Vintage Virtuosity

We loved seeing ALL of the amazing cards in the Spirit of Christmas Past Readers' Gallery, so if you haven't scrolled through them yet, we definitely recommend having a look. Meanwhile, here are three cards that especially caught our eye:

LeAnne Pugliese of Wee Inklings

...chose traditional colors, an elegantly worn background, and an utterly gorgeous Father Christmas image to make what might be the ultimate vintage-style holiday card!

Majda of Majdinustvarjalninemir

...combined the sweetest vintage snowpeople with a palette of earthtones, lots of perfectly considered distressing, and a wisp of beautiful fabric to make heart-shaped card we LOVE!

Loopyloo of Loopyloo Cards

...cleverly used layers of one of the COOLEST washi tapes we've ever seen to create her focal image, which she has framed, matted and added a sentiment!

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And now to award that fun little Vintage Christmas Assortment from Lauren's Etsy Shop, Just Enough Stuff! The random number generator has chosen... Lucky #16 which means that Bonnie Lynn is our lucky winner. Bunny, please send your snail mail info to llaurenb (@) hotmail (dot) com and we'll get that on its way ASAP!

We'll be back at Midnight with a brand new prompt that we hope will give you a CASE of inspiration! ;) 

An Old-Fashioned Holiday

We're still celebrating a vintage/retro holiday vibe and since there's a nice little prize of holiday vintage goodies from Lauren's Etsy Shop, Just Enough Stuff, you might like to join the fun by making a new holiday card featuring vintage or vintage-inspired items or a theme/graphics that feel vintage to you. 

Scroll down to the original Spirit of Christmas Past post to link your cards and get a look at the prize.

 Meanwhile, here's what we made this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "This week my card is composed of nearly all genuine vintage and found papers, similar to those that are in the Deluxe Christmas Assortments in my Etsy Shop, Just Enough Stuff; in fact, the reason I started my shop was because I had collected such an extensive stash of goodies, it seemed like I should probably try to share a few of those, lol. For my card, I made a largely random collage of vintage text paper and sheet music, though I confess that I did take care to let the title of "The Holly and the Ivy" have a prominent position. A bit of foliage cut from a vintage illustration and some lovely torn Christmas seals from 1957 complete the background, which I lightly edged with Antique Linen Distress Ink and matted on both red and white cardstock before machine stitching around the perimeter. The handsome cardinal is from a piece of giftwrap I saved last December; I backed it with plain white cardstock before fussy-cutting, then popped it up on a bit of foam tape for extra dimension."

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I found this vintage holiday card at an estate sale.  I die cut the poinsettia image from the front of the card, and then I stamped the Savvy Stamps Happy Holidays Block on the back of the card and die cut it with a circle.  I added some gold thread using the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch."

The Spirit of Christmas Past

This week we're celebrating the Spirit of Christmas Past … which means creating a card with a vintage design. 

That could mean incorporating actual vintage elements, using new products that have a vintage style, or using stamps or images that convey a vintage vibe – whatever says vintage to you. 

And to add a little extra incentive to your endeavors, this week we are sponsored by Lauren's fantastic Etsy Shop Just Enough Stuff, so there's a sweet little pack of vintage Christmassy things for one lucky random cardmaker who links-up their vintage-inspired design.

Here's how we brought on the Spirit of Christmas Past this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I went to my vintage drawers and pulled out all sorts of bits to create my glue-as-I-go collage.  I started with a vintage hymnal page of a Christmas Carol (which ended-up almost completely obscured when I was done).  There are vintage trading stamps, a vintage hand-written cake recipe, a vintage dictionary page, a vintage holiday stamp, a translucent lily and lots of Tim Holtz vintage-y bits.  I finished my stamping a few sentiments from Tim's Stampendous Tiny Text Christmas."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "This week, I elected to go use new (well, new-ish, lol) commercial products that have a vintage/retro flair. My journal card and patterned papers are Authentique, the sentiment is Simple Stories and those luscious velvet holly leaves are absolutely ancient 7 Gypsies. I did lots of distressed edges and a bit of machine stitching to add to the worn, old-fashioned feeling."

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And now how about a peek at that prize from Just Enough Stuff?

It's a Deluxe Christmas Assortment featuring 20+ different sheets of vintage and found holiday-themed papers; including sheet music, text, children's illustrations, recipes, and much more. Use the originals as is or scan and re-size them for perfect card-sized embellishments!

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Link your vintage-inspired or retro-centric holiday cards RIGHT HERE by 6pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, August 28th. Keyword is JB2417.

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