Card with Ephemera

Vintage Elusions - Challenge 11

The Challenge this week at Vintage Elusions is to create a piece of art that you have added some ephemera to or "anything goes". I was not sure what ephemera was so I looked up the definition onWikipedia.

Ephemera (singular: ephemeron) is any transitory written and printed matter not intended to be retained or preserved. The word derives from the Greek, meaning things lasting no more than a day. Some collectible ephemera are advertising trade cards, airsickness bags, bookmarks, catalogues, greeting cards, letters, pamphlets, postcards, posters, prospectuses, stock certificates, tickets and zines. Decks of personality identification playing cards from the war in Iraq are a somewhat recent example.

TOP TIP: As a Design Team Member I created a card using a cover from a history booklet I found on The Graphics Fairy. Go to the Graphics Fairy site and click on search. There is a category called ephemera with lots of choices. This will be come a favorite site for paper crafting.

closeup of Delicious Doodle image - Fallen

I used an image called Fallen from Delicious Doodles for my card. I colored the image with chalks and colored pencils. The fairy is nestled on a twig that I wrapped with eyelash yarn. The twig is attached with washi tape. I also stuck in a feather.  I like the mix of vintage and goth that I got with this card. Two of my favorite themes for paper crafting.

I hope you will be inspired to join the fun at Vintage Elusions this week. If you want to push the boundaries, use some ephemera on your project or "anything goes" is always an option. You can win some wonderful prizes from this week's sponsors: Sassy Studio Designs, Delicious Doodles and Robyn's Fetish.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - #21 birds
Creative Craft Challenge II - fantasy
Top Tip Tuesday - #87 things with wings
Crafts and Me - #105 anything goes
Pixie Dust - fantasy

Get busy crafting!

~chasing my paper whims~ wendy