Vintage Hungarian Christmas cards #79

What a lovely vintage postcard! I love the simplicity of this card - a perfect drawing!

This card is from 1903, so it has an undivided back.

If you want to see more vintage Christmas postcards, you can click on the "old Christmas cards" label on the sidebar.

A masculine farewell card

Lately, I was asked to make a farewell card for a guy who is originally a history-geography teacher but who is a very skilled cabinetmaker and who often goes to work by bicycle and whose one of the hobbies is photography. And now he is leaving his job.

I had to make a quite big card because 60 people wanted to sign it. So it was an A4 card folded half. 

For the background, I cut out many carpenter tools and I glued them on a thick cardstock which was covered with a layer of gesso after.

Then I painted silver and when it was dry, I smeared diluted black paint on the surface.


What I used:

MFT, Die-Namics Tool Charms

Memory Box, Carpenter Tools die

Stampers Anonymous, Mini Blueprints 3 by Tim Holtz (CMS150)

Stampers Anonymous, Schoolhouse Blueprints by Tim Holtz (CMS230)

Stampers Anonymous, Travel Blueprints by Tim Holtz (CMS148)

Stampers Anonymous, Pen and Pencil by Tim Holtz (CMS072)

Stampers Anonymous, Hashtags by Tim Holtz (CMS183)

Ranger Archival ink, Jet Black

Ranger Distress inks (Hickory Smoke, Black Soot)

Ranger black embossing powder - for the camera and the bicycle

Ranger Distress markers

Ranger Distress Spray Stain (Faded Jeans, Walnut) - for the spatters

Micro Glaze for protection

Pebeo black gesso

With this card, I would like to join the Crop Stop June Link Party: Anything goes


Thank so much for stopping by!!!

Penny Black stamp - Mimi goes tandem

Here I am again with another card! For this I used a lovely Penny Black image: Mimi goes tandem.

I coloured it with watercolour technique using Ranger Distress and Zig Clean markers.

With this card I would like to join the June challenge of the Penny Black and More blog: Anything goes.

Mixed media canvas with a girl, a yellow house and a bicycle

This picture has an "older sibling", and there are just a few differences between them. In this new picture there are cutout tulips because meanwhile I had bought tulip dies. And in this picture there is a brown hair girl because meanwhile I had realised that Eszter is more brown hair girl than blond.

There is one more thing which is an improvement, that now I used the brick wall cutout as a stencil. When I put the modelling paste with a palette knife on the house I pulled off the cutout immediately. With this the wall is quite realistic.

If you want to get a detailed tutorial, please click on the "older sibling" word at the beginning of this blogpost.

Sizzix - Little girl, house, tree and bicycle on canvas

Well, it was that picture I had made for my sister but I've already written about it. I really don't want to praise myself but it was a very cute picture. It was that cute that my daughter, Eszter started to pant after it or at least something similar. So I couldn't do anything else than making the girly version of that canvas.

That blond girl with blue eyes in the middle of the picture has to be Eszter.

And I'm sure that I don't have to translate for you the sentiment: La vie est belle

Since I've already given a detailed explanation of how to do, I would like to skip that part this time. But at the end of this blogpost you can find my supply list.

I just would like to tell you that it was me who stamped the butterfly on a white paper napkin and it was an IHR paper napkin from which I cut out the flowers.

The size of the canvas is: 25x35 cm, is about 10x14".

What I used:

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Kendra painting her nails (655614)

Sizzix Framelits Die, Squares (657565) - I used the biggest for the house

Sizzix Framelits Die, Rounded Tags (657568) - I made the door with this

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Brick Wall by Tim Holtz (658240) - I glued two and a half on the house

Sizzix Embossing Folders, Basket Weave&Honeycomb Set by Eileen Hull (658455) - I used the honeycomb for the roof and the basket weave for the chimney

Sizzix Embossing Folders, Starflowers&Polka Dot Set by Eileen Hull (658990) - I used the starflowers to emboss the crown of the tree

Sizzix Embossing Folders, Burlap&Swirls by Tim Holtz (656645) - the burlap for the tree trunk, the swirls for the clouds

Sizzix Framelits Die, Eggs (658691) - I used for the crown of the tree

Sizzix Movers&Shapers, Mini Openings by Tim Holtz (657215) - I made the windows wit this

Sizzix Bigz Die, Country Cottage by Brenda Walton (658743)- I used only the window shutters

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stamp Set, Kites by Stephanie Barnard (657581)

Memory Box Die, Letters

Memory Box Die, Flying Birds

Signature Die, Vintage Bicycle

white cardstocks, book pages

Tsukineko Memento and Ranger Distress inkpads

Rangers Distress Markers

decoupage glue, Tacky Glue, Pritt Stift

Schmincke Acryl Fluid Medium

Ranger Glossy Accents

butterfly stamp

paper napkins