Please feel free to use any of the vintage images on the website in your artwork. Be sure to share your artwork with us. This is a labor of love and I love to see what you create. Please do not post the original unaltered image on the web but post your artwork and link back to this site for the original image. Please do not sell or post the image alone or in a collection without my permission. Thank you. I can't wait to see what you create!


Monday, January 25, 2010

Digital Two for Tuesday 33


This week we have two images from a book called Santa Claus from the 1870's. I am guessing this as there is no copyright but there are many references to the American civil war a few years before. Our guest host this week is Pauline. Pauline has been a follower of my blog for some time and I always love to stop by her blog to see what beautiful creations she has made lately. She has an amazing sense of color. I just love the vibrancy of her work. Here is her bio in her own words. "I'm Pauline, from Stawell, Victora, in the south east of Australia. I am married with a special needs foster child who has multiple disabilities, and an addicted papercrafter! I love cardmaking and scrapbooking. I started scrapbooking, and moved over to cardmaking - I made all my wedding invitations, thank yous and place cards... what an adventure that was! From there I was hooked. My favoured mediums for many years has been rubber stamping, paper folding and piecing, then I discovered card embroidery.... for many years now I have designed my own stitching patterns when commercially available ones didn't suit my need. Then I just started designing them for the fun of it all! I like may styles but am quite finicky with my stamp images I use... I rarely stay in the one genre - I like some realistic, whimsical, cute (but not too cute!) wood cut (I guess the list is endless!) Last year I discovered digital stamps.... and started playing with vintage photo images. So I guess my 'style' could be called 'eclectic' ... as I don't quite seem to fit into any category.

My favoured colouring mediums are markers, H20s, and chalks. My favourite embellishments are lace, ribbons, paper and silk flowers, buttons, beads and bling!" Here are Pauline's projects. Won't you take the challenge and make something with one of these images. Don't forget to share it with all of us with a link in the comments section of this post.
Mother and Child Card:

I have used Bazzill and DCWV patterned cardstock, layers were edged in antique gold ink. The image has been coloured with H20s, with small accents using Stardust Pens (flowers on Mother's robe). As I got a great feeling of serenity from this image, I didn't want to over embellish, so I have used only a strip of vintage reproduction lace, and paper flowers. The largest bloom is a vintage paper flower, the flat blooms are current productions. I have added only a couple of rhinestone brads, and a decorative paperclip which says "Baby


Flower Boy Card:
I have used Bazzill and DCWV patterned cardstock. I coloured the image entirely with chalks, except for the flower in his hand, on which I used Stardust pens. I thought this image was perfect for a Thank You card, so that was the road I took - a simple sentiment was all that I thought necessary.
You can see more of Pauline's talent at her blog My Paper Playground.

17 comments:

  1. Here is my card.
    http://paperflowers1.blogspot.com/2010/01/flower-for-sweetheart.html

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  2. Both sample cards are lovely, Pauline.

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  3. such beautiful cards you have made with these stunning bits af art! :) thankyou for sharing!

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  4. Pauline did a wonderful job with both of these cards. I especially like the coloring of the mother and child, beautiful. Thanks, too, for offering these images. They are just so charming.

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  5. Thank you for sharing the images. Pauline made such wonderful and inspiring cards.
    Here is my card, I used the flower cavalier, the image is just so charming. Petra.

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  6. Ho! what a week, I can not wait to have a moment for me, and do what I like the most...that is my visit here. I was taking a formation for my work since friday night, OUF!
    I see you have made beautiful things her.The mother and child card is very inspirationnal to me, since I work with very young child, that cute boy also. Thanks to you two Cora and Pauline.
    Fany

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  7. My entry

    http://jeanette-h20creations.blogspot.com/2010/01/day-of-collage.html

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  8. I am so Glad I found your blog today! I used words as my art...

    I want to make cards out of this for moms-to-be, or new moms. I will send you a picture when I get it done.

    You can see what I did at my blog BE YOUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTIFUL.

    http://dymphna-delarosa.blogspot.com/2010/01/there-is-no-better-feeling-than-holding.html#links

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  9. Oh, what delightful use of the images - love those finished cards :-) TFS

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  10. WOW, I just found your blog! I love it, and your images are fantastic Thanks so much for sharing all your images with everyone.

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  11. Love this weeks images, thank you for sharing them with us. I've made a card with the little boy images, you can see it here

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  12. loved the mother and babe image, and have used it!! you can see it here
    http://digitaltuesday.blogspot.com/2010/01/digital-two-for-tuesday-33.html

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  13. My coworker just had a new baby girl this images will be perfect to welcome Miss Molly into her new world! Thanks!

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  14. The pictures, you post on your blog, are so wonderful. I especially like the wa you colour them)

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