tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post6962934636645797878..comments2024-03-28T12:15:05.971-04:00Comments on Simplicity by Lateblossom: Cracking the Code: CAS-ifying Vintage StyleSusan Raihalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-54375419892555015102010-03-29T07:17:55.295-04:002010-03-29T07:17:55.295-04:00You inspired me to make this card using one of my ...You inspired me to make this card using one of my vintage stamps that has been collecting dust....<br />http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1662629?&cat=500&ppuser=6575<br />thanks.....Karen Dunbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11282324487256249657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-63116244134094162792010-03-13T12:25:47.802-05:002010-03-13T12:25:47.802-05:00As a new card maker I find both cards amazing. I a...As a new card maker I find both cards amazing. I am going to try yours out today. Do they call that card lifting (as in scrap lifting)?<br /><br />I also love your writting.Bev Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209188825808256517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-79238486123213396502010-03-13T08:31:06.561-05:002010-03-13T08:31:06.561-05:00Lauren...You may have noticed that dp and I don...Lauren...You may have noticed that dp and I don't get along on cards. Vintage dp scares me silly. Now, on scrapbook pages, yes. But cards? Two totally different animals...*wink*Susan Raihalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-2522025878988489942010-03-13T06:39:03.046-05:002010-03-13T06:39:03.046-05:00I am amazed you were not scarred for life by the b...I am amazed you were not scarred for life by the bowler hatted man LOL<br />I am always drawn to vintage and shabby chic (mainly the colours I think) but I just cannot do it and always end up with a mess. <br />I totally love what you have created here just enough vintage to assuage the artistic soul but CAS enough to please the eye. You have this wonderful, enviable knack to look through the busy to achieve the clean and simple.<br />Pure genius .... thank you for continuing to show us the way Oh Great One ;)<br />PS. I share your pain BahbChristine Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11033189750665972777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-51073111435644940342010-03-13T06:09:14.370-05:002010-03-13T06:09:14.370-05:00This works for me! It took me years to figure out ...This works for me! It took me years to figure out that I don't (can't?) do scenes, collage, extremely time-consuming techniques, etc. Unfortunately, I have many drawers and containers full of the stamps and accessories for all of the above.Barbara Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514223176042928439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-10401482887835424702010-03-12T22:16:33.900-05:002010-03-12T22:16:33.900-05:00Love this card!!
Fortunately, I don't have an...Love this card!!<br /><br />Fortunately, I don't have any vintage stamps since I've only been stamping for a year ... very glad I haven't even seen the man in the bowler hat with the letter *D* :o)Abounding Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09579127610493409976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-71118281833887210952010-03-12T20:56:45.590-05:002010-03-12T20:56:45.590-05:00Love what you did!!! While I don't have many v...Love what you did!!! While I don't have many vintage stamps, I do have (literally) tons of vintage shabby-chic paper. I love CAS and I love what I call "vintage country" paper...lots of tiny floral patterns in distressed dusty colors. I still love them but struggle with how to use them in CAS cards....any ideas for that???? I can't seem to marry these two things that appeal to me.Laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-25775598114316472002010-03-12T18:08:11.771-05:002010-03-12T18:08:11.771-05:00Men in bowler hats with the letter D on their fore...Men in bowler hats with the letter D on their foreheads... This is a mental image (I've never seen the actual stamp) that I'll be mulling over this evening... :)<br />When I saw your inspiration card, I liked it a lot, but then I saw yours! As to vintage stamps, so far the only ones I have are freebie digis, that I have yet to be inspired to actually use. (I haven't completely wrapped my head around the concept of "digital" stamps yet, either, to be honest...)Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688865610078938129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-9200101486870916002010-03-12T17:01:49.085-05:002010-03-12T17:01:49.085-05:00You have done a wonderful take on Teresa's car...You have done a wonderful take on Teresa's card, keeping some of her key elements but simplifying without loosing the eyecatching layout. I love both cards but I think yours is more striking, hers softer and subtler.Heather Thttp://cardz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-85146863560018426262010-03-12T14:06:36.199-05:002010-03-12T14:06:36.199-05:00Works for me!Works for me!Shirley Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11508206827109802537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-7814951745796007632010-03-12T12:53:45.362-05:002010-03-12T12:53:45.362-05:00thanks susan. i am always impressed with how you ...thanks susan. i am always impressed with how you can see (or find) the simple, peaceful version when looking at the busy, collage version. it love your card. thanks for sharing and helping those of us with less insight to understand your process. enjoy your weekend. snuggle with hoover!<br />marty ferraroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-26666188052537735682010-03-12T12:42:01.469-05:002010-03-12T12:42:01.469-05:00FREE at last!!!!!!!!! I no longer have to beat my...FREE at last!!!!!!!!! I no longer have to beat myself to death for not figuring out how to turn all my Asian category stamps or Music category stamps into brilliant collages. I've spent at least a few hundred hours trying to produce those complex over-worked week-to-make cards that only have in common vintage female half-faces. In the end, they fuss my mind something fierce....BUT then I read the Comments on them, in the SCS Gallery, and I think "Bad Bahb! THOSE folks are the REAL artists and you are obviously a failure!"<br />Then I came here and got let out of the prison of my failure! I can throw away the Walnut stain, the bits of string lace, the Distresser and my Grandma's 1876 hymnal I wrecked by trying to use the pages in collages? YIPEEEEEE! FREE at last!<br /><br />Really now, what shall I do with the tiny stick-figure-girl holding an umbrella sitting on the edge of a martini glass? That's really a stamp from my "early career". What was I thinking? indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-16060089747429083822010-03-12T11:55:00.363-05:002010-03-12T11:55:00.363-05:00What a great makeover! The colors are lovely, and ...What a great makeover! The colors are lovely, and I LOVE that MS butterfly punch --- you just can't make a bad card using it --- and you used it perfectly. Lovely card, and great CAS job! I too have plenty of stamp sets I bought early in my card "career," and I do NOT know what I was thinking!Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-75130914764414054752010-03-12T11:22:30.691-05:002010-03-12T11:22:30.691-05:00Oh, this is making my eyes so happy! I love what ...Oh, this is making my eyes so happy! I love what you have done here {the colors are a nice nod vintage}Juanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706817909132300124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-44098210366021752412010-03-12T11:04:25.696-05:002010-03-12T11:04:25.696-05:00This totally works for me - I love what you did he...This totally works for me - I love what you did here!Harriet Skellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421870735598961974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-22853695717678418892010-03-12T10:45:13.867-05:002010-03-12T10:45:13.867-05:00This sounds way too familiar. I'm slowly weed...This sounds way too familiar. I'm slowly weeding out those old stamps for the simpler ones. Still like nature though. You do inspire!Barbara L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-11078407236649349572010-03-12T10:25:52.200-05:002010-03-12T10:25:52.200-05:00I love the transformation of the design from fairl...I love the transformation of the design from fairly busy to CAS. I like them both, but would really prefer the CAS. It's difficult for me to do. I usually put one thing too may on a card. Please keep showing me the way!NancyJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-56096182720817902352010-03-12T10:22:09.227-05:002010-03-12T10:22:09.227-05:00There's a time and a place for CAS as well as ...There's a time and a place for CAS as well as artsy-fartsy. I'm glad we have so many artistic options to meet our needs. Keep up the good work; I love your style!SusanKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578309843578369086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-14321130602287651842010-03-12T09:33:11.791-05:002010-03-12T09:33:11.791-05:00I love it! I am missing the collage gene, and can...I love it! I am missing the collage gene, and can never pull off the vintage-y thing. But this - THIS - I might be able to do. You are a genius! Thanks!lesliehttp://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-19261122785479826102010-03-12T09:23:32.938-05:002010-03-12T09:23:32.938-05:00Go you! Yours is much prettier, the other one is w...Go you! Yours is much prettier, the other one is way too busy, which is often the case with vintage and collage designs, imho. YOu did an excellent job adapting it to your style, and improving it!Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708708423596855492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-88315512885536373802010-03-12T09:13:56.544-05:002010-03-12T09:13:56.544-05:00LOVE this card - and thanks for sharing your "...LOVE this card - and thanks for sharing your "process" from inspiration to completion. My style is all over the place, but I'm really being drawn to cleaner designs lately...Trish Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390639758786087010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-34957557509330043222010-03-12T09:09:13.283-05:002010-03-12T09:09:13.283-05:00oooooh, I like!! Is that the HA text stamp?? I l...oooooh, I like!! Is that the HA text stamp?? I love vintage cards made by others (I struggle desperately to make them), That is part of my problem, I can't land on a "me" style because I like them all!! I love CAS, vintage, chic, graphic ... you name it, I love it. So, yes I have vintage stamps laying around - even a few Anna Griffin stamps which I adore. I love how you added the text but kept the main card base clean!!Doneldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656093000344585375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-72576673589187587982010-03-12T08:46:47.616-05:002010-03-12T08:46:47.616-05:00You're welcome, Suzanne!You're welcome, Suzanne!Susan Raihalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-21258537748932460302010-03-12T08:42:45.753-05:002010-03-12T08:42:45.753-05:00That's a beauty, Susan. And thank you for ref...That's a beauty, Susan. And thank you for refraining from making the butterflies poop or fart!Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008375791436102784.post-49055441138664367302010-03-12T08:29:00.751-05:002010-03-12T08:29:00.751-05:00Susan, this card is wonderful!
Absolutely somethin...Susan, this card is wonderful!<br />Absolutely something I would try. I have the French Script BG stamp, that's about it. Love the colors youn chose as well.<br />Happy Friday (the sun is out this morning here in Northern Illinois),<br />PetraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com