Timeless Inspiration Love Matchbook

Thank you for all my Happy Birthday comments, I had a wonderful day. xx

Love is the theme with Creative Expressions this month, there are hearts everywhere with their new stamp set Hearts Entwined. Here I'm using Tim Holtz Matchbook die to make a Love book.

This is the die cut card before I inked it up.

I inked up the card with Barn Door, Shabby Shutters, Dusty Concord, Mustard Seed, and Broken China Distress Inks. I did a few bits of spritz and flick, and went over again with the same colour inks. 

I distressed the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. 

I used the small heart from the Hearts Entwined stamp set to stamp randomly all over the cover.

Now to make an insert. I had just received a parcel and this was the filling inside. So I decided why chuck it away when I could cut it up and make pages from it! It worked a treat. The more creases the better because as I was distressing the pages the creases picked up the Vintage Photo more and looked even better.

I tore up some pages from an old love poetry book and distressed the edges and stuck them onto my pages.

On a couple of pages I sprayed some Cosmic Shimmer's and did some drippage.

To finish off the pages I added some streaks of white paint to give it that weathered look.

On the front cover I stamped the heart onto Mulberry paper and tore around the edges. I then distressed the edges of a Wendy Vecchi spotty heart and stuck it onto the front. 

I finished off the Matchbook with some Chit Chat words.

I LOVE the colours so much.

Hope you all have a very inky messy weekend.

Michelle x