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Friday, October 26, 2012

LOVELY VINTAGE LADY

TGIF everyone!  The weekend is here and the weather is cooling down, time to start playing golf again!  It's my next favorite thing to do next to card making.  Hope you get to enjoy something you love to do this weekend.

Today's card was a joy to make.  It's a birthday card for a cousin of my Pop's.  I was in a vintage mood, so that's what I decided to do.  The pic of the pretty lady is from an old postcard I found in an antique shop some time ago.  When I first saw her I thought she was so beautiful and loved the soft colors.  I used a lot of distress inks on the papers, lace and doily.  I also distressed the edges of one layer of the paper.  Next I added some pearls and the sheer flower.  All in all, I am very pleased with this card.  I don't do a lot of vintage, but when I do I sure enjoy it!


Entered in the following challenges:
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog ~ Anything Goes
Card Crafter's Circle ~ A Day At The Races (Glamor)
Clearly Inspired Challenge ~ All Tied Up
Fussy and Fancy ~ Anything Goes
Hotshot Craft ~ Bling
Make My Monday ~ Feminine Romance 
The Pink Elephant ~ TPE172 Vintage of Shabby Chic
Bunny Zoe's Crafts ~ Pink, Pearls and Lace
Sugar Creek Hollow ~ Vintage

16 comments:

  1. I absolutely love the vintage look. So pretty...... Coral and aqua are perfect together.

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  2. This is just gorgeous,such a lovely image and colours.xxx

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  3. Wow - she really is a lovely lady; beautiful vintage work! Thanks for joining us at Fussy and Fancy.
    Alison x

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  4. Very pretty card, Thank you for playing along with us this week at Brown Sugar in the "Anything Goes" challenge! We hope you decide to play along with us again!! Good luck!

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  5. Aloha Joanne, I'm doing well arent I? 2 visits in as many days! lol.

    I love vintage cards and this is a fab one - I love the way you used the ink to age the paper, and how you picked up the blue from her dress in the background. And of course the sparkle from the pearls and sheer ribbon are gorgeous.

    I also love to hear about who you make your cards for, you seem to have quite a close network of family and friends (must keep you very busy in your craft room!).

    Enjoy your golfing, sounds like a great way to spend the weekend. Carole

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  6. Hi Joanne,
    Thanks for playing in our Challenge this week at Card Crafters Circle. Love all your layers,embellishments and the card colour combination, wonderful "Off to the Races" card!!! Keep safe, thinking about you in this scary weather.
    Hugs Trish

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  7. What a beautiful vintage lady card Jo, I love the colours.
    I tried golf once, couldn't make the ball move more than about 3 feet so gave it up as a bad job LOL.
    Jackie xx

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  8. Beautiful card, Joanne but to enter our challenge you must use a Cheery Lynn Designs die.

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  9. Thank you for joining us at MMM with this fabulous,romantic,and elegant card.
    Suzi B :)

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  10. A very pretty card! Thanks for joining us at MMM with this gorgeous creation! :)

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  11. So beautiful, I'm such a sucker for anything vintage and you've really rocked this look. Thanks for joining us at Fussy and Fancy xx

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  12. A beautifully glamorous creation! I can just imaging a vintage day at the races... how fine that must have been! Thanks for sharing at the Card Crafter's Circle!

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  13. Gorgeous Vintage card!! Thank you for playing this week at Sugar Creek Hollow!
    Hugs
    Heather

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  14. Gorgeous Vintage card!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Pink Elephant!!

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  15. A beautifully romantic card. Oh! la! La! Thanks for sharing with us at MMM. Hope to see you again, sorry for he delay in commenting. Caz

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  16. A very pretty card and the postcard is beautifully vintage.
    Thanks for playing along at Make My Monday.
    Fliss x

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