FREE JANUARY DESKTOP CALENDAR

Greetings, dear reader!

Here is yet another installment of a free desktop calendar...made with vintage cards and images...just for you! Enjoy!

Blessings!
Paula Clare

WE INTERRUPT THIS WILD WEST TAG SWAP FOR...

A brief Halloween aside!

As many of you know, Elizabeth of Creative Breathing is creating a Halloween Garland, and has invited me and several others to participate! We are spelling the word, "H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N" ... I have one of the letters "E". Here is my contribution to the Garland:

I found an oversized "Ace of Spades" playing card (about 4 x 6) and then scanned it and changed the "A" to an "E" in the corners of the card. I then printed out the card on 110 lb. cardstock and glued it to the front of a 4x6 piece of thin chipboard.

I found a piece of festive paper for the back of the card (the candy corn) and glued it to the chipboard. I used walnut ink to stain the edges of the card, front and back.

I then went about finding 2 of the most adorable Halloween images I could find.



Last year I purchased a Vintage Halloween CD of images from Ebay, and I found the two images on there. Elizabeth told me that the top of the card is "free space" where I could add an element that sticks out or pops off the card. Because I LOVE embellishing things "to death", I was glad to hear that I could include an additional image as an embellishment.

The cards will need holes punched on both sides, so I had to keep the embellishments to a minimum ( I would have added black ricrac, or fun pom pom trim if the space had been afforded me. However, instead, I chose to add stickles to the little girls to give them some pizzaz!

I always use a paintbrush when using Stickles...you use far less and the coverage can be more precise...

I used two different "colors" of Stickles on the card: the pumpkins, and candle are all done with Diamond (has a golden iridescence). The vest and shoes are "Star Dust" (has a blue iridescence). It makes such a difference, don't you think?

I used pop dots to adhere the large image to the card (used a generous amount, especially at the edges to keep the image from bending or curling), and then just glued the little girl with the pumpkin "hat" to the back of the card. I used a sticker to cover the bottom part of the shape (the Happy Halloween sticker). I then added tickets that were stamped with a Halloween message, another sweet little image in the center, and paper flowers with rhinestones to complete.

The most time consuming part of the process was tediously cutting out the little girl images...however, I think the results were well worth the effort...what do YOU think?

Back to Wild West album and tag making!

Hugs,
Paula Clare