Friday, June 1, 2012
Vintage Fashion Challenge
The challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow this week is "vintage fashion." Love LOVE that theme! When I was growing up I wanted to be a fashion illustrator, so I love looking at all the old vintage advertising images on sites like Clearly Vintage, where I found the cool fashion images for these two cards.
On the first one, I was going to use color, then I challenged myself a bit to try a monochromatic card picking up the tones of the image. Tricky. But I love how it turned out!
Another reason I love this image is because it's an old B. Altman's ad and it reminds me of my dear mother-in-law, who was a very lovely lady from New York who had the most natural style and grace; she would talk about shopping in Manhattan at stores like Altman's, which was open from 1865 to 1989 (I Googled it, lol).
DP: from another YUMMY 6x6 pad from My Mind's Eye: "Lost & Found - SUNSHINE"
Sentiment: fabulous art deco look from a Stampabilities cling rubber set called "Sentiments"
I'm also going to post this card at OWH where the Midweek Throwdown is for Thank You cards.
Here's the other vintage fashion card I made for the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge:
DP: "World Traveler" 6x6 DP pad by Teresa Collins
The red in the flower doesn't quite match the red ribbon (ack) but it looks a little better in person!
Tonic corner punch
Stampin' Up Modern Label punch
Thanks for stopping by the blog; have a good weekend!
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10 comments:
that pp is DEVINE!!!!!! and so is your lovely creation!
thanks for sharing with us at Sugar Creek Hollow this week!
Holly SCH DT
These are cool Sherry! I think I like the first one because of it's black & white vintage look.
Thanks for playing in our Midweek Throwdown challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps!
I gravitate to Vintage after Pink....LOL I love your cards- I like the color you added to the image!
Sherry, My mom used to take me shopping at Altman's in White Plains every summer before school started. They had a lovely restaurant in the department store and we would have our lunch there.
Both of these are gorgeous....love the monochromatic look of the first one and that pop of red in the second is lovely and what fabulous papers! Great job on these, thanks so much for sharing with us at Sugar Creek Hollow.
Patti SCH/DT
These are so beautiful and I really love the monochromatic scheme of the first one ... again just beautiful!
Kid-oh you so nailed this challenge ...love both of these! Mono is so elegant and I love the flower and ribbon on the traveler, not exactly matching works best ....adds to the vintage (-;
So glad to see you in the Sugar Creek Challenge!
Both of your cards are Vintage Fashion at it's best! LOVE them both!! Thank you for joining us at Sugar Creek Hollow :0)
hugs
Heather
Wow. These are both amazing cards! Thank you for sharing.
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