Who doesn't love the feel of romantic, nostalgic Valentines?! This week we are showing you how to have yesterday's touches with today's ease through our awesome sponsor Crafty Secrets! The Design Team has used Crafty Secrets' papers, cards, stamps, and even FREE downloads to create these elegant Vintage Valentines.
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Let's get to know our sponsor!
Crafty Secrets Publications is owned and operated since 1993 by author and publisher Sandy Redburn, who started out publishing supplier resource and marketing books for professional crafters and small businesses.
The business has evolved to focus on her passion for pairing wonderful words and images into stickers, books and now a line of Clear Art Stamps for paper arts and scrapbooking.
Don't forget to visit their store!
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This Week Prize donated by Crafty Secrets
An assortment of papers to 3 winners from this collection
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Your Challenge this week is to create a Vintage Valentine for your someone special!
Then come back and link your post to Mr. Linky, so we can see your beautiful creations!
Need some inspiration to get started? Here you go:
This lovely card is designed by our January guest designer,
Supplies:Stamps: Be Mine, Heart's Desire (Verve)
Papers: Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Early Bird DP (Cosmo Cricket)
Inks: Sahara Sand, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: distressing tool, nesties, big shot, cuttlebug embossing folders (japanese scales, mandarin screen),
sewing machine, apron lace border punch, sponge, spiral punch, circle piercing guide, paper piercer, mat pack,
dimensionals, heart-to-heart punch, rope twine
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And the lovely inspiration from our design team.
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Sandee Shanabrough | Meda Halmaciu |
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Anja Curvers | |
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Cindy Royal | Shantaie Fowler |
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Shantaie Fowler | |
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Beth Ullman | |
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Jana Eubank | |
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June Houck | |
America Kuhn****************************************
Did you like these projects? If yes, I hope you have our blog bookmarked because we have lots more in store for you.
I can't wait to see what vintage Valentines you come up with.
Thanks,
Have a wonderful day!
Meda
Don't forget we are giving away 2 Cricut cartridges this month, leave comments for a chance to win :)
We are on a journey of 3000 tell your friends to sign up and here's this week link to forward to your friends, facebook, twitter and other places...
http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/01/vintage-valentine-be-inspired-68.html
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51 COMMENTS:
Love these valentines! Now I am inspired to make some more cards. Thanks, ladies :)
Love love love all these vintage beauties!!
Whoa ladies!! How cool are all these creations?!! Way to go!!
Beautiful, Beautiful projects! Such talented ladies. Thank you so much for sharing.
Elaine Allen
Holy-Moly! IM TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY at these fabulous Vintage creations. WOW!!! You girls ROCK!!!!!!!!!
Me too, June!
I am in such a vintage mood now!
great cards, ladies
Great work ladies...love the vintage feel especially the pizza ones!!
there is some beautiful inspiration here. i was especially taken by the card by Mercy - great idea for using that punch on the corner. i have one of those! and the scrapbook page really appeals to me.
I love all the vintage inspiration!! Thanks ladies for doing such an awesome job!
Anja.....I love those flowers.... are they a diecut....spellbinder....please share....they are gorgeous!
Please send me an email and let me know
amylynn4031@aol.com
Thanks
Amy
stunning vintage creations here!
These cards are awesome! Love the pink ones with the gorgeous flowers! Thanks for the inpiration.
I love them all!
Wonderful Design-Team-Cards.
Susanne
OMG my cuttlebug sisters all of your vintage projects are totally awesome some gorgeous eye popping beauties here.
beautiful work from the DTi loove it all
linniex
Great projects!
Beautiful projects ladies!!!
Blessings,
Christinee
I love vintage! These projects are all beautiful!
There are some fabulous designs here and not one I don't like, love them all.
Kim xXx
Wow love all the vintage looks. You all did a fab job.
Wonderful job!! I love the vintage look. Thanks
CindyM
Great cards!! I absolutely love the pizza idea, so cute!! Thanks for sharing! Sheryl
Hi there, my 1st time playing along. I love Vintage so, I was so glad to find this challenge. Gorgeous DT creations. WOW!
Hugs
Lisa.xx
aka allissa
I'm so completely blown away - these are amazing!!!
Gorgeous creations! This is my first Cuttlebug Challenge! I plan to come back again and again! Thanks for the inspiration!
Cute projects, love the pizza box gift set.
I love the vintage/retro look. Great product and ideas. Sandy F
They are all so beautiful. Great job everyone.
I love all these vintage cards. I am going to try my hand at it and enter...
Love all these vintage cards. They are so lovely. Very hard to choose which one I will make for my mother-inlaw.
Thank you for the great cards
These are all so beautiful....I especially love the "with love" cards and the delicate scalloped edges/borders.
wow, what wonderful cards here
Antje xxx
wow thanks for the inspration I have a friend comming over to play with paper in a bit and now I have some great ideas!
WOW Beautiful Images
Those projects are all beautiful and very inspiring!
fabby showcase girls
Anne x
...what wunderful DT-projects...you can see my entry here:
http://schnutiskreativeseite.blogspot.com/2010/01/eine-karte-zwei-challenges.html
ILONA
i love this website. i would love to win cartridges. the projects are just beautiful. i just found this site today. thanks for sharing with us
chriswooten57
mcwooten1999@carolina.rr.com
I love all these projects. Decided to do my own and try the vintage look. Thanks so much for sharing!!
I was just directed to your blog...and I must say....it is great!!!!
Those cards are very inspiring! I will do my valentine vintage card too. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.
Gorgeous projects. Vintage isn't in my comfort zone but I gave it a shot anyway. It's fun to step out every once in a while. Thanks!
My soul is vintage, I am nostalgic even of times I have not lived. Love these projects!
Oh.. what a great cards.. they are so inspiring! Thanks for the chance to win! I hope I can be the lucky one!
Love the cards. thanks for a chance to win. I would love one of the cartridges. -
Sheree
I'm so glad you've got Jana doing scrapbook papers - just to mix it up a little. All of her projects are inspiring.
These cards are so lovely and inspirational..so much so I entered this challenge...thank you! What a treat to have come across this blog in my looking for new ideas searching...great stuff here...
These are all great Valentine's projects. Makes me want to go and make some Valentine's cards right now. ;)
I am in awe of the talent.
MelissaAllore on the Cricut Board
There is so much talent here, beautiful, elegant. Thanks
StefanieH
chrisandstef@sympatico.ca
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