Challenge 84 - Vintage Love

This week our latest challenge at Crafty Cardmakers, hosted by Kylie, has the theme of 'Vintage Love'.

As Valentine's Day is fast approaching Kylie would like to see your creations incorporating a Vintage Love theme. 

 Your project MUST be VINTAGE and SHOW at least one object that portrays love. Perhaps a picnic basket, gold locket, love letter, hearts etc etc. 

Please ensure your project meets the challenge theme and has the required element mentioned above in order to qualify for a winner or Top 5 slot. 

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED

For my card this time, I decided to use up some of my stash.  You know the sort of thing - the L shaped piece of 12" x 12" paper, the length of ribbon, that die cut image from a kit where you have used the other bits, the square of red felt paper...

The background papers for my card were slightly too big for my normal preferred base card size - so I had to make up my own 7" x 7" card.  I used the burgundy coloured paper as my first layer, and edged it with a straight line peel off.  The next layer was a background from a mycraft studio cd (filligree?) and I had printed it out and never used it.  But the colours matched, so I just wrapped some plain white ribbon that I had coloured with the burgundy promarker around one side, then layered it onto the first base.I edged this background with the bobbly line peel off, and finished it off with 4 corners.

The next step was to apply the bow and to attach this, I used my hot glue gun.  I have only just rediscovered this and it is SO USEFUL when you are attaching embellishments, because once it cools down?  It's set.  Over the middle of the bow I attached my Love Sentiment (one of the criteria of the challenge), again with the hot glue.  Love it!!

Finally, I used some scrap red felt paper and cut out the fancy shape (Spellbinder Parisian Motif) and stuck the die cut topper from my stash on top of it.  As the glue gun was still hot, it would have been wrong to ignore it, so it was used instead of my usual foam pad or pinflair to attach this last element to the card.

Other symbols of Love used on the card were Roses, and of course, the Kiss in the image.

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I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like minded people. I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself. This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

and also by

HOBBY ART

with these two gorgeous stamps:-

 As a family business we're a friendly, helpful, bunch at Hobby Art.  All our stamps are designed by us and manufactured in Britain. Look at the gallery on my blog - jennymayes.com - for lots of card ideas using the Hobby Art range.  We're pleased to sponsor the Crafty Cardmakers Challenge and look forward to seeing the entries. 
Good luck everyone.  Jenny and all. X