Claire Selby One of a Kind Vintage card

On the 10th day of Christmas my true love decorated for me…. a Lord a Leaping Card! This dapper gentleman topped with a top hat & leaping through the air was found at the lovely Graphics Fairy site. For my Leaping Lord Card I decided to print the Air Balloon photo onto a mottled pale green marble paper. This gives black and white images a real vintage feel. I accented my card with shimmer paper and a vintage page, as well as Creative Memories circle punches. Everything was lightly glued with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™, I like the glue to have an almost dry, tacky consistency when using on cards. I also decorated the side of the vintage ticket stubs with green staples and seam binding ribbon.

Claire Selby one of a kind Paperdoll

On the 9th Day of Christmas my true love assembled for me…a dancing lady Paperdoll! This Festive gal has lots of style, in her bright pink dress to her almost Zebra like tights, she is ready for dancing! My Dancing Paperdoll started out as an Artchix Studio image that I adorned with German Dresden white wings for a feathery bonnet! Turned upside down the wings made me thing of Odette’s headpiece from Swan Lake! For the arms I recycled a West Elm fabric swatch by gluing it to cardstock with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ and then cutting out the upper and lower arms once it dried. The legs were vintage calligraphy pages also glued to cardstock, but I chose to cut these out as one piece. The dress is also Recycled from an Amy Butler scrapbooking paper scrap. I added the pretty tartan ribbon printed from Sandra Evertson’s book. And to finish her off, she is festooned with a glittered garland cutout from a Martha Stewart glittered card kit. She is truly an assembled lady, it feels great recycling things I have and repurposing items I own to make something new!

Claire Selby one of a kind Paperdoll close up

Although I’ve been having slow computer problems the 8th day was ready to share! The Maids a Milking brought to mind a pastoral scene, so here are 2 vintage Denmark photos as a Free Download for Your Personal Use Only! No sharing on blogs as a download, but you may share as a link. Not for sale or giveaway as in a collage sheet or altered art. Only for use in personal artwork, not for sale. These look great printed on Transparency sheets in sepia tone! I printed mine on sheets found at Fry’s and Office Depot. If you download these please leave a comment here or on my Pinkdilla Facebook page. I would love to see what people use the download for so Please link back to your blog here!

This Swan card started out as a winged beauty from Artchix Studio atop lots of paper scraps! I added the German Dresden Swan wings with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. The edges of the card are all Colorbox pigment inked. I also embellished the card with the rose ribbon and the Close to My Heart Crystal accents. She is a sparkling swan beauty ready for the New Year!

On the 6th Day of Christmas my true love hatched for me….a Just Hatched Baby Card! Lots of things came to mind during this season, not only the birth of Christ, but also our own newborn. Just thinking of that elusive Peace on Earth that we all try to attain, sometimes, seems so easy when we stop and just look at a baby sleep. Softly and sweetly! I was also inspired by the colors blue and gold which I used for my Christmas tree this year. The 6th day classically heralds in the geese laying eggs, so this little fella is just hatched! I used some of my Acid free Scrapbooking paper scraps left over to make the card, the Best way to recycle! I glued the Art Chix Studio Egg form and baby and butterfly cutouts to the card with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. I then drew the antennae and the baby string with a permanent marker. Fun, Festive and Hard to catch that peace when it is drifting away!