Sunday, January 29, 2012

Vintage-Style Valentine Card

The seed for this card was planted the last time I shopped at Viva Las Vegas Stamps. This small shop is filled (stuffed) with rubber stamps and I spent a great deal of time there. Among the goodies I brought home the adorable stamp with the two 'sweetie' girls. At first I was going to use the stamp for a birthday card but that birthday passed so I decided to make a Christmas card but I ran out of time so all the vintage stuff I saved to go on the card were put into a plastic zip bag. Ah, and now Valentine's Day is less than a month away so I thought ......Lynn, get out that vintage card stuff and make a card now! By adding a few hearts here and there, I did it! I finally finished my vintage card. The papers used on the card were from my scrap box as were the ribbon and rickrack. The heart buttons are a Pebbles product and the flowers are from Prima. I used die-cut cardstock hearts from K and Co. and the stamps used for the ' A Special Friend' label are from Hero Arts. The heart-tipped corsage pins and doily are Little Yellow Bicycle products. The pink rose and doily were hand tinted with Distress ink because they were a little too white for the vintage-look I wanted to acheive. Almost all the materials used on this card were purchased from Ben Franklin Crafts. I am dedicating this card to all my blogging friends who never cease to amaze me and provide me with a connection to the world of crafting. You are all 'special friends' to me.

10 comments:

Creations by Shirl said...

Aw this is a cute V-day card Lynn!
Love that vintage flair to your card...awesome coloring and love that red/white ribbon too.

dbi sala exofit nex said...

It is a very beautiful card. This is great style for make valentine card. I want this card. I impressed by that.

Have A Scrap Happy Day said...

Woo-hoo, pretty card Lynn. Love the hot red.

Cami said...

I love your vintage Valentine's card! This image is SO cute and you've put all the images and embellies together wonderfully!

Anonymous said...

This is very sweet. I love how the buttons, lace, ribbons and "ballooney" heart all come together. Looks like a lot of work went into this. I never knew vintage could look sooo pretty! Well...creative geniuses like you can make anything happen :)

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It is a nice image. You really take this challenge seriously and make a lovely valentine card. I excited for make it.

SuiLan said...

I love vintage, especially when it's Valentine's! Great card!

Altax said...

Cute and awesome!!!

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raspberry keytones said...

Both couple looking so cute in this card. This is excellent style for make valentine card and this red and white colour's ribbon is so fantastic.

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