Vintage Picnic Possibilities

EDIT: Hello everyone, and WOW!!! Wasn't that an awesome group post by the Papertrey girls? I absolutely loved each and every project that I saw using Vintage Picnic!! I had some blog complications with my links last night but hopefully they are fixed now. Just got done with a two day garage sale....and guess what? On our way home, my mom and dad and I were scoping out more garage sales. You gotta go spend some of that money you make, right? Well, we're driving by a garage sale that my folks had already been to and they say there's nothin' there but old junk. Did they forget I like old junk? So we're driving past and I spy an old tin basket!!!! *gasp* I tell my dad to park it, I need out of the vehicle! I run up to the table and find an old picnic basket....actually it had no handles so my dad called it a bread basket. Whatever, I still wanted it! Guess how much? 25 cents!!!!!!!! Yipppppeee Baby, I'm the proud new owner of another vintage tin!! *insert big smiley grin here*.

I'm so excited about this month's Papertrey release of the new stamp set called Vintage Picnic. I sent the concept to Nichole and she designed the images and sentiments just as lovely as I'd imagined them. She did a great job translating my idea into actual stamps!! I'm excited as you are this month to see what all the Papertrey Design Team has done with Vintage Picnic.

I'm going to be showing you a patriotic themed idea using Vintage Picnic. With Josey's birthday on July 4th, my mom's on July 1st and our huge July 4th party we have every year, it's one of my holidays to decorate for. I've pulled some ideas from my Inspiration Notebook(see the label at the end of my post to check out more) to get the juices flowing. Love the flags and red/white/blue color scheme.....
...and the vintage look of my inspiration photos. It makes me so proud to be an American!!

So here's what I'm gonna do....I'm going to show you my Patriotic Porch Picnic Makeover this month. I bought this white picnic grouping at a junk store this Spring...it's just been waiting for something fun to happen.And it's the perfect time to show off the inspiration pieces that inspired the Vintage Picnic stamp set. These are a few of my vintage picnic baskets from my collection. I love them so much. I wouldn't trade them for anything.....and when I find a new one at a junk store or flea market my heart goes pitter patter!!So let's get the picnic started by sending out some fun invitations. Can you spy a new color....of course you can, you guys are like stamping detectives!! LOL! This view shows my invitation tucked into a pocket made by sealing and cutting off the top of an A2 sized envelope. I added a strip of old sheet music along the top with a covered clothespin and a handmade tag from the new Trademarks stamp set coming out this month.

And here's the actual invitation. It's a one layer tag that measures 4.25" x 5.5" with angles cut off to create the look of a tag. I added Bitty Dot ribbon to the top along with stars from Let Freedom Ring. Vintage Buttons tied with Rustic Cream Twine and a punched star create a fun border along the top of the invitation.

And using these Copic colors.......
I colored my picnic basket with the patriotic filler image. There are five basket options to choose from along with fillers for almost every season and occasion you need. There's also cute images that you can stamp onto the blank picnic basket and TONS of versatile sentiments. I'm loving the vintage typewriter looking font paired with the script on the sentiments. Perfection! I cut my image out using Spellbinder's Labels 1 Die Template, then inked all the edges with the Vintage Touch Tea Dye Duo inks.

Here's a closeup of the top of my tag.

Be sure to stop by often this month as my Patriotic Porch Picnic takes shape! I've got some fun stuff planned and I'm so excited to share my ideas with you.

Ohhhhhhh, and I can't wait to visit the other girls' blogs to see their creations. Let the picnic begin! And a special thank you to Nichole for inspiring my creative side. She really is the best!!

Nichole Heady

Becky Oehlers

Heather Nichols

Lauren Meader

Lisa Johnson

Dawn McVey

Debbie Olson

Geny Cassady

Betsy Veldman

Melissa Phillips

Niki Estes