Fishing, Currants and Plums

Here are a few more from the 1936 Pitter Patter book.

Boys

Both of these cute boy images are from a 1930 October edition of McCalls magazine.

More from Mother Goose and Other Tales

Here are two more quaint images from this beautiful vintage book Mother Goose and Other Tales from 1904.

Go fish

Two fish digi images for you!

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Today our guest designer is Leslie.  I found Leslie's blog a few months ago  and it is filled with stories and beautiful projects.  Her work is truly inspirational.  I love this birthday card she has created with this week's images.  Her technique is monochromatic.

Here is a description of Leslie's card in her own words. " I printed the image on Flourishes' Classic Ivory cardstock and colored with Copic markers in shades of gray.  Pale gray ink was sponged around the edges of the image panel.  I'd hoped to make this card completely monochromatic, and I did accomplish that with the coloring, but then I mixed in some tan with the designer paper, and couldn't help but add that little pop of color with the red string on the button.  Almost monochromatic.  The button, by the way, is nearly as vintage as the image.  A Cuttlebug embossed border adds a bit of trim across the front.  The black cardstock (from CTMH) has a white core which peeks through when the cardstock is sanded, as I did around the card edges and over the embossed trim."

Leslie's Bio:  "Card making is my favorite indoor pastime and I only wish I had more hours in a day to spend on it.  I'll admit that once I dipped my toe into the digital stamping water I followed with a headlong plunge and went a little nuts.  Oh, my, so many images to choose from!  Imagine all the clicking and saving when I happened upon Digital Two for Tuesday.  So... when Cora contacted me about this guest spot, well, she didn't have to ask twice.  I love what she does here!

I enjoy life on the southern Oregon coast with my husband, Rich, and two Golden Retrievers, Wally and LuLu.  In fact, my blog centers around the Goldens and the goings on in the garden -- my other passion.  There was a time I was all about design team work -- primarily for my favorite stamp company, Flourishes -- but I've settled into a more relaxed pace and now I wonder how I ever kept up.  I also spend four days a week intensely focused on my job in a medical lab.  I do most of my coloring on coffee breaks, and put the cards together when I've got time and creative energy at home.  Winter is coming and I'll be happily shifting my spare time attention to the stamp room.  I'm sure Cora will have some fabulous new/old Christmas images for us.  Thank you, Cora, and thank you all for visiting."

You can see more of Leslie's wonderful artwork on her blog Goldens and Garden.  After you surf around get out your supplies and take the challenge and create a project with these images.

both images are from John Martin's Child Magazine 1929

Flea Market Find

I went to the flea market this morning and found a cute book called The Children's 1927 Pitter Patter Book.  It is filled with line drawings of little children to post for you.

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Both of these images of boys fishing are from the Paint Book I posted last week.  I have a few more images from this book to post so be sure to check back this week if you are loving this series as much as me.

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Today I have two adorable images from the 1900's  book called In Storyland.

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Early this year at the flea market I found two fun old books. The Roosevelt Bears 1906 and More About Teddy B and Teddy G and the Roosevelt Bears dated 1907.  Both were written by Seymour Eaton and illustrated by V. Floyd Campbell and RK Culver.  These bears have a lot of adventures.  If these books were in perfect condition they would sell for hundreds of dollars but these were all unbound.  Perfect for scanning.  Lucky us!

This week our guest host is Rheannon.  Rheannon has hosted for us before and created a beautiful bright colored recipe book from our old cookbook images. She told me the images for this week's Digital Two for Tuesday were perfect for her as her family loves to fish.  Rheannon has created a beautiful inspiring card for us today.  I love all the details and how she has colored the image.

Here is her bio in her own words. 

"My name is Rheannon. I live in North Idaho, married to a wonderful man, and have an incredible 6 year old son. I love all types of crafts but have a particular love for paper. I work at a private school during the day, play with my son in the afternoon, and craft till midnight!"

You can see more of Rheannon's beautiful artwork at her blog.