Tuesday 29 January 2019

Christmas and New Year Cards


Hello Friends,

Can you believe we are almost through the first month of the new year? With kids back to school, I'm starting to catch up. I sent some Christmas and New Year cards out late - yes, that's typical me! So I thought they deserved a viewing here. (I didn't want to spoil the surprise before they were received!)

A New Year Fairy with embossed butter foil wings, a lace collar, gold star fabric, scrap booking scraps and teabag layers...

Christmas fairy


A special wall hanging for a friend...


Christmas wall hanging


I started in Photoshop, combining several images and adding digital stamps. This was printed, torn and aged using Tim Holtz Distress ink. The base was some old cardboard, torn and tattered.


Christmas wall hanging


I embellished it with some old music, a floral doiley, a gathered silk striped scrap, some dried flowers and leaves, scrap booking paper, a heart scrap,  a used teabag, doiley scraps, a wooden gold painted star, fabric scraps and a seam binding ribbon to hang it.


Christmas wall hanging


Christmas wall hanging


I had fun with the colours on this fairy wall hanging. The crimson and pink laces were from old clothes from opportunity shops. I used an embossed silver butter foil trimmed to shape, some old music, some special tissue paper I'd saved for years,  a gold painted wooden star with crimson glitter, hand-made paper, a crochet doiley scrap and fabric scraps all layered onto a vintage book cover


Christmas wall hanging by Lace Age Girl

 It was fun playing with a different palette of colours. I used the old book scraps as texture, too.

Christmas wall hanging by Lace Age Girl


This fairy was layered onto a gold star fabric scrap, an embossed pattern inked in gold and some vintage paper, lace and fabric scraps. I love how effective the black striped ticking looks here. The bow was a salvaged one from a long-ago gift.


Christmas fairy card by Lace Age Girl


Christmas fairy card by Lace Age Girl


Christmas fairy card by Lace Age Girl

Now I'm showcasing some special cards I received from lovely friends. The first is from Dorthe. It features a gorgeous bird and a vintage Winter dressed child. The leaf has lovely dimension and glitter along the veins, and the scrap of fragile brown lace looks very old. Dorthe has cleverly used many layers and details of text, print, texture and glitter, finished with two pretty orange stars. I love it, Dorthe!


The next one is from Suzy. I am always intrigued by her layers of aged papers, fabric scraps and text stitched on and put together so perfectly with the chosen Christmas image. It looks deceptively simple, but it just works beautifully all together. Thanks, Suzy! I love your card too.




This card is one Suzy sent to me last year, and it deserves showing. It has a gorgeous fine black lace scrap -I don't know how Suzy has the heart to cut into these vintage laces, but what she makes with them is a worthy display. Suzy has layered fabric scraps, vintage music and a sentiment with a beautiful Christmas image stitched on to the card. Beautiful, Suzy!



To finish, a little splash of colour from one of my dahlias, a very old-fashioned flower I planted just last year. They are stunningly gorgeous happy flowers.


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Now, on with the year's tasks so I can get to play as well!

Sending love,


10 comments:

  1. Hello Jesse, what a lovely tour through your Christmas time, the view of the tree, and your beautiful creations, in papers and fabrics . So lovely all,-
    And so are the two cards from our dear Suzy, I also save them all , and bring them forward every Christmas time . Thank you my dear fro showing my winter card , I`m happy you love it , and very thankful for the beautiful card you send me, and the extra lovelyness . Thank you again my dear , and big hugs and kisses from Dorthe

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    1. Dear Dorthe, I'm glad you liked your card too. I surprised myself by how many cards I made this year, more than ever before! It is so lovely to get some back too, and see other's lovely artworks up close.
      Hugs and kisses to you too.
      Jesse XXX

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  2. A beautiful post Jesse, i'm so glad you showcased these now as they could have been lost within the overflow of Christmas creations of November and December. So much more relaxing to see them now as we can take time to enjoy them even more. I always feel inspired to create for Christmas close to the event finishing.
    Beautiful creations both given and received. Thank you for sharing with us all.
    That Dahlia is a delightful sight.
    Creative wishes Tracey x
    P.S I have to agree it's not an easy thing to cut into those vintage laces but at times we just need to take the plunge :)

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    1. Thanks Tracey - I'm glad you think it's still fun to view Christmas cards. I wondered if Christmas was all over in people's minds, and 'too late'.
      Sending hugs,

      Jesse XX

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  3. Such an amazing post Jesse! So rich with vintage creations and pretty things. I am so glad you shared these treasures (both created, and gifted) with us. I can look again and again (and again) and I think I will! Love to browse your blog~ The Dahlia is amazing! Hugs friend, karen o

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    1. Thanks, Karen for your very sweet comments. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying my blog. It makes it worth it to have readers, doesn't it?
      Sending love,
      Jesse XX

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  4. Such beautiful creations - full of beautiful vintage collaging, with atmospheric images and gorgeous textures. So much to enjoy here, and then that wonderful flower at the end, to take us forwards towards spring.
    Alison x

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    1. Hello Alison,
      Thanks for your kind comments here. It is so different being in opposite seasons. I'm sure you are looking forward to Spring as I am to Autumn, to milder temperatures. We are having a thunderstorm now, very welcome after a hot day. I must send this before we have another blackout from a lightning strike, which happens quite a bit here!
      Hugs,
      Jesse

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  5. Jesse, all of the cards were just lovely and I am thinking I MUST get out some of my scraps and snippets and see if I can come up with something in the same genre. The ones in your post are so yummy. I am always excited when I see your post come up in my email. Thanks for sharing these beauties!

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    1. Thanks, Naomi, I'm so glad you are enjoying my blog. I'll look forward to seeing your own vintage style cards when you make them. I must send this, as thunder and lightning is booming and our power may get cut off, as often happens!
      Hugs,
      Jesse X

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