpretation ! Bravo ! Very original !

Thanks for joining us at Charisma Card this week and good luck !

Hugs from France.
Catherine.

Merry said...

Wonderful card creation Susan. Great recycling and what a fantastic name for a bottle of wine. I shall have to keep an eye out for that. I think the story is about a brother living in England who went in search for his brother who was adopted out due to the war. He discovered his brother in New York.

Gram's Treasures said...

Wow! Such an original card design. Adorable! Thanks for playing along this week at Charisma....hope to see you next time too!
Joyce xx

Unknown said...

This is such an amazing card! Love all the different techniques! Great details too! Thanks for joining us over at It's All ABout The Vintage & Beauty Challenge! Good Luck! Hugs and sunshine

Sarah C said...

Such an interesting collection of elements...it looks like an art piece! Very cool and totally "one of a kind". Great job!!

JanR said...

Great card! I love that mustache.

Gail said...

I just love this card ,it's manly without being boring .Lots of great elements which work togther perfectly.