Birds And Bonnets Vintage Workshop Swap with Karla and Beth

Here is your official invitation to join our latest swap!

You can sign up at Beth's blog, Gathering Dust, and she will send you the file full of images provided by the Vintage Workshop to use for your creations.

Please feel free to add this button to your blog, and upload photos to this flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/702816@N20/

The images provided by Vintage Workshop are pretty as a, well,  a picture!

You can embellish, redo, add to, paint, ink, stamp, cut, crop, glue, foof, what ever you want to do to the panels you make.

It will be so cool to see what each artist does by adding their own touch to the theme.  Check out Beth's examples on her site too.

You will be decorating 4 panels, each side.  Here is the flip side of mine.

Some of the tricks I used on mine were printing the images in multiple sizes and printing them on different textures of paper.

Crackle glaze, diamond glaze and crystals made good accents too. 

I also added some hand painted details like the gilded bird cage and the tree branches the birds sit on.

This is two of Vintage Workshop's back ground wallpapers that I painted branches onto, then cut out and glued a bird on. 

The bird is wearing a bonnet I printed on fabric paper and cut out and she has a black crystal eye.    The hand painted branches are accented with flowers I pulled off of an old hat in my stash.

Here is a mistake I made- DON"T glue anything too near the edge where the hole punch needs to go for the connecting ring!!

By putting this cool, old button in that spot, I ruined this panel and it doesn't quite fit right.  I'll have to make another one.

We'll let you know the measurements of where the punches will go so you don't make the same mistake I did.

Did I mention the PRIZES?  We will have a drawing and pick winners from all the participants.

Beth and I each made a clutch from these cute purses that Vintage Workshop sells.

Amy, the owner, gave us a bagful of fun things to make up, and I will be making   a couple more presents too.

Plus-- Vintage Workshop is providing SIX gift certificates!

This purse is embellished with a vintage pink rose and bow of velvet from an antique bonnet as well as crystals and images from Vintage Workshop that I printed onto their fabric paper. 

I am including the pretty hanky and the string of pearls since they look like they are all meant to be together.

Beth is including pearls with her purse too.

Ready for the official rules and guild lines?  I hope you sign up! Here is the info you will need:

Karla & Beth’s Birds & Bonnets

Vintage Workshop Swap

To introduce its beautiful and versatile new printable wallpaper collection, The Vintage Workshop (Thevintageworkshop.com) is teaming up with Karla and Beth to host a swap. 

Decorate both sides of four 4” x 5 1/2” panels using at least one image or background from The Vintage Workshop collections on each panel. After you sign up for the swap, we’ll send you a link and log on to a website where you can download, resize, digitally collage and print the images you’d like to use.   You can make your panels all the same or each one different.

You can use more than one image per panel, and you can use other collage materials, too.  In other words, feel free to use your own accents, buttons, and trims to compliment the images we’ll send you.  All digital collage is great, too.  Or you can work digitally and embellish copies.  Just about anything goes, as long as you use at least one of the Vintage Workshop images or backgrounds we send you.

Send the panels back to us, and we’ll assemble the panels into unique decorative screens using ring binders.

We’ll be photographing the finished screens for The Vintage Workshop, so please be aware that by participating in the swap, you are agreeing to let The Vintage Workshop use your panels on its website or in future publications.

The Details

The Images- The images for the swap will be sent to you via an emailed file.  You will need to size and print the images you select to use to use make your panels. 

The Panels- 4” x 5 ½”, made of something in weight similar to chipboard or book board.  The cardboard back of a tablet works great for this.  Whatever you use, it has to be substantial enough that it can stand up as part of a screen, but thin enough to be hole punched.

Sign Up Date- Sign up by emailing Beth, using the email link on the upper left side of her blog.  The deadline is April 18. 

On Apr 20, we’ll send a confirmation email with the jpeg image file with to all participants. 

Receive by Date – We’ll need to RECEIVE your panels by May 19. 

Cost- The cost for a padded envelope, mailing and materials is $5.  The $5 needs to be included with your panels.

What You’ll Get- A unique four panel screens, with each panel made by a different player.   We’ll mail the screens by Jun 1.

Remember, there is not a limit to this one, so there is room for everyone.  So far we have 8 prizes, but if we get a lot of people we will add more gifts to the drawing. You know I LOVE to give presents!  Every comment you leave is entered into my monthly giveaway.

Comments

[Alison Gibbs]

This sounds like a fabulous swap
Alison

[Beth Leintz]

Your panels are so cute- love the handpainted touches!

[Brenda]

Love your panels, and I emailed Beth to sign up and also put it on my blog....
Love the crackle look.....and the purses are just too cute....
Brenda

[jessi nagy]

im so gla i was the first to sign up. this is so much fun!
love it!!
thanks doll
im sending your card tomorrow!
have a great week
oxoxox,
jessi

[michelle]

wow! It sounds amazing!

[Marilyn]

Love your panels, Karla! This looks like a great swap--I'm headed over to Beth's now to sign up!

[Jessica]

Your panels are gorgeous! I especially love the ones with the birds. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else does with these images.

[Terri]

I want to try this! It looks like fun!
Terri

[sandra @7th St. Studio]

Thanks Karla for letting me in on the swap, love love love birds so this should be lots of fun!!!!! -Sandra

[Dede Warren]

Hi Karla,
I signed up on Beth's Blog, and sent you an e-mail. Thanks for thinking of me, i'd love to join you two in this. Count me in...

Dede

[karen]

Karla, I just wrote an e-mail to Beth asking to join another great event. Your panels are so gorgeous. Karla, I wrote a little thank you on my post today. If you get a chance, please stop by. Karen

[gail]

Your examples are lovely, hope I can rise to the challenge! I am exicted to try!

[Karen Young]

Karla, This sounds like fun. I've already signed up and look forward to getting started. I just love the panels you've made so far.

Karen

[Kathryn]

Hi Karla,
I just wanted to let you know I sent a card today for Aunt Caroline. It should be on its way.
Kathryn A

[bethany]

Thanks for your email!! Get ready for this... I am actually going to sign up for this swap!!!! My first one!!! I think it will be fun and I'm looking forward to seeing the different ideas out there! Hope you had a good weekend Karla!

[Bejeweled]

What a fabulous swap idea! Your panels are just gorgeous and very inspiring!

[Kim]

Your work is GORGEOUS! How inspiring! I am off to sign up for this great swap.

[Kirstie]

Hi Karala, this sounds like lots of fun, I think I'll be in this one, you know it was only yesterday I was looking to buy the exacted items from Vintage Workshop thats so bizzar!

Hugs
Kirstie.
Ps. come over and count pink?

[sharron]

You girls are always having fun!! I always love to pop in and see what y'all are up to and creatin'!!!! And I am so envious that y'all made it to Curious Sofa!!! I REALLY want to go one day but living in Florida may make it impossible!! We'll see......
::))

[María Elena]

Karla,will be a funny swap.For this occasion I will be only spectator.

[Jeanie]

I'm in! Can't wait!

[Arleen]

This swap looks like so much fun! I just sent Beth an email to sign up. Thank you both for hosting, and I'm looking forward to it!

[Michelle]

Please sign me up! Thid might inspire me on what to do with my "collection" of clip art!

[Elizabeth]

Hi Karla,

Your swap sounded sooooo good... unfortunately I was too late to sign up. I would have loved it! Well, maybe next time...
Have fun!
Elizabeth

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Don't you envy the freedom of birds, that they can fly without mechanical assistance? And no ticket needed!

[Mike]

Please tell me how you got that one card to look 3d with the bird. That is really cool.