Espritpatch

In the last week or so I received a couple of swaps back. First there was my framed hexie for February from Sue: then the Monochrome Pass Holders from Sandy: and also the lovely cards from the Vintage Card Swaps. I haven't photos of the cards yet but if you want a lovely eye candy, go and watch this video Vintage Note Card Swap that Lenna has put together and where all the swap participants had their minute of fame Celine

Do you remember this post ? Well, my cards have reached Lenna who has posted very pretty pictures on her blog . Go and check them out, they are a lot nicer than the ones I took myself! Celine

Earlier this month, I signed up (late) for Lenna's Vintage Cards swap . I haven't done such a swap before so I was a bit anxious but in the end, I had fun making my cards. So today I finally sent my envelope to Lenna with my 3 cards set for the swap, I hope it gets there in time as the deadline for the swap is 26 February. For the first card I made, I "dyed" the card with some tea as it was too white. I then used of the postcard provided by Lenna and some scraps of lace I had at home.  I wasn't too adventurous with the envelope just sticking a piece of the same pink lace on the side. For the second card, I found a vintage picture of Paris and also an old map of Paris. I had a lovely ribbon with travel words on it and corner stamps that I also used. I used the same ribbon and stamps on the envelope. For my last card, I used a vintage advertisement for shoes by BALLY that I covered with black organza and used some red lace to lift the card up. The colours on the...