Vintage - my way ?

I've never been much for pearls and lace.  Frankly, vintage style reminds me of the smell of a room that has wallpaper peeling off of musty plaster and lathe walls.  I just have never cared for the style.  However, on my last little jaunt to the craft store I picked up this adhesive lace thinking I could girl it up a bit.  I guess I was having a "girly" moment and picked up this butterfly patterned paper - though I must say I liked it more because of the words on it than anything else.  Hence, the birth of Vintage - my way. 

I also happened to pick up a $1 pack of assorted chip board shapes on this little adventure.  I dressed it up a bit by sponging on some white ink and adding a few rhinestones. The finishing touch - a foam adhesive square behind it to "bump" it up and give some dimension.  The flowers on both cards are from a silk flower stem I got and disassembled at home.  It's much more frugal to buy a stem with 6 flowers on it for $2.50 than to buy pre-made in the scrapbook department.  Plus, I can customize the flower center with any brad out of my extensive collection - Bonus !  The beads you see sticking up near the  top of the flower are from the wedding section.  They are stems pre-made that you put into corsages or boutonniere's.  Really what I was looking for were corsage pins to bead and make myself for the cards but for some reason I couldn't seem to locate them that day.  Ah well, this works for me !  The flowers on the last card are ones that got in a package and had no idea how I would ever use that particular color.  It's hard to see in the picture but it's more of a teal color and not one I use often.  Glad I found something to use them up on.  The less leftover's I have the more room I have for new !