Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #40-Vintage

Hello friends and happy September 1st! I hope you're still enjoying great weather where you live. We sure are here in the Pacific NW--this is probably my favorite time of year for the weather. It's still warm, but the leaves are beginning to change colors and there is a crispness and freshness in the air that I love. This month we have a great new Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #40-Vintage! Going vintage is so much fun! I LOVE vintage anything!! How about you?!

And our awesome sponsor this month is The Funkie Junkie Boutique! 

Since I'm still feeling summertime mixed with the beginning of fall, I was inspired to create a mixed media canvas featuring a super cute vintage camper! For the trees and stickers, I used the new Cabin Fever collection and for the camper, I used the new Happy Harvest Simple Set, both from Simple Stories. The base was painted with 2 coats of DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Ice Blue Paint.

I had a ball with this canvas! We just returned from a trip in the cascade mountains near Leavenworth, WA and it was heavenly! We stayed in a quaint little log cabin overlooking the Wenatchee river with big, beautiful trees towering all around us. My project was definitely inspired by our trip! I was also inspired by lots of great Pinterest vintage camper creations, which are endless--particularly, this one here. If you haven't done one before, I encourage you to make your very own vintage camper too! It's so much fun!!

I used some beautiful vintage-style Victoria White Crochet Lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon to make little curtains (or valances) and a bit more along the lower panel of camper. 

And I added some Ivory Ric Rac here along with a strip of Mini Hearts on Apple Green Grosgrain Ribbon, one of my favorites. The little rub-on sentiment goes perfect with this ribbon and theme of my project, too! :) 

And that's all for me! Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you'll join our MMMC#40-Vintage challenge this month! There's also a brand new Anything Goes with Ribbon/Trim Challenge up at the RRR blog today and I'd love to see your projects with ribbon and trim too! Have a great day and happy crafting!