Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #71

With this beautiful vintage Santa card, I would like to wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

This card was printed in Italy and posted in 1948 but I suppose it was an earlier card which was postally unused until 1948.

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #70

Although the sender of this card wished happy new year for the recipient, I'm sure this is definitely a Christmas card.

This card is from 1901 this is why the sender had to write on the front of the card.

You can find my other vintage postcard if you click on the  'old Christmas cards' label on the sidebar.

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #69

Here is a beautiful, romantic card that I purchased from France. It had some ink stains that I removed with some retouching. 

This card was sent from Budapest to Couiza (Aude) in 1908.

And here you can see the original with the stains:

You can find my other vintage card if you click on the "old Christmas cards" label on the sidebar.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Wooden box with MFT flowers

Here is my latest make, a wooden box with the MFT Brilliant Blooms stamp set. 

The box lid was painted white, then after drying, I stamped the flowers with Old Paper Distress ink and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.

The next step was to colour them with diluted DecoArt Americana paints (Royal Fuchsia, Mistletoe). Then I added some extra colours with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils.

In the end, I smeared some diluted Pebble (DecoArt Americana) paint to the white parts and when it was dry I added some spatters with the remaining paint.

For protection, I put two very thin layers of Schmincke Fluid Acrylic Medium.

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for stopping by!!!

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #68

Christmas postcards featuring Santa are the most wanted for the collectors but cards with car, or airplane, or train, or any transportation are very popular too.

This is why, this postcard with an airplane is very special.

The card was posted in 1937.

You can find my other vintage postcard, if you click on the "old Christmas cards" label on the sidebar.

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Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #67

Here is my today card, a beautiful vintage postcard from 1929.

You can find my other vintage Christmas cards if you click on the "old Christmas cards" label on the right sidebar.

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Christmas banner with PaperArtsy stamps

Hello Everyone, I'm here with the second inspirational project for our December challenge at the Country View Challenges. The theme is: Christmas

This is a quite big, an 18x24 cm banner without the tinsel. For making this big banner, I had to use the Sizzix Plus Banners Framelits dies.

For creating this banner, I stamped the Christmas image onto a Neenah Solar White paper with Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa ink. Then following an original Thomas Nast illustration I started to colour my image with Copic Sketch markers. The stamp I used was Hot Pick Xmas 04.

Then I stamped the Merry Christmas text to a watercolour paper with Ranger Archival Potting Soil ink. I cut the text out with scissors and with a brush I adhered watered Antique Linen ink. For this, I used an Antique Linen reinker. The text was part of the Eclectica Scrapcosy 08 set.

The first layer of this card was a watercolour paper and I stamped the snowflakes randomly for creating a background for my Santa. For this, I used the Noel Plate 4 stamp set and to be able to stamp the snowflakes randomly, I cut the snowflakes stamp apart to get 12 individual snowflake stamps. I stamped the snowflakes with Ranger Archival Watering Can ink.

When I was ready with this, again I aged the paper by adding diluted Antique Linen ink on the surface.

For more ageing, I distressed the edges with a knife and inked the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress ink.

Then I toned back the snowflakes and the Antique Linen colour with a little white paint. For this, I always use the Amsterdam White acrylic paint because there's not too much pigment in the paint, so it doesn't cover and make disappear the image underneath. So it's perfect for fading. 

I spattered the banner with diluted Vintage Photo ink, I dried the ink with my heat tool, then I adhered the images to this banner. 

Then I cut out a second layer from green cardstock and aged the edges.

The next layer was a red cardstock and I stamped the snowflakes randomly around the edges with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink.

I put the banner together, punched two holes for the tinsel twine and added four mirrored stars to the corners of the banner.

Then, for protection, I covered the whole banner with Micro Glaze.

Do you know that this Santa image by Thomas Nast was the first drawing which portrays Santa as a fat, jolly man in a red suit?

If you still have a Christmas project, please don't hesitate to join our challenge where you can win a £20 voucher.

Thank you for stopping by and merry Christmas to you!!!

With my banner, I would like to join the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Warm Winter Wishes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas

Craft Stamper Magazine: December TIMI challenge

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #66

This vintage card with Santa was posted in 1937.

You can find my other vintage postcard if you click on the  'old Christmas cards' label on the sidebar.

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #65

This lovely vintage card is from 1943.

You can find my other vintage cards if you click on the 'old Christmas cards' label on the sidebar.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #64

This card with this lovely Christmas scene was posted in 1935.

The card was posted in 1935.

You can find my other vintage postcard if you click on the  'old Christmas cards' label on the sidebar.

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

Christmas card with gingerbread men

Hello Everyone, I'm so excited to show you my latest make, a Christmas card with these cute little gingerbread men.

The first layer of this card is a kraft paper. And I used the same kraft paper to cut out my gingerbread men with the gingerbread dies of the Fresh Baked #2 set. I cut them twice and glued the two pieces together to give them dimensions.

I spattered them with diluted white acrylic paint and Vintage Photo Spray Stain, then I inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink.

The letters were cut out from red cardstock with Alphanumeric Thinlits dies (3/4" tall). I inked the edges of the letters with Vintage Photo.

The second layer was a green cardstock which was a little smeared with white acrylic paint then inked the edges with Vintage Photo.

I did the same with the red printed paper which was taken from the Christmas Paper Stash.

The greenery was blotted and spattered with white acrylic paint.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked by Tim Holtz (663116)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric, 3/4" tall by Tim Holtz (660056)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Mini Holiday Greens by Tim Holtz (661597)

Idea-Ology, Christmas Paper Stash 8x8" (TH93739)

Idea-Ology, Jingle Brads Fasteners (TH93743)

Idea-Ology, Small Talk Sticker Book, Occasions

Ranger Distress ink pad (Vintage Photo)

Ranger Distress Spray Stain (Vintage Photo)

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Warm Winter Wishes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #63

This card was posted in 1916, a daughter wrote to her dad who was doing his military service during the fist world war. 

You can find my other postcard, if you click on the 'old Christmas cards' label on the sidebar.

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #62

This vintage postcard was posted in 1939.

You can find my other vintage postcard if you click on the label - 'old Christmas cards' - on the sidebar.

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

Christmas banner with Santa in frame

Hello everyone, here is my second banner, the pair of my earlier banner. Like at my first banner, the first layer of this banner was made by copying and mixing two of my Christmas cards, this and this.

This is quite a big, an 18x26 cm banner.

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th layers were cut out with Sizzix Plus Banners Framelits dies. Spattered with diluted white acrylic paint and Vintage Photo Spray Stain.

The first layer was painted with blue acrylic paint then stencilled with Snowflake layering stencil using Opaque Matte Ranger Texture Paste.

The Poinsettia was coloured with Worn Lipstick and Candied Apple markers, the pine leaves with Evergreen Bough, the holly with Mowed Lawn. Then tapped a little white paint to the edges, when they were dry, I tapped with Glossy Accents and put them to the Clear Rock Candy Glitter jar.

I show you how I built the first layer of my banner.

I glued two mirrored stars to the top corners.

And here is a closer one.

With my banner, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Warm Winter Wishes

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #61

This beautiful vintage card with a child and Santa on sled was posted in 1901.

This is an early postcard which has undivided back, so on the back they could write only the address.

You can find my other vintage postcard if you click on the label 'old Christmas cards' on the sidebar.

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #60

After a weekend break, I continue to present my collection of vintage Christmas postcards to you.

This one is a so called artist signed postcard. Pauli Ebner (Paula Ebner) was an Austrian illustrator whose illustrations often appear on postcards in this era. Actually, last year I've already shown you a card from her.

The card was posted in 1948.

You can find my other vintage postcards if you click on the 'old Christmas cards' label on the sidebar.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Christmas banner with Santa

Every year I make some wall Christmas decorations. Last year, for example, I created Christmas rosettes and metallic star ornaments. 

This year, I made a banner but I think others will coming soon. 

This is a huge, an 18x26 cm banner. For the banners I used the Sizzix Framelits Plus die set, Banners (660836).

I distressed the edges of all the three layers then inked with Frayed Burlap, then spritzed with diluted Vintage Photo Spray Stain.

The first layer was a copy of my wine tag but in a bigger size, this is why I stamped and embossed the pine trees in two rows.

For the text to make a greyish blue colour, I first stamped with the Watering Can ink, dried the ink with the heat gun, then stamped again with Sky Blue ink. For this, the stamping platform is essential.

What I used:

Sizzix Framelits Plus die, Banners

Sizzix Framelits die and stamp set, Holiday Joy

Stampers Anonymous, Festive Sketch (CMS283)

Idea-Ology, Silver Tinsel Twine

Idea-Ology, Mirrored Stars

Ranger Distress ink pad (Frayed Burlap)

Ranger embossing powder (white)

DecoArt Americana paints (Winter Blue, White Wash)

Ranger Archival ink pad (Watering Can, Sky Blue)

Stamping Platform

etc.

With my banner, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: 'B' is for? - banner

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for stopping by!!!

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #59

Look at this lovely winter scene with these adorable little girls!!! 

This postcard is from 1928.

You can find my other vintage postcards if you click on the 'old Christmas cards' label in the Categories section of the right sidebar.

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

Christmas card with a little boy, a Christmas tree and an angel #2

Here is the pair of my earlier card. This one is for my other nephew, for the blond one.

I did some minor alterations from the earlier one because the boys insist on equality in every way :-)

You can find the supply list on the linked blogpost above. 

There's only one difference, here I used the MFT Snow Globe Sentiments stamp set and left out the Make Yourself At Home stamp set.

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

With this card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: 'B' is for? - a boy

Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #58

This beautiful vintage card was posted in 1913. It's a real photograph where some parts of the photo was hand-coloured in order to enhance the significant parts like here Santa's and the angel's robe and the toys.

You can find my other vintage postcards if you click on the 'old Christmas cards' label on the sidebar in the Categories section.

Thank you for visiting my blog!!!

Birthday card with cupcake

When I was making this card I was thinking of the colours of the pastry shops, especially the Ladurée. I'm not a huge fan of the pastires of the Ladurée - actually, I'm not a huge fan of things made with sugar - but I love the style, the decorations, the advertisements and the wrappings of Ladurée. 

So I created this:

The first layer of this card was a pastel green cardstock which was embossed using the Polkadot layering stencil by Tim Holtz (THS068) and the Ranger white embossing powder. The edges of the green rectangle was inked with a brown distress ink (Gathered Twigs).

The frame was cut out from chipboard and I painted gold.

The roses were in my stash, I made them earlier.

The cake was stamped on a watercolour paper and was coloured with Ranger Distress markers.

As for the background in the frame ... for this, I used the Reflections stamp and the Ranger Archival Potting Soil ink pad. After stamping I toned back with white acrylic paint, then spritzed with Ranger Distress Spray Stain (Vintage Photo) using a brush. In the end, I inked the edge with Vintage Photo ink.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Birthday Blueprints by Tim Holtz (CMS153)

Stampers Anonymous, Reflections by Tim Holtz (CMS111)

Stampers Anonymous, Hashtags by Tim Holtz (CMS183)

Sizzix Bigz die, Ornate Frame by Tim Holtz (658720)

Sizzix Bigz die, Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz (656640)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Small Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz (661806)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Garden Greens by Tim Holtz

Stampers Anonymous layering stencil, Polkadot by Tim Holtz

Ranger embossing powder (white)

Ranger Distress markers

Ranger Distress ink pads (Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo)

Ranger Distress Spray Stain (Vintage Photo)

Ranger Archival ink (Potting Soil)

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: 'B' is for? - birthday

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for visiting my blog!!!