Vintage Valentine No. 4

Hello!

I do believe this makes my last vintage Valentine card for the family!  I still can't say who's getting which so that those who view my blog won't know until Valentine's Day itself!

I think this one might be my favorite, but the one with the napkin background (found here) runs a close second.  OK, I like them all. But this one's still my fave.  Warning:  there are lots of pictures in this post!

As with the other cards, this one uses the darling collage sheets that my lovely and talented friend, Heather Hudson, sells in her Etsy shop.  The Bingo card, the little cupid, the "Love" letters and the curvy banner have all come from there.  And all have been printed and cut with my Silhouette Cameo.  I'd probably still be fussy cutting if I'd had to do it by hand...

After I first prepared the base layers by inking all of their edges, I embossed the top base layer and inked the raised areas then lightly swiped a bit of shimmer paint on them with my finger.  VERY lightly.  It just adds a bit to the overall texture of the background.

This cute little number is from Heather's Cute Cupid Cherubs collage sheet and I've added a bit of coordinating glitter glue to the little shorts, roses, wings and banner.  I didn't fussy cut her (him?), I used my Silhouette Cameo for all of my cutting needs.  I just don't have that much patience.

He (she?) is floating above one of Heather's Vintage Bingo Cards, which I've edged with bronze mica chips for a bit of frantage effect.  I love frantage.  I love saying the word.  Fran-taaaahge...

Once again I've used letters from the Vintage Ivory Alphabet Text boxes, only this time I edged them with gold glitter glue.  My apologies, I couldn't wait for it to dry completely before snapping the picture.  Patience.  Remember?  Not my biggest virtue.

The banner is from the Romantic Banner set.  I snipped off one end (you'll see it later) and inked the edges.

I took a play directly from Heather's play book and inserted a little surprise tag behind the Bingo card.  I've used a tag from her Vintage Medium Tag Bases as, well, the base of the tag, then topped it with one of the oval elements from that same set.

The tiny little tickets are from her Victorian Shabby Tickets collage sheet. There are 35 tickets with various images and sentiments on them in this set - truly a versatile and oh so cute set!

Here are two of them up close, edged with clear glitter glue.  A free hug to the recipient!

Then there's the big, fat, crinkly, silky bow made with the wonderful ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. (The pink seam binding is from there too.)  Don't you just love double loop bows?  I attached a little handmade charm to it...

...as well as an even tinier metal rose charm.  OK, you've probably guessed this card is going to a female member of the family.  Shhh...

And that about wraps up my card except to show that I finished the inside with the rest of the curvy banner that I snipped off from the front, a cute little heart from the Conversation Hearts Images and Bases set, and some more letters. Trust the camera to point out that even wearing TWO pairs of glasses, I can't see to put them in a straight line.

That's it for today, and I thank you for joining me.  This has been a fun few days playing with Heather's wonderful collage sheets.  They go together beautifully whether they're holiday-related or not, and I urge you to go over to her Etsy shop and have a look around.  Then go check out her blog to view her beautiful creations and don't forget to visit her new challenge website and join in the fun!  This fortnight's challenge is Anything Goes, and she even offers a freebie (go here )!

Happy crafting!!

Challenges:

Crafty Ribbons #75 - Anything Goes w/Ribbon
Fussy and Fancy #106 - Vintage
Sugar Creek Hollow #79 - Love and Adore
Pile It On #5 - Add Ribbon
Eclectic Ellapu - Add Texture
Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes + Handmade Bow
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Love Notes
Creative Cutting Challenge #27 - Love
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Have a Heart (on the tag and inside the card)
Craft Hoarder's Anonymous #1 - Show Your Style (mine is vintage, bling, and bows)

More vintage Valentine goodness

Hello!

Today is another fun challenge over at Heather Hudson's new challenge blog at My Artistic Adventures!  The theme this time is "Anything Goes," and since we still have a couple of weeks until Valentine's Day, and since I still have several more cards to make, that is what I've done for this challenge!

I've used several of Heather's collage sheets from her Etsy shop, but first I'll start with the background layer for this card.  I wanted just the right background for the darling image (Vintage Valentine Postcard set) and postage stamp layer (Vintage Pink Stamp Base set), and regular card stock just wasn't working for me, nor were any of the various printed papers I had on hand.   So...I used a napkin.  I used the tissue paper technique and decoupaged a crumpled piece of a bright, colorful napkin to a layer of kraft card stock, covered it with a layer of white gesso, rubbed most of it off with a damp cloth and then ever so lightly rubbed on a bit of gold Rub 'N' Buff over that.  Just enough to highlight the highest points. I finished off the layer with a bit of gold glitter glue around the edges.

This is the napkin, very tropical and colorful and just perfect for the technique.  (I first separated the colorful top layer of the napkin from the rest of the layers so it would be easier to work with.)

Here is a close up of the two layers mentioned above, plus the cute curvy banner (Victorian Vintage Banners) and the letters for the greeting (Vintage Alphabet Text Boxes), all found in Heather's shop.  Talk about versatile sets.  

I made the double bows on my little homemade bow maker and topped them with a little heart made from real tree bark and a snippet of hemp twine.  I edged the heart with a bit more of the gold Rub 'N' Buff just because.

And here's the inside.  The "pie!!" is so that the recipient will know that I want him or her to be my "Sweetie Pie."  I also used one of the smaller images from the aforementioned postcard set (see?  Very versatile!) and a piece of ribbon left over from the bow on the front.

And that is my challenge card for today.  Thank you for joining me and do stop by Heather's blog to see what the other designers have created for you.  And don't forget to play along!  Anything Goes!!

Happy crafting!!

Challenges:

Sugar Creek Hollow #79 - Love and Adore
Fussy and Fancy #106 - Vintage
Eclectic Ellapu - Texture
613 Ave. Create #57 - Anything Goes (optional: use felt)
Pile It On #5 - Add Ribbon
Craft-Dee Bowz - Handmade bow

Vintage Valentine

Hello!

Valentine's Day will be here soon and I have several cards to make for members of my family.  As some of them check my blog, it will have to remain a surprise which one is for whom, and they shouldn't assume that the ones without tons of ribbon are for the guys and the ones with tons of ribbons are for the girls.  Nosiree, equal ribbon opportunity is afforded everyone in MY family.  Heh.

This is a rather understated little card, not in keeping with my usual overblown fashion, but I wanted the trim on the darling postcard image to stand out.  It is true vintage hand tatted lace and I only have a snippet of it left.  So dainty and adorable with its little flaws and such.

The image is from Heather Hudson's Vintage Valentine Full Size Postcards set and can be found here.  Sooo sweet. 

 Here's a close up of the hand tatted lace.  And of the stitching I added to the background.

 The little banner is from Heather's Victorian Vintage Curvy Banner set.  That set is FULL of darling curvy banners in all colors and patterns.  The letters are from her Vintage Shabby Alphabet Text Boxes, and the little hearts are faux buttons.

I've left the inside blank for now except for the little tiny heart "booklet" which will hold a special little message.  It's from Heather's Conversation Images Hearts and Bases (this is one of the bases).

And that's that.  Thank you for joining me and I wish you a lovely weekend full of whatever makes you happy.  My daughter and I will be doing some "junking" today in a local thrift and antiques shop, then tomorrow I'll be cooking all sorts of football food and watching the Superbowl with my husband.

Happy crafting!

My Heart's All Aflutter

Hello!  

Time for another challenge over at Tuesday Alchemy, and this week's theme is "My Heart's All Aflutter."  Your project must contain hearts AND/OR things with wings.  How fun!  I loved this challenge and knew exactly what I was going to do because I had the perfect stamp with which to do it.  There are prizes involved, and these will be from A Creative Need (3 digital images), Bugaboo Stamps (7 digital images) and LEJ Designs (4 digital images).  So hurry on over and start playing - you have two weeks to get crafty!
My card was made using the digital stamp "Letters" from A Creative Need.

The image was colored with Copics and a small clear rhinestone heart was adhered in the middle.  The wings are grungeboard, covered in metallic gold paper with a bit of glitter added to them.

All of the papers, including background, letter background, and rose images, are from Gecko Galz with a little glitter added.

The "Love" stamp was heat embossed with my own blend of embossing powders and glitter.

Another rose peeking out.

A seam binding "messy" bow with a vintage button.  I dyed the ribbon using my new Copics airbrush system - can you spell F.U.N.?  And it got the ribbon the exact salmon-y color I wanted it to be.  At last!

And that, dear readers, is my card for this week's challenge.  Please pop on over to see what the other lovely Design Team have come up with and join us - it's a fun challenge and we'd LOVE to see what YOU create!

Have a lovely day, and happy crafting!

Supplies:

Stamps: "Letters" (A Creative Need); Love (Michael's dollar bin); Creative Elements (inside stamp, from SU); alphabet stamps (Recollections)
Ink: Versamark, Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Paper: Very Vanilla; Gecko Galz digital papers (Vanity Fair)
Extras: TH grungeboard wings, glitter, rhinestone heart, custom blended ep, Copics, seam binding, vintage button. 

Challenges entered: 

Incy Wincy Designs - Add Texture (heat embossing, decoupaged/glittered wings, bow) 
Love to Create #52 - Feelin' the Love 
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner #49 - Handmade Embellishments (bow and wings) 
Crafty Cardmakers #84 - Vintage Love 
Simon Says...Have a Heart 
Divas By Design - Winged Things 
Inky Impressions #96 - Love 
Crafty Ribbons #38 - Anything Goes w/Ribbon  
Frosted Designs - Love + Heart 
Quick Quotes Friday Challenge #24 - Non-traditional Valentine 
Allsorts #193 - Valentine 
My Sheri Crafts #103 - Valentine 
Sugar Creek Hollow #48 - Feathers and Fur 
RCS#23 - Where the Heart Is 
Creative Inspirations - Valentine's Day 
Eclectic Ellapu - Girly
Tuesday Throwdown #134 - Anything Goes