Vintage Style Father's Day Cards ~for sale on my ebay!

I was inspired by some of Dusty Attic gorgeous pieces to create these unique cards for father's day.  I used the Dusty Attic brackets to frame the cards and gave them a vintage worn finish in beautiful shades of blue and brown. 

In the first card I used the small Dusty Attic tree and inked with a variety of paints to get a distressed, crackled finish.  The DA bracket is wrapped with seam binding and the kraft papers are from the new Tim Holtz kraft resist collection.  This listing is available here



The second card also features a Dusty Attic bracket, and the tree here is made up of hand-rolled wire to simulate the tree top.  I used molding paste and a mix of mists and paints to get the worn look on the bracket.  This listing is available here


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