Isn't this young Victorian girl precious? I love the sullen look on her face. She definitely looks well taken care of!
This is how I made the card:
I started with a blank kraft greeting card that measures 5" by 7".
The background paper is from the Ki Vintage Charm Paper Pad by Hampton Art.
I used the digital image "Spoiled" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed the image on white cardstock and colored it with Copic sketch markers. This was my first attempt at coloring a girl with "big hair".
I distressed the edges of the cardstock with Tattered Rose and Tea Dye Distress Ink.
I cut a slit in the fold of the card and wrapped a piece of vintage lace around the front of the card. I used glue dots to apply the colored image to the front of the card.
I printed out the sentiment on kraft cardstock and attached it to the lower edge of the card (I'm not spoiled. just well taken care of.)
I finished the card by embellishing it with two gold stars in the upper corner.
I will enter this card in Mo's Challenge #248.
Thank you for taking a look at my card. Please share your thoughts in the Comments Section below.
I recently found a big box of old sheet music and music books at an estate sale. Some of these music books were very old and very worn.
I chose a song named "Poem" from a music book that was tattered and torn. I used the title of the song and a small piece of the music. I then punched birds hearts and circles from the music (Martha Stewart punches).
I used a picture of a Victorian woman from a packet of illustrations from old public domain books. I glued all these items onto a blank kraft card with Collage Pauge. I then applied two applications of Collage Pauge over the top of the paper elements on the card.
When the card was dry, I highlighted the edges of the hearts with Stickles glitter glue. I then applied three silver glitter heart stickers (Martha Stewart) to the paper hearts.
I embellished the card with a pink rose sticker (Martha Stewart) and three tiny pink bows. I punched two flowers from a piece of pink handmade paper and made the center of the flower from the sheet music.
I am going to use this as a birthday card. Thank you for taking a look at this card.
Please share your thoughts in the Comments Section below.
Last week I attended a local Friends of the Library book sale and found a real gem. Trades and Occupations: A Pictorial Archive from Early Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive Series), by Carol Belanger Grafton, is a collection of over 1100 illustrations. These pictures were found in publications that were printed between 100 and 350 years ago. The picutres feature different kinds of work that people have participated in over the past several centuries. These pictures remind us that work was for centuries a common subject for art, and particularly for illustration.
The fair use policy for these illustrations state that "you may use the designs and illustrations for graphics and crafts applications, free and without special permission, provided that you include no more than ten in the same publication or project".
Last week, I wrote a blog article about how I use Animoto to create slideshows from my personal photographs. Today, I used some illustrations from this book to create a slide show of illustrations featuring Victorian book sellers and libraries.
Dover Publications has published dozens of books of clip art and vintage illustrations. Most of these book are 20 to 30 years old. I think these books are wonderful resourses for graphics to use on blogs, social media sites and videos.
Please click HERE to watch the video and post your comments below. I love to hear from you!
