Contest Winners

I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday weekend. We had a blast but of course we ate tooooooo much but it sure was fun!

The BBTB2 contest has ended and was won by Kris L. I just loved her take on the beach scene. Congratulations and great job Kris! Now all you need to do is pick out your cut outs from Here or Here and email either Heather or I with your selections and we'll get them emailed to you.

And the winner of the 5 sets of cut outs from my blog is.......





Congratulations Roxx, now you need to pick your five sets from Here or Here and email me with your selections and I'll get the cut outs emailed to you.

A big thanks to everyone that played along on the BBTB2 blog and the PLV blog! I sure hope your week is going great and that it's just full of smiles.
Peggy

PeggyLovesVintage Easter Contest using a Vintage Easter Bunny Image

Are you ready for a contest? Last week I shared with you the candy that will be given away as the prize.



There's some really great stuff included:
So-So-Sweet 75 Paper Pack with glitter
Spare Parts designer silk flower brads
Soft Spoken Leaf embellishments
Package of silk roses
Package of Sticky Doos
Package of Paper Studio Self-Adhesive Gemstones
Package of Wiggle Eyes
Container of Fairy Dust Fine Glitter
2 Rolls of ribbon
An Easter Egg stamp from Stampabilities
5 Packages of Charms
and
Any 2 PeggyLovesVintage CDs (except the Collection of Cuties)


So here's the contest rules...

Using this image



or this one with the white background to create a craft item. Click on the image in order to be able to save it at its full size.



Any craft project is acceptable as long as it uses one of the two images. You can use paper, fabric, glass, wood, whatever medium you like to work with. Once you've completed your project leave a comment on this post and include a link to your blog showing and describing your project. Don't have a blog, that's ok too. Just send me an email and include a picture of your completed project.

Once you've completed this portion, visit the blogs of the designers and leave a comment on the post with their bunny project. If you're using email instead of a blog make sure that you include your email id in the comment or provide some way for the two to be connected.

That's all it takes to enter the contest. Complete your project and leave your comments between March 21 and midnight (CST) April 2, 2010 and you'll be entered into the random drawing for a chance to win the fabulous prize.

So here's the designers you have to visit and the wonderful projects they've created with the images.

Sherri


DeeDee

Donna


Julie


Peggy


Here's the inside of the card if you'd like to include all or part of it in your craft project. It is not a contest requirement to use this.


So let's have fun!

Have a great week full of smiles!
Peggy

PeggyLovesVintage Easter Contest Project

This was so much fun! For the contest I thought I'd try something with fabric to show you how versatile the images are. I've only used the Fabric transfer kits once before so this was a little bit of a challenge. I thought I'd try my hand at creating an Easter Egg Hunting outfit. This would consist of a Tee-Shirt, Hat and canvas tote for the kids to use for their Easter Eggs. Here's how my completed project looks.



We had so much fun with this. She just had to do the modeling pose with her new outfit.






Since this was for Jordan everything had to be pink, her most favorite color! So off I went to find my supplies. I purchased the tee-shirt, hat and canvas tote at Hobby Lobby. I sure had good timing because everything was 50% off. Boy you can't beat that kind of a deal! I found the Fabric Transfer Kit at Walmart. It comes in two types one for light fabric and one for dark. Since everything was pink, I choose the light kit.

So now I was ready for the design phase. For the tee-shirt I wanted to wind up with an image that would cover almost the whole front of the tee-shirt. I found that if I designed it to print on the entire sheet of fabric transfer paper (8.5 x 11) it would fit perfectly and be the right size. So with the size in mind, I knew I wanted to use the bunny music above and below the bunny and include a few Easter eggs as added embellishments. Since her tee-shirt was pink, I didn't think the green music would look right so using Photo Shop I changed the green color to black. I wanted the bunny to take up most of the room on the 8.5 x 11 sheet, so I didn't include the eggs on the bunny sheet. So here's the completed tee-shirt design.



I did a test print of the design on regular paper to check that it would look right and fit correctly on the tee-shirt.

I created the eggs and used Photo Shop to color them to match the colors in the bunny. I needed two different sized bunnies for the hat and tote, so Photo Shop to the rescue again. I also decided to use a little creative license and using Photo Shop's clone utility I replaced the music with a little flower bouquet. So now I was ready to create sheet 2 with the two bunnies and all the eggs I would need. Here's how it looked.



As an after thought I decided to add her name to back of her tote. So I went hunting for a cool Easter font that would make it something special. Here's what I came up with. I found it at this site fancy fonts . Originally the font is just plain black and white but I wanted it to be different colors so using Photo Shop again I created the text and then flattened the image and colored in the different areas. I think it turned out pretty cool! Make sure you click on it so you can see it big.



So all in all it was pretty easy once the design process was completed. Things I did learn from this... Most important... don't trim your images too close on the fabric transfer sheets. The ink has a tendency to bleed a little as you're ironing it. You can see that primarily on her completed tote image. I trimmed really close so the iron picked up the ink and spread it around a little bit.. lol. Also, make sure your iron is not too hot for the fabric. It has to be really hot for the transfer to occur but you don't want it to scorch the fabric. You can see where this also occurred on the tote. lol... Poor tote! One more thing, if you're printing text remember to change the print to mirror. Otherwise it will be backward on your item. Mirror print is usually found in your print window. If it's not listed on the main window, check in the advanced area for it.

I can't make something like this for Jordan without also doing one for Kaiden so check back next week to see what his Easter Egg Hunting outfit looks like. His has a cutie Duck image.

So now if you haven't visited the other projects from the DT, DeeDee, Donna, Julie, and Sherri take a minute and see what they've created.



Have a great week full of smiles!
Peggy

New PeggyLovesVintage Design Team Member

Isn't this just one of the most beautiful cards you have ever seen! It was created by the very talented Donna Mundinger. And OMG she's has agreed to join the PeggyLovesVintage Design Team, we're just thrilled! She does such fantastic creations. Take a moment and visit her Blog and leave her one of your sweet comments.



So now, off you go! Get that project going and enter the contest . It closes Friday, Feb. 12 at Midnight - CST. - leave a comment with a link or send me an email with a pic of your project and you'll be entered to win any 2 cut outs of your choice from my stores. Remember it doesn't have to be a card, any kind of project is acceptable as long as it uses the Free Vintage Greeting Card Heart Image.

Have a great week full of smiles!

Peggy

A Fresh Start and a Free Vintage Greeting Card Image

Everybody needs a fresh start once in a while, so here's mine. I started this blog quite a while back but quite honestly didn't really keep up with it. It seemed like there was never enough time to get an entry into the blog. Well, I've made a resolution to make sure I update it at least once a week.(smile) I have some big plans for the future so be sure to check in and see what the future holds.

Depending on how you arrived here, you may or may not be aware of my Vintage Greeting Card Image CDs and Cut Outs. I just love working with the Vintage Greeting Cards and have collected quite a large number of them. I am in heaven when I get a new vintage scrapbook and can spend time pouring over the collected cards, letters and mementos. Each scrapbook gives just a little insight into the life and times of the author and their families. The scrapbooks are created with such care and loving that you just know that it was very important to them to save all the tidbits and memories.

I try and take this love and care right into creating my Vintage Greeting Card Image CDs and Cut Outs. Sometimes, I'll even include something from the scrapbook, like a wedding picture of the couple or a sweet little handmade heart from a child to their mommy.

So many times, the scrapbooks are torn apart and the individual pieces sold or thrown away. It just breaks my heart! So all of my scrapbooks are kept together and the CDs are organized by the families not by the grouping of image types. Maybe it sounds silly, but I feel like I'm honoring the scrapbook maker and keeping their collection in tact for at least another generation.

Enough of that for now, I'll provide more insights on my Vintage Greeting Cards Images and CDs and Cut Outs in the future.

So to kick off my newly updated blog and get it off to a great start, I've decided to have an Image give away. Just right click on the following image and save it on your PC. Use it for creating scrapbook pages, greeting cards, fabric transfers, decoupage or any other kind of craft project you may be working on. Have fun and if you're so inclined, leave a comment to encourage me to keep on updating!

Take care and I hope you have a great day full of smiles!
Peggy