New Digital Product: Vintage Polaroid Blog/Photo Frames

Vintage polaroid frames get 'upcycled' into shabby chic photo frames in these two pretty sets! There are 6 frames included in each set, created at actual polaroid photo frame size. I have also included a blog version so you can use them on your blogs! Here is a preview below of what they look like, and another preview of how they look in action.  Go to these links to purchase these items from my JessicaSprague.com store:
VINTAGE POLAROID BLOG/PHOTO FRAMES 1
VINTAGE POLAROID BLOG/PHOTO FRAMES 2
And grab a FREE sample frame at the end of this blog post :)

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Here is your free sample frame. Use it to dress up your blog! :) Click on image to get to the larger image, click again, then right click on preview to download to your computer. 

And here is another example of the damask frame in action! Thank you Georgia for modelling for me :)

You can purchase my frames at www.JessicaSprague.com/jodielee

Ooh La La! ... Postcards from France!!

It's the small things in life I sometimes get so intensely excited about ... and lately one of those things is going to the mail box each day to collect my little Etsy goodies :) 

Look what arrived today for me ... Check this out!! This is sooo cute, and sweet, I just had to share this with you. I can't believe the attention to detail in the packaging of this letter which came all the way from France.

Mademoiselle Janet (a wonderful Etsy seller) crafted an envelope from vintage wallpaper, then wrapped my vintage postcard in an inner envelope that she created from an antique French fashion magazine!!! A hand-stamped muslin ribbon with an artsy flower and heart embellishment top it off.

The next envelope was folded up in a semi-transparent tracing paper, stamped 'Merci', and sealed with a shabby chic style handmade sticker featuring a sweet antique mother and daughter portrait.

I was so impressed that she took the time to package my purchase so creatively! I think I want to buy something again from here just to see how she packages my next purchase! 

Now, I'm dying to show you the actual postcard that arrived as well ... it was equally gorgeous ... but alas, you will have to wait till January 2012 when it will be released as part of a paper in a scrapbook collection I'm working on. I promise you will love it, it's turning out simply gorgeous!

But I do want to celebrate the art of gift giving in style by offering you another of my favourite French postcards here ... click on the last image below to get to the bigger image, then right click and save. Enjoy! 

New Digital Product: Vintage Postcard Frames

I've 'upcycled' some of my favorite vintage postcards into some really pretty shabby-chic style collage photo frames for you! There are six in the set, each frame sized for 4x6 photos ... PLUS I've also included a blog version as well! Check them out HERE.

©Gypsy Chick/Jodie Lee

Jessica Sprague Digital Scrapbooking Birthday Sale!

UPDATE ON SALE .... I just heard from Jessica Sprague the sale has been changed to start June 14. Here is the info: 

JessicaSprague.com is FOUR! To celebrate, we're throwing a HUGE Birthday Bash & Summer Sale. From June 14-26, you can save 20% off of every self-paced class, and 35% off of ALL digital products. In addition, grab all 27 episodes of Jessica's amazing Photoshop Friday tutorials for just $1 each before they're retired on June 26! As part of the celebration, starting on June 24, you can participate in an incredible 49-person blog hop, picking up a sweet digital freebie at each stop! Best of all, on June 26 Jessica will be making a special announcement of a brand new class coming up in July. We only put our site on sale two times a year, so don't miss out on this GREAT savings opportunity! For all the info on the Summer Sale, Photoshop Fridays, blog hop, and the new class, just click HERE.

Freebie: Vintage Children Postcard

As promised, here is your free vintage postcard! Such an adorable portrait of a little girl with her cat taken around the early 1900's. Click to get to the larger preview, click on it again to see it expand, then simply right click and save to your computer. Enjoy!

Don't forget you can purchase a set of 40 vintage children postcards HERE from my store at JessicaSprague.com. Each portrait was lovingly hand restored by me :) They are just gorgeous, and perfect for crafting and digital design.

©Gypsy Chick/Jodie Lee

Butterfly Garden Cards!

One of the most exciting things about designing for the craft industry is seeing what people just like you  create with my scrapbook papers!  Today I'm featuring some really talented card designers and their work.

First is Amy Sheffer from Virginia. Amy has created some really gorgeous collage cards using the Butterfly Garden Collection.  I love her work! You can see more of  Amy Sheffer's work on her blog Pickled Paper Designs. Check out her 'Life is Like a Butterfly' card:

Credits: Papers (Butterfly Garden Collection by Gypsy Chick for Pink Paislee), Innosense 2 Flower Colleciton (Prima), Coconut Paper Bloom (Kaisercraft), Glitter (Stardust Stickles, Krystallos Vintage Glass Glitter Shards), butterfly die cut (Martha Stewart), bling (Zva Creative), die cut panels (Creative Book Page Dies by Donna Salazar from Spellbinders), Fleur-de-lis Doily Accents Shapeabilities (Spellbinders).
  
And I adore her 'Hello Fairy Friend' card as well:

Paper: Butterfly Garden Collection papers by Gypsy Chick for Pink Paislee, Stampin' Up Naturals White card stock., Bloom and Grow, Hope Blooms stamp (Verve Stamps). Inks by Versamagic Jumbo Java, Sage, Tea Leaves, Wheat and Thatched Straw, Ranger Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress. Accessories by Verve Elegant Leaves and Floral Circles dies, seam binding, paper piercer, needle, thread, sewing machine, muslin, Zva Creative bling, Maya Road Kraft tickets, May Arts burlap string, Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder, sanding block, Stampin' Up dimensionals.


Next is the lovely Karola Witczak from Poland. Karola is such a talent! I love the cards she created using my Butterfly Garden Collection papers for Pink Paislee here:

Happy is the Heart by Karola Witczak.
Butterfly Garden Collection papers by Gypsy Chick for Pink Paislee.

Happy is the Heart by Karola Witczak.
Butterfly Garden Collection papers by Gypsy Chick for Pink Paislee.

Happy is the Heart by Karola Witczak.
Butterfly Garden Collection papers by Gypsy Chick for Pink Paislee.

New Digital Product: Vintage Children Postcards!

I have been collecting Real Photo Postcards of children for a while now, and so I thought I would make some of my favorites available to you for purchase.

Here is a set of 40 high resolution postcards - each one  lovingly hand-restored to perfection.  They are fantastic to use in altered art, hybrid projects, or even just to print out and display around the home!

You can grab them HERE at my Jessica Sprague store for just $7.99 on a personal use license, or $19 on a commercial use license.  Here are some previews for you, and some close-ups as well.  Click on each preview to see a larger preview. I will put one of these little cuties in the freebie section of my blog tomorrow for you to download.