Black and Cream Victorian Lady

This lovely, Victorian lady is for a card swap over at my ArtHaven group, using black and cream with a bit of lace..I love this image and so enjoyed creating this card...The floral background paper is one of my favorites..I added some cream lace and some black lace..The black roses are paper and I added tiny, cream colored pearls to their centers and to the neck of her dress...Then I attached some black netting to the rose on her hat and fixed it so that she had a veil covering her face..It gives some dimension to the look..I just love the vintage ladies in their hats with veils..So elegant!..I left the card blank inside...

I'm thinking that this could be used for a sympathy card...Do you think so?...Would it be appropriate, do you think?..I would love your comments about this...

I have to get started on a baby card and hope to have it done soon...I'm happy it's for a girl so that I can use pinks and frilly things...Hope you are enjoying the end of summer..It has been a hot one and I am soooooo ready for autumn....Thank you for visiting my blog today...See you soon...Kathy

Victorian Style Purse/Pocketbook Card

I thought I would try a different style pocketbook card and I'm happy with the results...I have a beautiful, vintage purse from the 1920's and I used that as my inspiration for this birthday card for a dear friend...

I drew my shape on card stock and then cut it out..The lovely, floral paper reminds me of a tapestry type of material...I added two rows of a heavy, gold lace to the top and it has a little, shimmery sparkle to it, but the camera doesn't pick that up too well...I finished the old fashioned Victorian look with a big, soft pink, stick on jewel for the clasp and a few pearls in a very different color, for accent...They are not quite gold and not quite beige, either...beigey-gold, I guess...The handle is a rose colored ribbon..

I like the shape of this card and will make more...Inside I stamped the sentiment with Tim Holtz's Distress ink in my favorite Victorian Velvet..Next up will be a tag for my ArtHaven group..The theme is "By the beautiful Sea" and I'm really looking forward to playing in this swap..

Thank you for all of your wonderful comments and for taking the time to visit my blog...I would love to hear what you think of this purse card..Hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of summer....Kathy