Blog Blitz! Vintage Valentines
by Jennifer Svare

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Hello!  I absolutely love hot air balloons, vintage postcards, and Valentine’s Day!  For this card, I got to combine all three and I’m excited to share how I did these cards in the video below.

The brand new Hot Air Balloons are very fun and versatile dies. They are a great size to work with and the large one can even be a stand-alone focal point if one wanted.  I used the larger one from the set, masked off panels so I could color them individually, and added a little surprise addition to the balloon…  a decorative heart border complete with stitching! I used the Stitched Heart Curve die to do this and was so pleased with how the curve lined up perfectly.

Gold thread was used prior to inlaying the hearts to add some balloon strings, and a coat of glossy accents isn’t necessarily vintage, but I just couldn’t resist.

Nuvo drops were used to create a basket full of greenery and flowers. 

There was no way I could leave out the incredible Swirled Love die, and so a second card was made.  These sentiment die scripts are incredible.

In my video, I’ll also show some fun vintage postcards I found at an auction recently. So much fun!  

Notice below, the frame is slightly crooked.  I actually left it this way on purpose.  Vintage postcards have very “handmade” imperfections in them, which adds for a lot of fun embracing “mistakes” that I would normally not use.  What IS perfect, however, is the incredible Be My Valentine Postcard Script die – I just love this!  

To leave the oval area clear of the embossing folder impression, I used an oval embossing diffuser plate.  This also allowed me to keep the card background to a single layer.

Thanks for stopping by, and don’t forget to leave a comment to win the brand new set of HOT AIR BALLOONS! The blog blitz runs from January 8-30, 2018. We’ll be giving away a prize on every blog blitz post during this time.  To enter to win you need to leave a comment on ONLY the posts that you wish to enter.   To enter ALL the posts during the blog blitz you need to leave a comment on EACH ONE.   One person will be chosen at random from each of the posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person per blog blitz. We use random number generator to select winners from comments. You have until midnight US EST February 1 to leave a comment on each and every post that you want to enter. Winners will announced on this blog on February 3. Good Luck!  And LEAVE A COMMENT!! 🙂

 

 

Supplies

 

2026 Hot Air Balloons craft die
1988 Stitched Heart Curve craft die
1636 Swirled Love
2003 Be My Valentine Postcard Script craft die

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96 Comments

  5. These are perfectly vintage and so stunning! I love the heart shaped brads and gold ropes you’ve added. Truly such a clever and beautiful design!

  7. I guess I should have watched the video before commenting as I thought that you used heart shaped brads. I now see you used a die cut which is so incredibly genius! I so wish I could replicate these cards for my vintage loving friends. Thanks for the inspiration!

  8. This is just stunning – so much attention to detail. Just gorgeous – and Poppystamps makes the cutest hot air balloon dies!

  9. HOW WONDERFUL! I LOOOOOOVE VINTAGE! It is NICE to see others that like Vintage too! 😉 You did a WONDERFUL JOB on your card, Jennifer! LOOOOVE that little Hot Air Balloon & HOW NICE that the Stitched Heart Die goes SO WELL with it! I LOOOOVE ALL of the little touches you added to your card! From the Gold Thread to the yes, even the glossy accents! 😉 SUPER JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. These are wonderful, I love your design – very clever with the little hearts! Great colours, and a fantastically put together card! Thanks s much for sharing and inspiring!

  13. Wow, this is simply fabulous and truly looks like an old postcard. My Dad used to collect covers, which were used postcards that had the stamp cancelled. These are perfection!

  14. Beautiful vintage inspiring cards, thank you for all the tips and for making your video! I would love to create with these hot air balloons!

  21. This is stunning! I Absolutely love everything about this card. Perfect for Valentines. Love this!
    Thank you for the inspiration! 🙂

  26. Lovely, lovely card! Love your hot air balloon and hope this year to go to the Hot Air Balloon Festive In New Mexico. The old fashioned look is so pretty! Love everything about your card. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

  31. Hi Jennifer, Fabulous cards, the hot air balloon is a fantastic die set and I adore how you have used the gold thread for the basket ‘ties’, so effective. It is my husband’s Birthday on Valentine’s Day.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

  32. The flowers on the basket are so darned cute! I love the embossing on the background. For some reason it reminds me of wind currents 🙂

  34. What a beautiful card! Love the little inlaid hearts and the gold thread. They make it so special

  38. lovely – I like your style, you have inspired me to get out my embossing folders and play!

  45. DELIGHTFUL!
    My heart is all-a-flutter with excitement seeing your dear balloons – LOVE LOVE LOVE!

  46. Love your ‘vintage cards’! And you’re right, the Stitched Heart die is a perfect fit on the balloons. Thank you for figuring that out and sharing.

  47. Such a pretty card and different for Valentines day and love the balloon strings with the hearts such a fab idea love it , thanks for sharing.

  49. I just love vintage. Your cards were absolutely wonderful. Now I need those dies to make my own cards! Thanks for your great video.

  59. Fabulous cards! I love how you transformed the hot air balloon. Thanks for the video how to. The hot air balloon dies would be fun to play with.

  62. Your cards are so adorable with the vintage style. I appreciate the video showing each step of your creation. Such a clever use of the Stitched Hearts Curved Die adorning the hot air balloon!

  70. Awesome, awesome cards. I love all the amazing details- the diecut hearts, the strings, the inking – all just so fabulous. Thank you for the look at your vintage postcard haul too. 50 years down the track someone might be be holding up your “gorgeous vintage cards” on the future version of youtube.

  72. Awesome design. You are so clever with the details of this card design. The elements went so well together. Thank you for the helpful video. I enjoyed watching you create your cards.

  74. Your cards are lovely, the backgrounds are great. The gold strings are such a good idea and love the word dies, no pun intended.

  80. I love the look of your vintage card. I imagine that they could have made cards like this back then.

  81. Oh my goodness Jennifer these are fabulous!They really do have a vintage look, I love them. Beautifully done.

  83. Stunning cards! Everything works so well together! Your hot air balloons turned out gorgeous!

  84. Oh my goodness !! How wonderful is that card !! Incredible !!
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  85. Wow, I just love the vintage look of this beautiful card and all the extra details with the gold thread and inking!

  91. I am just entranced by all the lovely detail on your hot air balloons and the beautiful vintage postcard look

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