Vintage Blue Valentine

Hi All.....

I had this sitting on my desk the last few days buried in all kinds of "stuff"....

You ever get an idea...and then while working on it, it just sort of "fizzles" out??

That is kind of what happened here, but all at once it fell into place.

I "gotta tell ya"...I LOVE vintage....all the pretty vintage fabrics, lace, doilies

and such...my sister and I used to do craft shows and we were well known for

our"vintage flair"!!

When Graphic 45 came out with the Sweet Sentiments I just loved how it reminded

me of all the vintage postcards my Mom had for Valentines and Easter....

which was the base of how I built my card.

So anywho, this is how this card came about.....

I saw the challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow

 (and by the way the girls there chose my card as last weeks winner...thanks so much)

was to use texture...not just the usual lace, ribbon, but fabric, fibers etc.

I dug in my craft stash and came up with this fabric flower, took it apart

and added the cute little center piece from Graphic 45....

The pink flowers I cut from an old vintage hat....

I hate to admit to my hoarding issues, but I have an entire bin of vintage hats....

all with some type of flowers to use in my creativity!!

The blue bow was made with the Zutter Bow It All....

and don't tell anybody, but I had to watch the video a zillion times and still am

not doing it quite right...hopefully it will be a light bulb moment with it at some point!

Then I came across the challenge at "The Kraft Journal" "Winter Blues"

to use "blue's and "kraft" paper or an item sold at their store...

I LOVE how kraft and blue work so well together.....

I even finished the inside of my card.

So, these are the challenges I am entering in"

The Kraft Journal "winter Blues"

and 

Sugar Creek Hollow "texture / fibers"

and

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge "Vintage"

and

Really Reasonable Ribbon "Valentine/Love  Ribbon"

and

Craft-Dee BowZ Monthly challenge anything goes & a handmade bow