Paper Doll card and H2H challenge

This week at  Heart2Heart we have a sketch.

And over at Paper Craft Planet-group: All Things Vintage for February we were to make a card using a paper doll image. I chose to use a Betsy McCall paper doll. What a fun project. I haven't played with paper dolls for many years. I thought this paper from CTMH's Mayberry paper pack had a very vintage look and went well with Betsy's dress.

and a close up.

After inking the tips and some of the surface area of the roses, I dipped a brush in some glue that I diluted with water and then dipped my wet brush in Pearl Ex Aztec Gold and brushed in on the flowers. You can't see it very well in the photo, but I love the shimmery look. I also, stamped Celebrate using Encore gold ink and then restamped almost on top with Staz-0n Jet Black.
This card meets two other challenges for this week.
The Shabby Tea Room has a photo to use for inspiration.

I took the colors, roses and gold trim from the photo. I used Gold leafing around the edges of all the papers. That is the first time I've ever used gold leafing, I like it a lot. And one of the trendy things right now is doilies, which we were to include in our creation. And last, but not least, at Frosted Designs for Fab Friday we are to take a geometric shape and use it 3 times. I have 3 squares.
Go check out all these places and get inspired to make some gorgeous cards yourself!
                                                         Blessings to you,     Polly

Vintage card

I recently joined the community at  Paper Craft Planet and in that community there are tons of things to get involved in. Challenges, sketches, swaps, techniques, tutorials, groups and more. One group that I've signed up for is "All Things Vintage". They have lots of things going on over there. I will be sharing what I do and learn from over there. This is my first project with them. We were to take this image of an old post card and create a card.

So I used Mojo Monday 224 sketch

And here is what I came up with

 

and here is the inside

I haven't really gotten into printing images and working with those, but I did enjoy doing this card. So who knows, I might have found another fun thing to do! I love trying new stuff though.

                                                                  Blessings on your day,          Polly