Memory Journals, New Cut Out Contest, Special Blog Sale

Hi Everyone!
Are you having a great week? I'm kind of late on my post this week, seems like whenever I can't decide what to write about something wonderful comes up to share with you. Pretty amazing right? I sure think so. This week my amazing item relates to a new found Etsy friend, Cindy. She makes the most wonderful memento journals. Cindy recently purchased a couple of CD's from me and she was kind enough to let me preview her completed item. OH MY GOODNESS! is it gorgeous or what? Of course I immediately asked her if I could share it by posting it on my blog. So here it is....






You can find all the wonderful details by visiting Cindy's Blog. Cindy is selling her journals on Etsy, you can find them by visiting her shop or the individual journals If Duckies Were Horses or Peekaboo Lamb . So please take a moment and visit Cindy's blog or shop. I'm sure you'll fall in love with her items.

Ok.. now on to other things.....
I am so pleased with myself.. lol. In the last post, I spoke of a new project I was going to try and golly and be-jeepers I did it! I was so pleased with the result. I can't believe I was intimidated by something that was sooooooo easy! What was it you ask? Well, I can't tell you just yet because it will ruin a Santa surprise. But after Christmas, I'll be sure and share my project.

I'm still plugging along on the New Wedding CD. I just can't seem to get into it although I absolutely adore some of the cards. Maybe it's because my favorite cards are Christmas. I bet you sure couldn't tell that right? Well, I caved in this week and switched over to Christmas for a while and came up with 3 new Cut Outs and here they are for your preview.

Christmas Collection 1


Christmas Collection 2


Christmas Collection 3



I thought I might take a different approach on these and mix and match the card themes. What do you think? Is mix and match or a theme better? Help me decide by leaving a comment and voting on which you prefer. I'll select a random winner who will receive a free cut out. You have until Saturday, Nov 13th, at midnight CST to vote.

At the moment, the new cut outs are only listed on the store web page . To add to the fun I thought I'd run a bogo sale for my blog readers. Buy any cut out from the store web page and get another cut out for free. Just include which free cut out you'd like to receive in the Message to seller area on the Paypal payment. The sale will end at midnight CST on November 13 and is not valid in my ebay or Etsy shops.


That's it for this week. Have a great week, plumb full of smiles!
Peggy

Free Vintage Bad Lil' Boys Image, Quilt Blocks and Six Flags

Hi everyone! Sorry about being such a terrible blogging friend. I've been a little slow on my posting and visiting all my blogging friends. I promise to try and do better.

I hope your week has been going great. It's been pretty busy around here. It always seems like summer time is extremely busy and that it just whooshes through. We went with the kids to Six Flags over America near St Louis. I think we picked the hottest day of the year to go but we did have a blast and the grandkids really enjoyed themselves. Kaiden has gotten tall enough that he can now ride some of the big rides. He absolutely loved the Scrambler and the Log ride. We all decided we'd do Thunder River which is the big round tube where about 10 people sit in it and you take a ride down a mini rapids. Kaiden and I happened to be lucky enough to sit on the side where all the water came in. We were drenched! Poor Kaiden, the water would come in and just cover him from head to toe. He took it very well and didn't cry even a little bit. I would think that it would have been very scary for a 3 year old but after the initial shock he loved it. Jordan was a brave little girl. She rode almost all of the roller coasters some of them twice even. A good time was had by everyone and no one lost their lunches :)





I love it when I hear from buyers and they share pictures of what they're doing with the images. Recently, I was contacted by Rose who purchased the Collection of Cuties Volume 1 CD . Rose makes quilts and sells them in a little shop in Toronto. She used the download option for her CD and as she was downloading she was designing quilts that she wanted to make with the images. Anyway I thought her blocks were so cute that I just have to share them with you. Rose doesn't have an on-line shop but you can contact her via email or through the convo option in etsy






Have you visited Sassy Lil Sketches where PeggyLovesVintage is the July sponsor? If you haven't, you still have time. The last sketch will be on the 28th.

Ok, now I just love bad lil' boys, they're always doing something they shouldn't be doing and then having to suffer the consequences for it. Hopefully, they don't get hurt or cause anyone else to get hurt but just involve themselves in some mischievous fun. I guess that's where the phrase boys will be boys comes from. Today I'd like to share a bad lil' boy image with you. Isn't he just the cutest? The devil just shines through... lol. As always, make sure you double click on him before you save it.



Thanks for stopping by and if you feel so inclined share a bad little boys story with us.

Have a great week!
Peggy

Free Vintage Image, BBTB2 Challenge and Second Chance to Win

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I'm so excited! One of my most favorite sites, BBTB2 , is having a challenge using my images. The DT is so AMAZING and CREATIVE! I love each and every one of their wonderful projects. The prize for the challenge is a choice of any 5 Cut Outs from Here or Here

And because I'm so excited, I thought I'd add to the prize and give you a second chance to win! Now, how great is that? For the second chance, all you have to do is comment on this entry and sign up to be a follower to my blog by midnight CST June 1st and you'll be entered for a chance to win a choice of any 5 Cut Outs from Here or Here The winner will be randomly selected.

So here's the images which are to be used for the BBTB2 challenge. Make sure you double click on the image before you save it. Visit the BBTB2 blog for all the details and rules for the BBTB2 challenge. You have until June 1st to complete the challenge.











Don't forget the sales that I have going on etsy and ebay . You can pick any three CDs for $22.50. That's a huge $7.47 savings! Hurry, I'll only have the sale going for a short time!


Have a great day full of smiles!
Peggy

Free April Showers Vintage Image and Easter Bunny Contest

I have one more contest post to share with you. This is from Jennifer Rose. I love her take on the Easter Bunny. The background papers, especially the music sheet, just compliment the vintage feel of the card. Check out her blog to see how she created this wonderful card.



April Showers bring May flowers or so they say. Is your area receiving a lot of April Showers? It's been pretty dry here, except for one day where it just poured for about 20 minutes. Anyway, here's a really cute Vintage Image that you could use to celebrate the April Showers. Click on the image before you save it.



This image is from the PeggyLovesVintage Wedding Volume 1 CD which you can see here.

My collection just keeps growing and growing. Last month I acquired this wonderful circa 1955 scrapbook which was for a little girl named Carol. It was quite a treasure and I just had to have it. I must say it is one of the most expensive scrapbooks that I've purchased but I just couldn't resist :). So now I'm very busy trying to get the images cleaned up and ready for you. I really excited about it and can't wait to showcase some of the images!

Did you know that I sell individual images? So, if you have a special project where you are looking for particular types of images and can't seem to find them contact me via email. I'll search my cards and send you back samples for your review.



Have a great week, full of smiles!
Peggy

Easter Contest and Vicky Oliver entry

Well the Easter weekend is upon us. What's your family's tradition? Do you have an Easter Egg Hunt and a big family dinner? That's pretty much our tradition. Hopefully the weather co-operates and we can have the Easter egg hunt outside. But if not, inside is fine also. Do you use real eggs in your hunt? We use plastic. There's always at least one egg that's not found and those real eggs can get a little smelly if they sit around for a while. Our traditional dinner includes ham and potato salad and of course deviled eggs plus a couple of other salads. We always have cream pies for dessert. This year I think I'll do banana and chocolate. Yummy!

Tonight's the deadline on the contest, so make sure your entry gets in by midnight (cst). And as if you haven't already seen it enough, lol here's the prize that's going to be given away to some lucky winner. I'll post the winner on Saturday so be sure and come back and check it out.



Get your entry in so that you have a chance to win some really great supplies:
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)

Submit your entry via a comment on the blog and leave comments on the DT members blogs and you will be entered to win. Don't have a blog, well that's ok, just email a pic of your completed project and leave your comments on the DT members blogs and you'll be entered. Just make sure you include some way for me to identify your comment to your email.

Here's another entry that I'd like to share. Vicky Oliver notes that this is the first time she's entered a challenge. I feel very honored that she decided to play along with us! Thanks Vicky! So click on her card and visit her blog and leave her some of your wonderful comments.





That's all for now, so get your entry in and have a great Friday!
Peggy

Easter Contest and Amy Duff contest entry

Times quickly running out! Are you almost done with your contest entry? Here's the great stuff that will be given away to some lucky winner! Just use the Vintage Easter bunny in any craft project using any kind of a medium. Submit your entry via a comment on the blog or send me an email and leave comments on the DT members blogs and you will be entered to win.



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 hurry, you only have until April 2 at midnight- CST to get your entry in. Make sure you visit all the DT's blogs and leave your comments. You can find all the details here

Here's an entry from Amy Duff that I received via email. Didn't she do a great job! I love the aging on the polka dots! Thanks Amy for entering the contest.



So where's your entry at? There's still time to get that chance to win the prizes that are worth over $100.00.



Have a great week just plumb full of smiles and Easter bunnies. lol
Peggy

Easter Contest and Free Vintage Duck Image

Easter is quickly approaching. Are you working on your contest project? Here's the great prizes that are going to be given away.



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 hurry, you only have until April 2 at midnight- CST to get your entry in. Make sure you visit all the DT's blogs and leave your comments. You can find all the details here

Last week I promised you I'd show Kaiden's Easter Egg Hunting outfit. It's always so hard to figure out what to do for a boy. I have tons of sweet Easter images but somehow a cute bunny, chick or duck just didn't fit Kaiden's personality. After much searching I did find a little duck all dressed up in a military uniform carrying a gun. I didn't think the gun was quite appropriate for Easter so I got busy with Photo Shop and here's the completed layout.






Here' Kaiden showing off his Easter Egg Hunting outfit.





Here's the bunny with the posy of flowers and Kaiden's duck for you to use in any last minute Easter projects. Make sure you click on it so you get the full size image.



I have one more Kaiden picture to share with you. But first you need a little info. Kaiden is a typical boy. He is pretty stubborn and has a mind of his own. When he's doing something he's not supposed to he doesn't like the word no. He's one where he'll look at you and continue doing whatever he has a mind to do. So when he was first learning to talk and was busy with his no activities I'd swoop him up and laughingly call him my demon child. He quickly learned this phrase and started calling himself a demon child. Well he's grown out of that now but this picture brought back the demon child memories for me.



Have a great week full of smiles and don't forget to submit your contest entry
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

Published Images and PeggyLovesVintage Contest

I'm so excited! The totally talented and wonderful Regina Easter from Bitten By The Bug (BBTB) is published in the CARDMAKER magazine, March 2010 issue page 48 to be exact. And she used one of my baby images on the card she published. It's a beautiful card and you just have to check it out! Be sure and visit her blog and congratulate her on her accomplishment.

Regina used this image

Which is available on the New Baby Volume 1 CD located in the etsy store and ebay store and web store where you can satisfy all your Vintage image needs.


Now on to the contest. My granddaughter and I spent the day yesterday making our cards. We brought out my stash of craft supplies and just went to town. We had a grand time and now I have glitter from one end of my house to the other, but it was well worth it! So anyway...the unveiling of our works of art!

Jordan first, she's 5 years old and has been crafting since she was about 2. She's my best crafting buddy and we always have a good time. The only thing Grandma really helped with was the card stock base that she used. She wanted to do a stand up card and the black card stock wasn't very thick. So we attached it to some white Georgia Pacific to make it sturdier. Grandma cut out a nice square for her to decorate. She used two different sizes of wooden hearts, one size was red and the other size was orange, that she glued togethered. Red rhinestones were added to some sparkly snowflakes. She also used foil hearts, vintage buttons,lace embellishments that I don't think you can see in the pic and some red bows and of course lots of glitter. For the inside of her card she used a computer generated sentiment that she created and typed herself. The inside was embellished with some I Love You ribbon and of course more glitter. She was so excited about her card, she just had to sign and date it before we got the pic. Great Job Jordan! Watch out sis...here's your future competition!





I've never claimed to be a card maker, I usually only get into making cards for Christmas and Valentines (smile), my two most favorite holidays. But anyway, I went ahead and gave it a shot and like I promised last week, here's my completed card. Now don't laugh!





So, last week I explained how I created my images. I added some little foil hearts to the corners and an open foil heart in the middle of main pink heart. I attached the main image to black card stock. I wanted it to be offset just a little on the black. I also added some gorgeous ribbon which is shimmery and has flower patterns on it which you really can't see unless you view it big. The background paper is my digi roses and pink paper which (sigh) still isn't listed in the stores but it will get there one of these days. The corners looked pretty bare to me so I decided I'd add some of my left over calendar project flowers with a few of the shiny foil hearts added for interest. I had just enough flowers to do one corner. Oh Well, that's life (smile). I'll have to go to the craft store to see if I can find something for the opposite corner.

For the inside, I kept it pretty simple. I attached the sentiment to black card stock and then just added some really pretty gold wire ribbon at the top. I used the digi roses and pink paper.

Here's Sharon's - Gramma's House of Cards - completed card. Of course, she's very talented and as always has created a masterpiece for us to oooo and ahhhh over. Take a moment and visit her blog to see her other great cards and projects.



Ok now, we've shared ours, are you ready to share yours? Come on, go ahead and do it!
We'd love to see all the great work out there. It doesn't have to be a card, any kind of project can be submitted. So just visit last weeks blog and 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.

Have a great week full of smiles!
Peggy