For St. Valentine's Day...

 My download packs for Christmas, Halloween, and Thanksgiving have been very popular, so I've created some new download packs of valentines images: Cherubs, Children, and Hearts! Vintage imagery adapted from Victorian valentine cards, altered and nicely cleaned up for you... I'll be making more for St. Patrick's Day and Easter... click the pics below to find these at Lunagirl.com (they're also in my Lunagirl etsy shop).

Joyeux Noel: New Digital Collage Sheets

Here is the last post of new digital collage sheets with vintage European Christmas cards. These are more French holiday postcards... Beautiful angels, some nativity scenes, Christmas children, and of course Santa Claus! The last sheet here is created with antique photo postcards ~ a little girl and a little angel with their vintage Christmas trees, playful children to wish you joyful NOEL, and even a romantic couple in Victorian / Edwardian dress.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed creating them! And I hope you'll go see these and all of my Christmas / Winter / and New Year images and digital collage sheets at Lunagirl.com.

All you need is Love

Thanks to Michele for these sweet tags featuring images from the "new expanded" African-American vintage photos collection! The theme is Love... and don't we all need that message these days. Michele does beautiful work.

More Loveliness from Michele

Three friends take time for tea! Collage ATC

Visit Michele's blog Art From the Well to read about her supplies and process for these and see more of her work...
Images from Lunagirl Children collage sheet and Art Deco Ladies collage sheet.

A 'Moo' for Mardi Gras! Love!

Week Two: Mothers & Sisters Challenge

Twinchie (2x2") by MICHELE STORMS of Art from the Well

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! Here on the blog we are celebrating and honoring mothers and sisters all month long... Join in my Mothers and Sisters challenge... link up your creations to celebrate the special ladies in your life, have some fun, and maybe win a$10 e-gift certificate to shop at Lunagirl.com!

Check out the Mothers & Sisters challenge. We need many more entries! And enjoy this inspiration from the Design Team:

VICKI ROMAINE Cheerful Stamp Pad"This piece uses a Gelli background placed on a large puzzle piece.  On top of that is a collage of   Lunagirl images."

By MANDY CHILVERS
MandysMagicalWorldofArt

Digital collage by CORINNE MARIE:   Digital by Corinne

Freebie Sweethearts for 'Love' Challenge

It's almost Valentine's Day! But my LOVE challenge for February will continue until the end of the month. And it's Leap Year so that means February 29th!

Here's an early Valentine for you ~ some vintage sweethearts cut from an old postcard. Right-click to download, and use them to create your entry in the challenge!

3 More Days for Babies & Children Challenge!

VICKI ROMAINE Cheerful Stamp Pad

Here's a darling little "twinchie" by Vicki Romaine to remind you to enter my January "Babies & Children" challenge before the end of the month! (Twinchies are 2x2" just fyi.)

The challenge continues in full swing until Sunday... Don't miss your chance to win the random drawing for $15 credit to spend at Lunagirl.com. Actually you can share up to three creations for three chance to win, and using any Lunagirl image increases your chances even more.

Link up your Babies & Children creations here!

Babies and Children Challenge for January

Tag by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

Girls, boys, sisters, brothers, babies, toddlers... all are welcome in my January challenge. Join the fun!

Can you believe we've almost made it through January already? My sympathies to anyone who is dealing with the aftermath of the big winter storm...We got only a little snow and ice. I hope everyone is keeping warm and digging out and soon getting back to normal!

I hope you'll have time for a little crafting, and join my Babies and Children challenge which is in its fourth week. You can share up to three creations, for a chance to win the random drawing on January 31 for $15 store credit at Lunagirl.com (and the glory of winning, of course).   :-)

Thanks to Michele for this darling little tag to remind and inspire.

Freebies for the Challenge...

I thought I would share some sweeties for the Babies and Children challenge. Enjoy! (and enter the challenge!)

Babies and Children Week Three!

So many adorable babies and children in this month's blog challenge! Here are a few more from the Design Team. And the challenge entries so far are amazing. We're going to have such a lovely collection of little guys and girls by the end of January.

You still have time to link up your entries, of course, so I look forward to seeing what you create! Here is a link to the Babies and Children challenge which continues until January 31.

MANDY CHILVERS
MandysMagicalWorldofArt

Tag by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

Collage card by VICKI ROMAINE Cheerful Stamp Pad

Second Week: Babies & Children

MANDY CHILVERS
MandysMagicalWorldofArt

Join us for my January challenge. The theme is Babies & Children! 

Here is more inspiration from Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team members...

Tag by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

Start 2016 with Creativity

It's "back to real life" for many of us, as the holiday vacation days end (if yours haven't already!)

Don't forget to take a little time for creativity this month, and this year... you can start by joining my January challenge. It's fun, and you might win the drawing for some store credit at Lunagirl Images.

The theme is Babies and Children. I've got children and baby images to get your ideas flowing.

And here is a lovely little tag by Michele Storms to inspire and encourage you!

January Challenge Theme: BABIES & CHILDREN

Happy New Year! Celebrate the hopeful energy of a brand new year with my January challenge theme: Babies and Children. Share up to three entries ~ and when your entry includes a Lunagirl image it doubles your chances of winning the drawing :-)


Just FYI you can find hundreds of babies and children, in vintage photos, postcards, and Victorian cards and art, at Lunagirl.com, including the digital collage sheets used by the Moonbeams Design Team... Don't miss their inspiration below! And always feel free to email me if I can help you find something in my store.

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES:

Challenge ends at 3:00 pm CST on January 31.

Any craft or medium is welcome.

Vintage style is encouraged but not required.

Use a Lunagirl image and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  Winner will be selected randomly to receive a $15 credit at Lunagirl.com!

We can't wait to see your creations! Celebrate January with us at Lunagirl :-)

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VICKI ROMAINE Cheerful Stamp Pad

Tag by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

"When I Grow Up" by Shelby Pizzarro Sisterhood of the Muse

Holiday Children Challenge....There's Still Time!

by VICKI ROMAINE

You still have time to enter my Holiday Children challenge  ...
The challenge is open until noon CST tomorrow, so you still have time to link up your creation for a chance to win and a chance to share your work!

Here is one more piece from Vicki Romaine of the Design Team, to inspire you. And what could be more lovely than this beautiful, nostalgic image of a little girl and her puppy looking in with amazement at the Christmas tree. Do you think it's Christmas morning, and she is looking at all the presents under the tree, or is it Christmas eve and she is just gazing with wonder at the beautiful tree lit with candles? I prefer to think the latter... the Night BEFORE Christmas is my favorite holiday.

Vicki has placed the image and sentiment, from my Christmas Joy tags collage sheet, on a pretty vintage style background and added the perfect touch of lace and "wish" embellishment. If you can't quite read the sentiment, it says "May you always see Christmas through the eyes of child." My wish for you tonight! We got our tree today and hung wreaths on the doors, so I guess the season is underway at our house.

A Beautiful Vintage Christmas Freebie from Lunagirl

I thought I would share a freebie with you today, one that will work for the current Holiday Children challenge and also the next challenge starting on Monday (hint: the theme features a famous "jolly old elf").

This is a much-loved image and it's easy to see why! If you love Santa images, there are over 300 vintage Santa Claus pictures on my Victorian Holidays Volume One CD ... the best variety of Santa pictures I know of... or get 100 vintage Santas by instant download!

You have until Sunday to enter the challenge. We already have several charming entries and I want to see yours too. And don't miss the beautiful Holiday Children inspiration by the Design Team :-)

Second Week: HOLIDAY CHILDREN theme

MICHELE STORMS artfromthewell.blogspot.com

Monday is upon us again -- and it's the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend so it's like a "double" Monday! Hard to get up this morning!

Here is something to get you going this week (besides online Christmas shopping!) -- create something wonderful for my Holiday Children creative blog challenge. My Design Team have sent some inspiration for you today...

And while you're doing your online shopping (it is "Cyber Monday" after all), you can  hop over to LUNAGIRL.COM to pick up some Victorian holidays images and other vintage images and ephemera for your projects...

my blog readers are invited to use discount code MOONDAY-14 for 50% off today only.

VICKI ROMAINE cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com
A completely digital card! The snowman image is from Lunagirl Winter Fun digital collage sheet.
Vicki is having an "all-digital" challenge on her blog this week -- Go see!

Blog Challenge Theme: Holiday Children

It's that time of year again -- time for gratitude and joy, food and family, tradition and celebration, thankfulness and hope. Autumn leaves, holly berries and mistletoe, turkey and pumpkin pie (and pecan pies at my house!) and then later cookies and candies, gingerbread and peppermint, the smell of cinnamon and evergreens... yes, I love this time of year!

For many people, one of the best things about Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah are our memories of childhood celebrations and the fun of seeing our own children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, enjoy the magic of this season. It's wonderful to see the holiday season through the eyes of a child. So let's have fun creating with images of Holiday Children.

There are so many wonderful vintage images of girls and boys. We have hundreds in our collection of Victorian and Edwardian era holiday postcards -- for Christmas and New Years on Victorian Holidays One and for Thanksgiving (and Halloween too!) on Victorian Holidays Volume Three. I've used a few on some charming digital collage sheets for holidays. The Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team feature some of them below.

Here are the guidelines for this challenge:

Any craft or medium is OK.

Limit of 3 entries from one person in each challenge, please.

Vintage style is encouraged.

Use a Lunagirl image or element and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Remember to link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  Winner will be selected randomly to receive a $15 credit at Lunagirl.com!

Challenge ends at noon CST on December 7.

I love it when you use Lunagirl images, and I hope you'll go take a look at my collections... but that's not a requirement!  But do remember that if you use a Lunagirl image, you will be entered TWICE in the drawing! I welcome everyone and every style but also want to give a little something extra to my wonderful customers! Most important is have fun, get creative, enjoy vintage. 

And don't miss the creations of my Design Team below, for your enjoyment and inspiration!

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Isn't this a lovely tag by MICHELE STORMS?

The little girl image is from the Lunagirl digital collage sheet Victorian Christmas. The Christmas birds are from Christmas Birds & Holly.

VICKI ROMAINE created these two cards with a straw background ... the first one, which is a "gate" card with the image attached to the left side of the gate, is for our Holiday Children theme. But I've included the second one (a stand-up card) to show how she created two entirely different-looking cards with the same supplies! (The vintage images are from Lunagirl Thanksgiving digital collage sheet.)

Here is a pretty ATC by MANDY CHILVERS :-)
using a little girl image from from the Lunagirl digital collage sheet Victorian Christmas.

Creative Blog Challenge: Let's Hear It for the Boys!

Time for a new challenge theme! We usually do so many themes with women and flowers and little girls... this time it's something different: Let's Hear It For The BOYS. I'm the mother of two boys myself, so I'm all for that.

Your project should focus on boys. Take a look at my Lunagirl shop for boys on digital collage sheets and more on CD, and don't miss the Design Team inspiration below! (My challenge banner uses frames from my Victorian Vintage Blank Labels CD plus vintage boys from my digital collage sheets.)

Here are the challenge guidelines:

Any craft or medium is OK.

Limit of 3 entries from one person in each challenge, please.

Vintage style is encouraged.

Use a Lunagirl image or element and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Remember to link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  The winner will be selected randomly, to receive a Lunagirl collage sheet CD of your choice! ($25 value).

Challenge ends at noon CST on August 31.

Of course I love if you use at least one Lunagirl.com product, and I hope you'll go take a look at my collection... but that's not a requirement. However, remember that if you use a Lunagirl image, you will be entered TWICE in the drawing! I want to welcome everyone and every style but also give a little something extra to my wonderful customers! 

LINK UP YOUR ENTRIES BELOW TO PLAY 

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To get you started, here is an adorable little guy on a bookmark created by Michele Storms, perfect for our boys-themed challenge and also for Back-to-School Time!

Michele writes:
as the mom of one child, a son, i love being challenged to deliver up some good things featuring boys.  i made a bookmark on the "back to school" theme since that time is right around the corner.  i used an image from your african american CD and the rainbow butterflies sheet (because boys can take flight too of course -- and truly learning gives you wings!)  the rest is stuff from my stash.

Here's another adorable little guy on this arch created by MANDY CHILVERS. I love the aged look and muted colors. (Little boy photo from Little Boys Photos.)

Here he is again on a tag by Vicki Romaine! I love the vintage style of this one, with the sepia and copper colors. 

Vicki writes:
My tag has a page from an old paperback book as a background base.  The  Lunagirl image was placed under wrapped vintage twine. Down the left side is a piece of shinny cooper-looking cardstock cut from an old Christmas card. At the top is a medallion piece that had been smashed in a coin-smashing machine

More New Collage Sheets: Victorian Ladies & Children

Here are a couple more new digital collage sheets.  These feature beautiful, colorful Victorian style die-cut images of women and children.  The ladies are wearing some very elegant vintage fashions, including fancy hats and fans.  The girls and boys are so sweet, in old-fashioned clothing, some with flowers.  I've also included some little bundles and baskets of flowers (also antique die-cuts) because if I have extra space I like to include a little extra something!  You can always see my newest releases at Lunagirl.com.

Freebie: Victorian Children's Tea Party

Here is something sweet for my Victorian tea party challenge!

These little girls and their little brother (that's my guess) are having a tea party among the roses.  Miss kitty cat has a saucer of cream, and the puppy dog is hoping for a cookie!

Looks like a fun afternoon, and I hope you'll have fun using this picture.  Click on the image to get the full size, save to your computer, and resize as needed.

Have a happy day!