The Black Cat

Images are both from the 1896 May Cosmo magazine.

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Babyland 1885

As you know I am constantly searching through my collection of old images and magazines to find the best line drawings to make into digital stamps.  Today I rediscovered a book I had called Babyland from 1885.  Unfortunately about 9/10ths of the way through scanning I noticed the book was covered with mold.  I washed my hands about ten times but I still feel like I have mold on me.  Who knew scanning old books could be so toxic.  Anyway, they are adorable images.  Enjoy!

Celebration Day 6

Today we have our final talented guest designer Margreet for the Digital Two for Tuesday 200th post celebration.  Margreet's is a wonderful artist.  I love her sense of style and all the little touches she has added to her cards.

Here is Margreet's bio in her own words.

"I am Margreet, a Dutch girl of 62 years old. I have been married for 42 years and we have one daughter, who will gonna get married in April of this year. I still work parttime as a secretary. I spend most of my free time in my craft room, making cards and sometimes projects. I love to make all kind of cards: CAS, fun or vintage cards. I think it is an honour to be guestdesignethe beautiful at Digital Two for Tuesday.

You can find more of my work at http://margreets-scrapcards.blogspot.com

I have used an image from the Sunday book from 1892. It fits perfectly with the new Joy!crafts Music Notes papers and Dance to the Music Cutting & Embossing die. I distressed all edges with the Tim Holtz distresser. Some gauze and a flower as finishing touch.

For my second card I have used the beautiful Verbena and colored it with pan pastels. You can find more details on my blog."

Cora: This has been so much fun.  I hope you have enjoyed our guest designers this week.  I know I have.  Thank you to all my guest designer for all their hard work this week and thank you to all of you who have supported Digital Two for Tuesday.  Heres to many more posts.

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Here are the last of the images from he 1925 Christmas card. They are adorable.  I can see the fireplace done in paper piecing.  With each stocking a different pattern.

Animal Images

More Mother Goose and Other Tales 1904.

More Cute Animal Images

Here are few more cute animal images from Mother Goose and Other Tales 1904

Cats and Dogs

Mother Goose and Other Tales 1904

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This week I am posting from a vintage book called Mother Goose and Other Tales dated 1904.  The book is very old and the pages are stained brown but I was able to clean the images up surprisingly  easy with my Pixelmator software.

Sunday Images

To amazing images from the Sunday book from 1892.  It is a book filled with poems and stories to entertain the young on a Sunday afternoon.  It is 120 years old but the interior pages are still beautiful.  My sister is a violin maker and a cat lover.  The bottom image will make a great birthday card for her.

Holiday Trio 6

 Today our guest hostess is Shirley.  She has created a 2 cards using one of the holiday images below.  She has added lots of vintage touches to her cards and beautiful flowers add to the festive look.

Here is her bio  and a description of her artwork in her own words.  "I used to be a neat freak about the house, everything had a place and everything in it's place .... very square, neat and tidy .... really could eat off my floor .... that is, until I found paper, then it all changed. Still love tidy but not nearly as obsessive (truth is I don't have the time anymore) because I have a new obsession paper and embellishments. Everything is second place to this .... except hubby, Penny, children & Grandkids of course. I am one of those people that once I have mastered something I get bored of it very quickly but not so with cardmaking because you can create something completely different with every single piece of paper, and that's what I try to do.

Today is my first experiment with different backgrounds and very pleased with the effect. Took original photo of card resting on a Kay & Co paper , the next image I cut and pasted from the original photo and layered onto a digital background .... really pleased with the effect."