Friday, July 24, 2015

what ho? seriously?!

ok, the coolest thing about older "found" items is they are unique and wonderful; but sometimes, that means they really show that they're most definitely of a different time. like this vintage postcard that i scanned and used as the centerpiece of my second ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ "old fashioned xmas" card:

vintage postcard (scanned and printed on hp semi-gloss photo paper) sheet music and doily from my stash; patterned paper: pink paislee + the paper co; cardstock: core'dinations; florals: prima; brad: oriental trading; ink: colorbox; adhesives: elmers brand gluetape, 3m foam tape

ok, so, yeah: i'm pretty sure i've never made a card which contained the phrase, "what ho!" as part of the sentiment. very sure, actually; and have no plans to change that policy in future. but just look at the font, and the way the sentiment is set off in its own little rectangle, then there's the beautiful snowscape, the fun skier, the muted impressionist background of the mountains... well, the whole package, really. i thought it'd be hard to pair with papers and things, so i planned to just mount it on some vintage sheet music and maybe a solid mat, but about 10 seconds into my search i found the admittedly elderly scrap of plaid pink paisley paper that literally had all the same shades. woohoo. or what ho, even, lol! :)

i used sweet sunday sketch #278 to guide my layout, because, well, it's totally awesome as you can see:


just in case you need one more look at that sentiment, here you go, in a closeup:


and now i absolutely guarantee you want to hop over to ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ to see stephanie's card and remind yourself there's a prize on offer to someone who links an "old fashioned christmas" card with us this fortnight! ♥

5 comments:

  1. Seriously cool holiday care, that plaid is awesome.

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  2. What ho! An amazingly painterly Christmas scene? :) Now that phrase is going to be used for everything (at least by me.) I'm going to make it my mission to work it into conversation randomly for the next week. :)

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  3. Oh you have a pretty blog!!! Where's the coffee? What ho!

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  4. Awesome old fashioned Christmas card.

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  5. That has to be the most unique Christmas greeting I've ever seen LOL! And amazing to have found the coordinating plaid paper to go along with it , What Ho indeed!

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