Hi friends! Happy Tuesday – hope your week is off to a great start! I have an awesome project to share today – a set of eight notelets created with some gorgeous Ephemoire digital vintage Cigarette Trading Cards. Back in the day, tobacco manufacturers issued trading cards to stiffen packaging and to advertise their brands. I’m not a smoker but I thought these images were so pretty!

I grabbed one of my favorite 12 x 12 paper pads and selected eight different colors and patterns, cut background panels and adhered one to each 5″ x 3-1/2″ card base. I printed the trading cards on 60# Hammermill copy paper (which yields a very nice print quality) and trimmed them down. I adhered each image to a brown cardstock layer and then to a white gold metallic cardstock layer, and then adhered the layered panels to the card bases.
I cut panels of cream cardstock for the inside, stamped a simple sentiment on each in brown ink, and adhered one to the inside of each card base.

And one more peek… absolutely loving how these turned out! Pretty elegant cigarette ladies, lol!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. Creative Moments: #197 – Anything Goes
2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #140 – Anything Goes
3. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2034 – Anything Goes
4. Paperbabe Stamps: #126 – Anything Goes
5. World Wide Open Design Team Monthly Challenge: #08 – Anything Goes
Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Crumb Cake 5″ x 3-1/2″ Cards and Envelopes, Stampin’ Up Soft Suede cardstock, The Paper Cut White Gold Metallic cardstock, The Paper Studio cream cardstock, K & Co. Essentials Dark Design paper pad
Stamps: Ephemoire digital Cigarette Trading Card Set, The Cat’s Pajamas Simply Stacked Sentiments stamp set
Ink: Ranger ground espresso archival ink
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, MISTI stamp tool
I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)
Scrappy hugs,









Neat cards
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Perfect for thank yous and hello’s.
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they are so pretty
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The vintage images are stunning Leslie! I love how you’ve framed them in the different colors!
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A truly lovely set of Vintage Cards. Thank you for sharing with us over here at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Annette DT / Admin / Registered Owner for https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/
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Such a pretty collection of cards! Thanks for joining our Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. I hope join us again real soon!
Hugs, Joy
Joyfully Stamps
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, Owner/Coordinator
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