Vintage Street Market - Party Games Kit

As promised I am going to share a few projects today that I created using the new Party Games paper kit from Vintage Street Market. 

The paper in this kit contains vintage party images and elements related to parties:

~ The first giant sheet of paper has a collage of game board covers on the front and the back is made up of 6 12x12 squares of monochromatic polka dot patterns.  The square colors are red, blue, yellow, green, orange and pink.   

~ The second sheet of paper has 2 designs (3 of each design) which would work perfectly as 12x12 lay-outs or could be cut apart to use the individual elements.  The elements include alphabet tiles, banners, word boxes, border strips, etc.  The back of the second sheet is a mix of colored polka dots on a white field. 

~ Specialty Papers... Red Paper Foil and Yellow Crepe Paper.

~ Cardstock Die-Cut Shapes (12x12)

You will notice that I also incorporated a bit of the Tinted Tapes here and there...I will point it out where it was used.

"Remember to Play" Card

This first card was so much fun...I knew I wanted to use these cute little cardstock tags on a card together.  They were just too much fun and it is a nice little reminder for everyone to remember to take a little bit of time and play once in a while.  I used the blue monochromatic polka dots for the bottom (though they don't show up due to my flash) and the multi polka dot paper for the top.  I cut a strip of the foil to use as a bit of paper ribbon and the tags and diamonds are from the chipboard sheet of die-cuts.

I inked the edges of the card, tags and diamonds with Stormy Sky Distress Inks & the IBT and used some letter stickers (flat & dimensional) that I've had for years.

"Happy Birthday 2 U" Card

This card was so much fun!  I loved the puppy which is on the collage sheet of paper.  I trimmed the game boards and other elements around the puppy and spinner and paired it again with the blue polka dot pattern paper.  The blue paper was covered with strips of the  Numbers Tinted Tape...of course it would have been very easy if I had done that to start with but I didn't think of it until I already had the darn dog glued down!  Sooo, I ended up cutting the tape very carefully with my Exacto knife to fit around the dog and spinner.

I cut the red foil into strips; pressed & looped it onto a line of adhesive to create the fun ruffled effect along the side.  It didn't look quite finished so I added the bow at the top. 

I then cut around the puppies hand so it could hold the cardstock tag from the kit; covered a chipboard 2 with foil and used more of the Numbers Tinted Tape to cover a chipboard U.  The three little circle accents were also from the sheet of cardstock die-cuts.

finally...

"Fun" Door Hanger

I had so much fun with this project!  The base is a wood door hanger that I bought years ago on clearance at Michaels for something like $ 0.15 (gotta love a bargain!!).  I painted the edges and back with black acrylic paint.  Then I covered the front of the hanger with the game boards and other goodies I had cut from the collage mix that I got the puppy/spinner image from in the last card.  

  

I created a mini collage on a base I cut from the red foil with a Spellbinders label die-cut (no clue what number). The foil label was then embossed using a Sizzix embossing folder and mounted on black cardstock.  I used various elements from both the collage printed paper and the cardstock die-cuts sheet to create the mini collage.  

Finally I created the bow.  I cut the yellow crepe paper into strips; adhered the Soot Tinted Tape down the center of each strip of crepe paper then made several loops which I stacked and added the extra tails.

So there you go...

your first look at the Party Games paper kit and a bit of Tinted Tape from Vintage Street Market!

What do you think?

Pretty fun stuff huh?

Well you know how much I love to share things, today is no different!

I'm going to share a roll of the

Numbers Tinted Tape

AND

the "Fun" Door Hanger

with one lucky reader. 

To enter the drawing all you have to do is tell me what your favorite game(s) was when you were a kid!

This should be interesting since some games span the ages (monopoly, scrabble, life, etc) and other games are associated with various decades (the dating game, pong, pac-man, etc.). 

I can't wait to read all about YOUR favorite game(s).

You have until 4-21-11 to post your comment.

My favorite game?

Well, when I was little I loved to play Checkers and Connect 4 ~ both of which are still around.

When I got older it was Monopoly (hmmm, maybe that's why I like gameboard stuff so much!)

And in the 80's when we got our first Atari it was Pac-Man and Pit Fall...

Yes, I know ~ I'm dating myself terribly with those confessions - LOL!!