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It is time to make some 

old fashioned Victorian Valentines!

Give a special someone in your life a handmade Valentine!

With lace, paper doilies, glitter and a sweet image.

Did you know, 

Valentine's Day reached its height of celebration during the Victorian Era? 

Or that some Valentines were so thick with layers of paper and embellishments they were given in presentation boxes.  

The image for this Valentine is from the Victorian Valentine collage sheet. It was first adhered to a thin piece of chipboard (about the thickness of a cereal box) and then fussy cut.  Also cut a heart from the chipboard slightly smaller than the largest doily.  Adhere the large  doily to the chipboard, glue lace around the backside edge of the chipboard. Add lace around the backside of the smaller heart.  Attach smaller heart to the larger heart. Use a black marker and carefully edge the fussy cut images.  Attach lace around the heart in the image. Attach the images with foam tape to give dimension. Add gold, red and diamond glitter. Let dry.

Supplies:

Altered Pages Victorian Valentine Image

Doilies - Large (6 inch) and small (3 1/2 inch)

Lace - White and Red & White

Giltter - Red, Gold and Diamond 

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Black Marker

Foam Tape

Please come by and join the Altered Pages Monthly Challenge, the theme for January is "Snow Dancing!" The design team has created some wonderful inspiration.

Vintage Image Craft Creative Challenge!

Christmas Cats,

Christmas Cats,

Jingle All the Way!

I used four of the VIC postcards available on FB to create my card. Layered distressed looking pattern papers for a vintage look added a doily.  On my computer I sized each image, fussy cut and adhered to the card.  Several images are popped with foam dots.

 Stickles in the flowers on her head
and the bird food.

3D Crystal Lacquer has been used on the cats for added dimension.

The challenge is open to everyone... All you have to do is Download FREE Victorian cat illustrations from VIC's Facebook page.  Your project can be a Christmas card, ornament, decoration, tag, ATC, altered book, scrapbook page, jewelry, box or any other craft.

Just one more day to enter the challenge!  

Information is HERE!

Detailed instructions: 

Attach green pattern paper red pattern paper with Miracle Tape.  Glue Doily with glue stick to pattern papers.  Attach to dark green panel, then adhere to card base using Miracle tape. 

Card was created using 4 different postcards from VIC.  Each was sized to work with the others. On card stock print two images of the girl with cat, one of the two cats sitting together, two of the larger image of the cat with presents (cut the cat only out of one), one of the smaller image of cat with presents and banner.  Fussy cut all images.

Attach the banner at the top of the card.  Attach one of the girl to card base, the two cats sitting together and the larger image of the cat with presents.  

Using one layer of foam tape: add the second copy of the girl over the first image, the second image of the cat only from the cat with presents.  With two layers of foam tape add the smaller cat with presents.  

For additional dimension.  Add Stickles to the flowers on the girls hat and bird food.  Use 3D Crystal Lacquer on all cat images. 

Supplies: 

Base card

Card stock-dark green

Pattern paper - red and green

Doily

VIC images

VLVS! Miracle Tape

Foam Tape

Stickles

Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer