Capture Life's Moments - Inventor Camera

The Inventor stamps from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous have been a huge hit this last year! The newest installments are great and the Inventor 8 set has this fantastic vintage camera.

I stamped it on some Distress Heavystock and then colored it with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink, then cut it out and edged it with Walnut Stain Distress Ink before spraying it with a nice layer of Distress Resist Spray.

The background was made using the Wrinkle-free Distress method of Crushed Olive, Chipped Sapphire and Ground Corduroy Distress Inks on the non-stick mat and applying it to a piece of Distress Heavystock. When I liked the look of the background, I stamped the entire Inventor 8 camera stamp onto the background and then added the colored camera with dimensional adhesive over the stamped image on the background. This made it a focal point on the card.

For interest, I added several of the small filmstrip stamps from and older classic stamp set called Mini Muse CMS063. This set has a lot of smaller sized images that fit well with so many things for card and ATC makes.  I stamped the film strip onto Distress Heavy stock with Black Soot and Ground Espresso Distress Archival Inks. You can see the color variations. Then I inked them with Walnut Stain and a Blending Tool. I adhered them to the background in several places and then added some messy stitching in a beige grey to tie in the camera.

I finished it off with a word band from Idealogy and two Long Fasteners.  This is a super easy card to make once you get all the materials out.

Thanks for stopping by and now get out there and capture ife's moments! :-)
Tami

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