SPRING GREETINGS - PRINTABLE CLIP ART

Spring inspiration clip art for

YOUR

cards and papercrafts.

PERSONAL USE ONLY!  COPYRIGHT cathie's pARTies 2012

DO NOT COPY/SHARE/RESALE/REUSE IN YOUR OWN NEW CLIP ART. 

Here is a little clip you can tweet about!  : )

PLEASE FEEL FREE to:

Share a direct link via twitter, pinterest, blogs, forums, email etc. 

ENJOY!

PETTICOATS & POSY

Here is a lovely vintage lady with her frilly petticoats & posy.

Use her on a card, tags, or ?

Enjoy!

Large Vintage Flocked Poinsettia

The red leaves of this Vintage Poinsettia are actually flocked - it's flocking still intact after many years of careful storage preserving it's original condition. There are a few cracks of the paper noticeable on the green leaves, but I think this just as to the charm of the piece being vintage. Personally I would not find the need to fix it. I LOVE IT just the way it is! Hope you do too!
This is my largest gum backed sticker poinsettia measuring a whopping 4" wide x 3 1/2" high.   

This sticker dates back @ least to the 1960's or possibly earlier - 40'/50's.


I think the flocking is great, and you could add your own flocking to make it just like the original.

This would be perfect for an embellishment on a card, or print as a card itself.

Re size to make tags of assorted sizes for BIG & little pressies.

Make your own sticker labels for homemade preserves you might add to gift baskets this year.

Make your own hang tags for home baked goodies for Christmas gifts or to hang on your tree.

*Print out the contents of your homemade/home baked goodies (as in the last two suggestions above) on the reverse side of your poinsettias before you cut to size.

Print out on your computer to the size you want.
PERSONAL USE ONLY! DO NOT USE TO MAKE NEW CLIP ART, COPY, SHARE, SELL OR PRODUCE ITEMS FOR SALE. ALL RIGHTS REMAIN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR CREATION IN CHALLENGES, ON BLOGS, IN GROUPS/FORUMS, SUBMIT TO PUBLICATIONS AS LONG AS YOU CREDIT CATHIE'S SWEET SPOT.

THANKS! : )
I would love to see how you put this clip art to use in YOUR HOLIDAY CREATIONS. 
If you would like to share your creation with myself & my blog readers send me an email.  Just click on my about me button on my sidebar to the right & it will take you to a page with my email button.  Click on my email & send me an attachment or link for me to share on this blog post.

THIS CLIP ART IS FREE COURTESY OF CATHIE'S SWEET SPOT!
PLEASE AS A COURTESY TO ME FOR OFFERING FREE CLIP ART, DIGI STAMPS ETC. BECOME A FOLLOWER & SHARE A LINK WITH YOUR TWITTER, FACEBOOK, GROUPS/FORUMS, BLOG/FAVORITE BLOG FRIENDS & FAMILY etc.


Cathie : )

ENJOY!

My Own HALLOWEEN BINGO CARD Clip Art

I created this Halloween Bingo Card Clip Art for use in Cards, Tags, Altered Art etc.  I started with the vintage photograph then searched far & wide for the perfect Witches hat to sport on both the doll & the little girl.  I worked this out in many layers to achieve this look.  Added the primitive style hand penned star highlighting the number 31 for Halloween.  I like how this one turned out.  Who can resist these Sweet Wee Little Witches wearing their sweet little party dresses!

designed & copyright by cathies pARTies 2011

My ALICE Halloween Clip Art

Here I  dressed Alice up for HALLOWEEN in a pumpkin orange frock & a satin ruffle around the brim of her classic black Witches hat.

I added MY own sentiment too!

Let me know what you think of her would you please?
Just leave a comment in my comment box @ the bottom of this post.
Thanks ; )

I know it has a watermark that says cathies pARTies.  That's me too!  My other blog entity for party related stuff.  To go between both blogs you'll see a blinkie button near the top of each blog, just click & you can go to the other blog & back again by doing the same. Kinda Fun Huh?!  Different stuff on each blog. : )

A CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE

This card was created for Brenda's CASS CHALLENGE (CASS21) - CLEAN AND SIMPLE SUNDAY CHALLENGE  this week.

The main focal point is clip art. (Doesn't she remind you of someone?)
My first attempt to stamp the sentiment on the clip art, wasn't clear enough.
I stamped it again on a piece of white scrap, fussy cut around it & then popped it off the clip art using pop dots.  I liked this even more.  The original stamped image is now creating a shadow behind making it look more 3 dimensional.
A fern photo corner punch to punch two opposite corners of the green background mat to mount the clip art was used to add just a touch of detail.
I used MY MIND'S EYE 'wild asparagus'  "you are my sunshine" striped paper for the cards background & adhered it to a basic black card. 
Following the template I used a portion of a decorative border from my scraps.
Voila Finished Card!
Definitely Clean & Simple!

Want to play along with BRENDA'S CASS21? Here's a link:
http://www.stampingwithbrenda.com

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ALSO DON'T FORGET I ALSO HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU WITH FREE CLIP ART!

Check out my Challenge too for my

 'BEST WITCHES'

PENNANT FLAG BANNER! 

It's @  cathies pARTies

Follow  THIS  Link:

http://cathiesparties.blogspot.com/search/label/Challenges

YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SIDEBAR UNDER THESE LABELS: 

 FREE CLIP ART,  CHALLENGES

 Just CLICK  & SCROLL TILL YOU FIND IT.

You have till the Witching hour on OCTOBER 31 to get your submission in to win some candy!

GOOD LUCK!

AUTHENTIC HALLOWEEN POSTMARK CIRCA 1912

Check out the date stamped on the back of this Old Post Card.
It's an authentic date stamped OCTOBER 31 1912 on an actual Vintage Post Card.  The paper stamp has been removed, but you can stamp a sentiment or image inside the borders of the box.  I removed the original name & address of the recipient.  The sender of this Halloween Post Card is a sweet little girl named Charlotte writting to her Grandma in her newly acquired cursive writing skills I imagine.

 I know you'll be inspired to use it on your Halloween Cards, Tags, Crafts, Altered Art, ATC's etc. Available as a pdf  (I will remove the watermarks) only by request & if you shared this post via blog, facebook, twitter, online craft group etc.  Leave a request in my Comments at end of this post showing me a link where I can see you shared this post.  : )

SOMETHING WITCHY THIS WAY COMES!...

This is a new project I am working on. 

Vintage image framed in multiple layers of ornate frames. 

Later added to projects such as

handmade cards, oversize art & gift tags, wall hangings, mini albums & Halloween Decor. 

Check back to see new projects added using this gorgeous image with frames.

*Also watch for my handmade goods using these coming to my etsy shop: cathiespARTies

Want to make your own projects using these images & frames?  Look for inspiration kits there too!

 Or leave a request for me directly with your wishes for the WITCHES (use comment icon below this post & don't forget to leave an email address so I can contact you) Thanks!  ; )

Father's Day Sentiment

I needed a sentiment to add to a card my son and I will give to hubby on Sunday. 

 

Because he loves photography and he took pics of the Tall Ships

                         (Replica Pirate Ships)    

                                                      

that came to town a couple of weeks ago - my inspiration started there with a pic, now I had a theme to build on.

I will post pics of my card/projects for Father's Day, next week after we give it to him.  This is his weekend off and we are planning on spending it outdoors, so I won't have time to post till later in the week.

Heres my sentiment (copyright c.thompson/cathiespARTies 2011):