"Long may peace attend thee!"

A Victorian-era hidden-name calling card with shaking hands, a sailing ship, and the Statue of Liberty, all surrounded by a border of roses and forget-me-nots. The colorful illustration consists of a separate die-cut that lifts up on the right-hand side to reveal the name of "Edward M. Mercer" printed underneath.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Long May Peace Attend Thee!

A LO of my 17 year old enjoying one of life's simple pleasures!

HA stamps: Scattered Leafs, Bird on a Branch, Screen Shadow, Happy Greetings, Travel Frames, and Artistic Windows.

Diecuts: Butterfly template from HA, and Large Square scallop Nestabilities.

PP: MME, Bo Bunny, Basic Grey (cut out flowers)

TFL!

custom order

Created this card using QuicKutz Revolution Dies.

Flower Rev-0017 (Big Red Flower)

Flower Rev-0016 (Smaller White Flower & green leaves)

Hero Arts "Thinking of You" stamp is from set #CL140

All other products on this card are from Bo Bunny's fun new line called "Calypso".

Thanks for peeking!

approx. 8" across - advertisement for celluloid eyeglasses. I recently framed this for my granddaughter, who is a certified butterfly fanatic.

I'm really into creating sets of gift cards at the moment and was inspired by Diana to pop them in this clear gift bag! (thanks Diana!)

I've used QuicKutz 'tree' diecut. I've stamped HA designer woodgrain stamp onto the trunk. I've added some HA jewels to the trees and finished off with some HA flowers.

Here's a little close up shot also: www.flickr.com/photos/26500265@N02/3619481022/

Materials:

S5208 - Designer Woodgrain

CH151 - Art flowers spring

CH157 - Spring Mixed Gemstones

CH170 - Pale Pink Accent Pearls

CL272 - All occasions

QuicKutz Tree

Thanks for looking!!!!

My blog: scissorsista.wordpress.com/

福生市

A card for my DD for her upcoming Highschool graduation.

HA stamps: CL 301 Hugs and Hearts, S5141 Four Leaf Grid.

Diecut: Large Scallop Nestibilities.

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Thanks to Retroween I am now Beistle-ready for Halloween!

Managed to scrape this one in with a minute or two to spare. This was inspired by a card I saw in a magazine.... it used die cuts, lace and a sentiment. I just adapted the idea to my dies, and used a stamp instead of a diecut on the background. Cut the Decorative Labels 8 and sponged on the distress while it was in the die, masked off the edges and then stamped the Silhouette grass, Found some lovely cream and brown spotted PP. Another sentiment that has been chopped in the name of stamping!!!! Just part of the whole used. Finished with a pop of colour with the yellow rose, picked up from Daisy Chain which I visited with Paula last year. So a special bit today for her scramble.

I used a Tim Holtz die in my Big Shot and adapted the pattern slightly.

I'm going to have lots of fun making variations of this.

Approx 4.0in w x 4.5in L

Thanks to Retroween my house is totally ready for Halloween. No slash and gore. No crime scene tape. All Beistle! All the time! Retroween delivers the goods. It's the real deal!

I can't stop play with my new chinese doll stamp.

This is the same design with my card before...just made for my niece Jolin , she's turn 3 today.

TFL ;)

Supplies :

Stamp by HeroArts

K5107

CL339

CL139 for the sentiment

Vintage German Christmas die cut. Embossed print sheet. Found at an estate sale in Los Angeles. Scanned on an Epson XP-7100 at 2400 dpi.

Embossed no. 214

Assorted designs 12 for 10 cts

Loving this challenge and loving this shape!! All details on my blog littleshopofcrafts.blogspot.com

I made this shaker card for the Retro Sketches Challenge #149.

Visit my blog for more info.

"Brown Bros. Superior Confectionery, Cross Skelton St., Colne. 2 oz. 1 d. Jas. Broadley Ltd., Accrington. 2111."

SOLD

I had this great idea, but it never materialized, so maybe next time! I know this is not using a background stamp in an usual way, but dots on leaves is definitely revolutionary for me!

Bazzill Cardstock, INK: ColorBox Chalk, Versamark; Ribbons: Archiver's, Martha Stewart; Prima flowers; unknown buttons; embroidery floss; Ranger embossing powder; K & Co gems; STAMPS: CL130, CL298, S5101

No information is known about this postcard company - Valley Photo Ceramics - they were most likely produced for one year in the early to mid 1980's. They all have die cut corners and were all Petawawa related - any information of these postcards would be much appreciated.

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Unknown when the "Petawawa Medical Building" opened...it was located 1121 / 1123 Victoria Street - it is now a building for office and retail space.

In April 2008 the Medical Building / Health Care Centre was moved temporally for three years to 12 Reichwald - until the new medical building opened in May of 2011 - the Petawawa Centennial Family Health Centre "PCFHC" and is located at 154 Civic Centre Road.

I wanted to try to create one of the FUN CIRCLE cards that I've seen......I do like these little cards so much! Used my CLASSIC LARGE NESTIES CIRCLES as the base and also the portion that I stamped on. Also for the "sun" sentiment. Used Swiss Dots CB folder, too. As for the images, all Hero Arts CL139 Birthday Messages, Clouds S5215,Sending Happy Thoughts CL305, Friendship Messages CL046, Black Gems CH139.Oh, I did use Prisma color on the frog and THANK YOU "LU FAMILY" without your generosity, I couldn't have created this card!!.......guess that covers it. Thanks for looking. Love, Karen

I made this card to send to my son serving in AFG to use as he desires. The card is 3 1/2" x 7"

Stamped with Versafine black ink and colored with Prisma pencils and Goo Gone.

Hero Arts stamps:

D5214

CL181

Die cuts are Spellbinders Labels #1

Used in a Cuttlebug

I made this for the die cut challenge and to show off the gorgeous buttons I won on Jane's blog. The buttons are AMAZING. So so perfectly produced and professional looking. Thank you so much Jane.

The butterfly was made using the templates on the Hero blog which I reduced and enlarged accordingly, and was heavily inspired by Tami's gorgeous card. Thanks for the amazing inspiration Tami.

HA Stamps:

CL272 - All Occasion Messages

K5107 - Screen Shadow

CL311 - Valentine Flourishes (for antennae - i loved Tami's antennae - so cute!!!)

PP - Pebbles Inc, Basic Grey.

Ribbon - Creative Impressions

Die-cut advertisement designed for hanging on a tree.

Details: thequeensscene.blogspot.com/2016/10/fall-fun-week-day-2.html

my card today based on HA  Sketch 3

and I have so much fun playing with HeroArts digital diecuts 

Layered Flowers Die Cuts

Three Silhouettes Die Cuts

Scalloped Moon Die Cuts

sentiment is from CL272 All Occasion message

paper : from prima marketing

For the Diecuts challenge.

Ha stamps used:

Line & Flower pattern

SC Designer Fruit

SC Happy Everything

Dies used:

QuicKutz flowers (RS-0349)

QuicKutz Nesting Flowers (CC-Flowers-01)

QuicKutz Goosebumpz Dots embossing folder (B-GB-005-P) on the strawberries.

"I am a little spoon, I confess,

But who my spoon is I leave you to guess."

Printed message modified to read:

"I am a big spoon, I confess,

But who this spoon is I leave you to guess."

Ernest Nistor, London. No. 126. Printed in Bavaria.

verso: flic.kr/p/2ogqVEb

"Simplex Typewriters, $1.00, $2.50, $5.00. The most instructive and useful gift possible to give any child, boy or girl. Come at once to see them demonstrated at E. Schneider & Sons Co., 80 Bergenline Ave., Hudson Hill, N.J."

If you have any interest in the history of typewriters—or vintage ads, photos, and ephemera related to typewriters—then you may want to track down a copy of the recently published book, The Typewriter: A Graphic History of the Beloved Machine (Calgary, Alberta: Uppercase Publishing, 2015), by Janie Vangool (full disclosure: my name appears in a list of supporters at the back of the book just because I preordered a copy).

I don't believe that this Simplex Santa makes an appearance in The Typewriter, but there are photos of a couple of Simplex (Toy) Typewriters (one dated 1910), along with Christmas magazine advertisements, Valentine cards, letterheads, postcards (including a copy of this one, p. 123), manuals, instruction books, certificates, touch typing charts (a colorful example similar to this one appears on pp. 86-87), die cuts, ribbon tins, and other delights.

See also the other side of this die-cut Santa advertisement.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Santa's Favorite Simplex Typewriters, 1908.

I tried Lisa's tips on using levels in Photoshop and this is the result!! So easy and quick for a better photo! Since we live in a condo, sun light is really precious to us. If I don't get my cards made early enough, I won't get a good shot at my cards... This tip is even more useful since all I have is a simple digital camera. It makes a big difference!!

Here is the original photo.

Thank you Lisa for the awesome tips!!

TFL. =)

Hi all. I got a card done for the diecut challenge using one of the templates provided. I love working with butterflies and so I thought I would give the template a try. It is hard to see, but I used the old letter writing background stamp for the colored parts of the butterfly. I wanted it to be really subtle and so I used the old linen distress ink to stamp it. The flourishes and the layered flower is diecut from my cricut machine using the Storybook cartridge and the George and Basic Shapes cartridge.

More details at mayholicraft.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/case-study-180-wate...

This page of pointing hands is marked "Printed in Germany" and measures about 9 1/4 by 13 1/2 inches. I have included a close up detail to show the random dot pattern of the lithograph. It is not dated but from the style I would guess it is late 19th to early 20th century.

It does not fit well into any of the categories we collect so it is hard to explain why we both fastened on it at an antique show and had to have it. We do have other diecuts, most are photo related or were included in lots that had included a camera. We also have some nice hand images that relate to magic lantern shadow shows so I may include a diecut and hand image set. Just what I need another set to feed my flickr addiction!

This is unique among our large collection of "paper moon" photographs. The photograph of, I feel sure, mother and daughter was been mounted on a die-cut crescent moon card. It is about 3 1/2 inches high and the edge of the die-cut card is gold. I am posting the back in the comments. I have been told the language is Swedish and that the word "sister" is readable.

Suzz had sent me some diecuts which I thought would make great tags. Even did a bit of stitching.. The embossed part of the tag is also paper from Suzz, presumably from her cuttlebug - just goes to show that everything gets used in the long run. I sponged on distress inks on the embossed side. Embossed HA snowlake in white. Cut out the poinsettias from the big design block and added some embellishments.

Having another play with my new SSS "Arched Leaf and Flower Blooms" dies. The background used embossing folder "Crystal Distortion" Blogged here

For this I used the bird diecuts of Hero Arts from last monday. The background of the upper part is made with S5101 Raindrop Background. The lower part of the background is made with S5129 Scattered Flowers. The branches I cut myself and the leaves are from CL298 Scattered Leaves. I used one of the leaves and cut them smaller. The reason for this card is that we have a pair of blackbirds in our backyard having a nest with young blackbirds in it. I can already hear them when I stand right under it.

Used die cuts for this postcard. The small sticker elements glow in the dark.

A Christmas scene using kraft card and embossing folder, die and stencil from SSS. It was hard to photograph but is very shimmery and sparkly, Blogged here

For the Diecuts challenge.

HA stamps:

DB Clouds

DB Modern Lines

CD Sending Happy Thoughts

Green Gemstones

Dies used:

QuicKutz flowers (RS-0349)

QuicKutz Nesting Flowers (CC-Flowers-01)

QuicKutz Goosebumpz embossing folder (QGB003P) on the frog