Victorian Style Card and Bookmark

Hello Everyone,

I love Victorian or Vintage cards and bookmarks.  It is all sepia, pearls, lace and wonderful papers, reminding me of an era of elegance and style, times gone past, Gone With the Wind, Jane Austen and my gentle, elegant Grandmother.

 Oh I love these Victorian girls, so cute, so sweet and perfect for this card.  Wide lace over a background of two types of DP.  A focal embellishment made from ribbon, leaves and a traditional rose and a Chinese rose in reds with pearl string added.  The sentiment is encased in a file name plate and embellished with decorated pins.

The bookmarks are decorated back and front, with lace and flowers.  The bottom has ribbon between the layers with strings of pearls that match.  Beautiful DP has been used as a background and the bookmarks are distresses with ink.  I needed a vintage bookmarks for all the classic novels I read.  Just seems to fit.

These two projects were made for the Victorian/Vintage Card and Bookmark Swap hosted by my friend Yvonne on SCS.

Hope you enjoyed them.  Get inky soon.

LoveLaurenxx

Vintage with Yellow

Today is the last day of the Vintage series of challenges at 365 Card Blog.  I have really enjoyed playing along this week, the elegance of the era has been so easy getting the creativity flowing and the cards made!!

I loved making this card with a collage type background over gold card, all distressed and inked.  The embellishment is a cirle of lace with a double bow of sheer swirled ribbon and pearls and handmade rolled roses in yellow with burnishing on the lips of the petals.  I really do like making these roses.

The enjoyment of the week making these cards in the Vintage Series has been wonderful.  It is long time since I had done much vintage at all.

Get some crafting time in this week, relax and enjoy yourself.

LoveLaurenxx

Vintage Green

That title reminds me of that little miniature English village in Canberra, not far from the Ettamogah Pub!! But that is nowhere as pretty as Vintage with green posted below.  Timeless.

This would be my favourite, only because I just adore green.  Lovely background DP, distressed and rolled.  Lace, inked flowers with pearls, circular lace flower topped with handmade rolled rose.  I love how Victorian cards are just so open to adding flowers galore.  I love them.

This card is made for the 365 Card Blog Challenge Victorian with green.

Get into cardmaking your will love the feel of paper, so relaxing.

LoveLaurenxx

Pink is Perfect in Vintage!

Isn't this the perfect colour for Vintage, so soft, so feminine, so lovely to bring the style and elegance of the Victorian Era, where everything was a totally different way of life and living.

Just stunning with hand-dyed ribbon and lace, delicate flowers with pearl centres and a gorgeous handmade rolled rose amid a circular lace pice.  Background is stamped and layered with distressed DP embellished with cord and brads.

This card was made for the 365 Card Blog Challenge Vintage with Pink

Hope you get some cardmaking in soon.

LoveLaurenxx

The Vintage Theme Continues with Blue

The Vintage theme continues at 365 Cards Blog, today is with Blue. I have really enjoyed making these cards, I do love the vintage look, the old, tattered, and distressed with lace and pearls.

Love the lace and DP, the flowers and pearls, all come together to spell out vintage.

I am addicted to Victorian, love the elegance, the peacefulness, the gentleness and nostalgia it creates.

This card in entered in the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge Challenge #96 - Feeling BLUE

Get inky soon!!

LoveLaurenxx

Antique Black

Here is another distressed card, vintage and black. I just love the DP on this card, I wished they still made it.  I always want my fav papers to be around forever, don't you??

This card was so easy to make, DP/Embossed Cardstock and ribbon background, distressed edges and then embellished with flowers and pearls.

This card is made for 365 Cards Blog Vintage Black Challenge.

LoveLaurenxx

Antique Red

Don't you just adore distressed or old looking cards??? Antique, aged or Victorian, whatever you call them, they are just beautiful and have something so special to just melt your heart and bring back memories.

This card is on black base card layered with distressed red shimmer cardstock.  The oatmeal strip is stamped with Stamp-It Victorian Lady and Stamp-It Old Document in Distress Ink Vintage Photo.  Embellished with lace, ribbon, pearls and mulberry roses.

Again this card reminds me of my Grandmother, it is the roses, pearls and lace, makes me feel so nostalgic.

This card is entered into the following challenges:
365 Card Blog Challenge Antique Red
Craft Us Crazy Anything Goes Challenge
Art Impressions Stamps Anything Goes Challenge


LoveLaurenxx

Who's in the Forest???

Well I am of course.  Here is the prototype, long thought about, sufficient paper shuffling and then a quick put together to get your feedback.  This is me, lovely, lady, flowers, embellies and something quirky!!

Love stripes, love masking, love flowers in the garden and on cards, love love love swirls and pearls, just wish I could be as elegant as this lady is, sadly I am just me!!

LoveLaurenxx

Victorian Pyramid

This card was made a couple of years ago and is one of my major achievements.  It took me nearly 2 weeks to make, as everything on the card is made by me, cut, stamped, embellished.  I loved the journey of making and enjoyed every minute I spent making this work of art.

The original card shape was seen in an Australian Stamping Magazine, but I have no clue who did that article.  I have made mine in very vintage/Victorian theme, loads of distress inks, stamping, altering, embellishing with wire and fibres.

 This quarter is all about postage, stamping, altering, stamping to create an interesting, vintage work.

 

All about Music

All about romance and femininity, the heart of the Victorian rose.

All about time.

This fantastic work folds up to a neat little triangle and can be posted in an especially made box.

Well now you know that I used to be able to stamp and create and have an imagination, but sadly that is no longer the case.  I am no longer a serious stamper, I only stamp to have fun!!!

LoveLaurenxx

Victorian Collage

Victorian Lady features in this faux distress look card. Lots of DTP edging and layering, with collage style stamping.

Victorian Glitter and Lace

Glitter Lace Card using 2 colours of glitter on JAC paper and lace for a mask. These cards always look fantastic with a great WOW factor, but are so easy to make.