Vintage Valentine

This is probably my favorite valentine I made this year:

 

The "Valentine Joys" card is actually an antique valentine that opens itself. Inside is the signature from the original sender. I forgot to take a picture of the little card open!-oops, and it's already in Colfax at the Spring City Vintage shop. The B&T rose paper is from CTMH's "La Vie En Rose" collection. All the distress and background inking is Tim Holtz's Distress Ink from Ranger (Vintage Photo). "Happy Valentine's Day!" was typed by me on my manual typewriter--love that thing! The paper flowers are from Recollections and the centers are CTMH embellishments.

 

Howdy, Valentine!

Another quick Valentine post made from another vintage Valentine from my friend Jane.

 

 This one uses CTMH & The Paper Studio B&T papers and just a couple CTMH embellishments. A very quick card, but with the masculine colors and all the edges (including a double mat) distressed with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink (Vintage Photo), I think it fits the cowboy theme.

"Tis the Season!

. . .Valentine Season!

 

I went to the grocery store on the morning of December 26, and saw the stockers changing the candy shelves from Christmas candy to Valentine's candy!

 

Here's a Valentine I made for sale at Colfax's Spring City Vintage to put you in the mood for Valentine crafting:

The background bricks and tree are from Wendy Vecchi's Stamper's Anonymous line, as is the brown "splatter" on the tag background. I distressed all edges with Tim Holtz's Ranger Distress Ink (Vintage Photo). The little hearts within the bricks are hand drawn with a Copic marker.  The cute little couple ephemera is an old Valentine from the stash my friend Jane gave me from her own childhood.

 

 



For Always Vintage Valentine & Mojo Monday 279

Inspiration for this Valentine came from the Mojo Monday 279 sketch challenge.  I used an image from an early 1900s Valentine as a focal point.  The rest of the Valentine was too damaged to be of any value.  It's hard to see here, but across the bottom of the image, it says "To My Valentine."  The background paper is CTMH's Sweet Leaf, and the black papers are from CTMH's new paper pack, "For Always."  I added flowers cut from another antique Valentine.  Liquid Pearls edge the Ruby cs oval.  The sentiment is from an old CTMH stamp set "Fringed Phrases," which was stamped on white cs punched out with a SU punch.  The black lines around the edges are simply done with a ruler and a Copic marker.