correspondence

our theme at tag tuesday this week is "correspondence."  having recently re-discovered some of my awesome postcard images from french kissed postcards i decided to use products from that company again for this challenge.

i imagine this lady has sent a long letter to her love, who of course will be very delighted to receive it once it arrives upon the wings of the postal service! the background paper on the tag is from my stash but the carte postale and the woman are from french kissed postcards.  the wings are from moonlight journey.  the prima flower, washi tape and brad are from my stash.

enjoy; love to all.

ooh la la!

the theme at tag tuesday this week is all things parisienne.  so of course i looked to images from french kissed postcards to create my collaged tag.

 

i started with some pretty background paper from my stash and then cut and collaged 4 images from different postcards from FKP.  i just distressed edges, added lace, a prima flower and ribbon to finish.

 

there is an "open challenge" theme this summer at collage obsession challenge blog; i'm linking this tag there as well.

 

enjoy; love to all.

valentines

sharing some valentines i've made over the years.  may every day of your life be filled with love.

love to all.

all that jazz!

do you love music?  i do!  join us for challenge #92 at the cheerful stamp pad, "all that jazz!"  link up your jazzy music themed creations for a chance to win something fun from our challenge sponsor stitchy bear stamps.

the background paper on my card is a digital background by french-kissed postcards.  i digitally added the harp and grand piano, from the "all that jazz" collection generously provided to our DT by stitchy bear.  i then added my cut out vintage lady, also by french-kissed postcards.  my lovely chanteuse is surrounded by les papillons -- butterflies -- from my stash.

we would love to have you play along.
love to all.

shhh!

today is my anniversary -- will my DH see this post before he sees his card? lol -- since he doesn't usually check my blog i think we'll be okay!

vintage images are by french-kissed postcards and the rest is stash.  today will be the last day for the july discount at FKP by the way.

love to all.

sweet lady

trishia at french kissed postcards has taken her etsy shop to a new level with instant downloads of her fabulous french postcards.  i couldn't resist trying and downloaded this lovely image.

i regret that she is rather faint in this scan as the image is really charming.  she is holding a butterfly.  i layered her on a series of designer papers i have from dover publications. i did a rather uneven set of cuts and slightly angled layout for interest, and some distressing around the edges.  i think it looks quite nice in person.  i'll be sending this sweet lady to another sweet lady i know to say hello.

i'm linking this to "share your cup."

enjoy; love to all.

pink saturday sweetness

i made a card for a friend and decided to link up to pink saturday and penny's vintage home.  the central image is from frenchkissed postcards.  the rest is stash bits and pieces.

enjoy; love to all.

happy valentine's day!

image from french kissed postcards.
yep, this was for DH!

love to all!

it is time for the queen's tea...

hello precious friends.  there is still just under a week left to participate in the cheerful stamp pad's latest challenge: time for the queen's tea.  include "time," "tea" and "queen" (at least two of these) in your creation.

my beautiful queen here is an image from french kissed postcards. the clock stamp is from inkadinkado and the little teacup stamp is from catherine moore's character constructions.  the rest is stash.

the challenge sponsor is pollycraft digis.  a randomly selected winner will get some free digis.  now here's a tip -- so far there are only FOUR entries in the challenge.  challenge closes sunday.  if you enter soon there's a great chance of getting free stuff!  so i hope you'll think of joining in.

happy may day and happy spring.  love to all.

delicious treats

i'm a bit delinquent posting about some delicious treats that have come my way in the past few weeks.
i was the VERY lucky recipient of some stellar blog candy from shelly of my creative rumblings.

as you can see i got the technique junkies 3D and fun folds CD.  i haven't had time to play with it yet but i promised shelly that the first nice thing i make from it goes directly to her!  this is a big deal because i am definitely intimidated by things i have to fold and manipulate.  you should see my attempts at origami back in the day.  trust me it was scary!  shelly also sent me the beautiful card which you see in the photo with the CD.

i also got this fabulous group of french post cards (and a lovely tag) from trishia at french kissed postcards.  i participated in her "love me two" challenge back in march.  she has another challenge going in april as well so hop on over to her blog to learn more.  she posts some of the "underloved" postcards from her sale shop, offers them for free and asks that you make some art and send it to her.  i had a great time entering her challenge and now i look forward to scanning these awesome cards and using them in my art! 
so these are the lovely things that have come my way as a result of the kindness and generosity of the fine artists of blogland.  blessings to all of you wonderful artists for being so sweet.  please check out both blogs and show these two ladies some love.

love to all.

cheerful stamp pad #39 -- anything goes...

its new challenge time at the cheerful stamp pad and for the next two weeks it is something easy for anyone to join: the challenge is "anything goes."  so whatever it is you are working on, you can enter it, so long as you haven't posted it before.  i used the opportunity to continue making easter cards.

i've got another image from french kissed postcards here.  it is adhered to some blue lacy paper, some neutral card stock and finally i've added a metallic blue bunny to watch over the little egg baby and his sister.

the challenge sponsor is classy cards n such, a shop with many fine goodies for your art-making needs.
i hope you'll give it a go.  one thing for sure, you know you're making SOMETHING anyway!

love to all.

kisssed again! on pink saturday...

another cool challenge on the french kissed postcards blog is "kissed again."  a challenge to use any french kissed image by Trishia in any way.  this blog has wonderful free downloads every month but the images in the two pieces below are ones that i purchased from her etsy or zibbet shop.

these are wonderful images by Trishia which got me started on easter cards.  both projects are simple.  i've adhered the images to pretty designer papers and then to pink cardstock.  they are embellished with flowers and pearls.  the "happy easter" stamp came from savvy stamps.

all this wonderful pink makes this post perfect for Beverly's pink saturday party.  check out all the other pink creations at her weekly party.  this works for pearls and lace thursday too! enjoy!
love to all.

"love me two" & pink saturday!

the very talented Trishia of frenchkissed postcards has two challenges going on and with today's 2 tags i am participating in the "love me two" challenge.  Trishia takes vintage postcards and works absolute magic on them and makes them available 3 ways -- monthly free downloads on her blog and for sale in her etsy and zibbet shops.  she offered free downloads of "underloved postcards,"  that is, images no one seemed to be interested in buying!  we were challenged to make at least 2 tags and send them to her by march 13.  i finished mine today and will mail them monday.

this lady is an absolute hoot. i placed her on a french script stamped tag with some nice designer papers and embellishments.

i think this lady represents what we would have seen if marie antoinette took typing classes... (smile.) in any event congrats to her on typing up "her best story" and i for one hope she gets it published!

Trishia has set a goal to bring in new customers in 2012.  i have downloaded many of her free images over the past months and made use of them in my creations.  so i was very glad to officially become one of her new paying customers last month.  to learn about the "scandalous bribery" sale she has going right now see HERE.

hey, what a lot of lovely pink here; perfect for pink saturday!

i hope you'll check out Trishia's blog and also check out the many pink treats at the pink saturday site.

love to all.

little pink circles for you and me

ok, with apologies to john mellankamp!  happy PINK SATURDAY!! i've been playing along with PS for several weeks and while the only thing pink in this creation is the circles i've also been playing circles in honor of the "going around in circles" challenge at THE CHEERFUL STAMP PAD...

i did a lot of playing around with the embellished circles technique from the technique junkies newsletter.  this was also my july "just one" trade with my TJNL partner. the pink circles in question are the solid circle stamp from the floriculture sheet at Rogue Redhead designs.  the vintage image is a free download from french kissed postcards.  the rest of the stamps are from connor's collectibles and hero arts.
happy summer, happy pink saturday and love to all.