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At least I Didn’t Burn The Beer Vintage Collage

written by Rebecca E. Parsons

vintage art with VLV stamp and old magazine ad

You know me and my imagination…which seems to be running amuck with glee and wild abandon these days. It all started when I signed up was drafted was cajoled ,,,okay, I volunteered to be Dant-da-da Daaaaa Cre8iva-Ace Reporter of All Things Vintage Artsy and Craftsy for Vintage Allies, VAV! Lifestyle Magazine and Variety Broadcasting. Then I was selected as a member of the Design Team of Viva Las VegaStamps. That’s when the mischief ideas amuck-running creativity began in earnest!!!

VLVS stamp 12509

When I first saw this Viva Las VegaStamp, I had about 10 caption ideas pop into my head. I love working with VLVS stamps because they [appear to] have the same sense of humor as moi and offer loads of vintage images. The above card is just one of those ideas.

Here’s the back story: The wife is getting ready for her first party after her marriage. She is in her brand new kitchen, but doesn’t have a clue how to cook!!! She has burnt everything and her new husband walks in…all she could think was, “Honest, I didn’t burn the beer!!!”

This art is called a digital collage. I love digital collage because I can use the artwork as a card, party invitation or even a work of art. I scanned the stamped image, colorized it  and created the collage in PhotoShop. This one will end up as a party invitation for sure. The original will go to my daughter to hang in her retro kitchen!!!

Here’s what I did:

  1. I stamped the image (Housewife with Oven Mit) onto white paper and scanned it into PhotoShop.

    stamped image

  2. I also scanned this Capitol Kitchens advertisement from a 1955 magazine.

    original ad

  3. I fixed the floor in PhotoShop by cloaning, blending and painting with a brush.

    background after fix in PhotoShop

  4. I then colorized the woman in PS with brushes. I also messed up her hair a bit! After all she is frazzled!!!

    after color applied

  5. I added the talk bubble and text.

    added talk bubble

  6. I then set about dirtying the kitchen and creating a mess with PS brushes, blending modes and erasers.

    the smokey mess is added

    Stamps Used: Housewife with Oven Mit

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  1. Wayne Gartley says

    May 13, 2011 at 2:23 am

    How did you place the stamped image onto the kitchen ad without having a ghost around her?

  2. Rebecca E. Parsons says

    May 13, 2011 at 8:52 am

    Wayne:

    Thanks for asking. There is no ghost around her through the magic of PhotoShop. With selections, blending and layers you can make an image become one with the background. I have been using, and teaching, PS since it was in Beta testing back in the late 1980s. I am a digital and photographic artist so this is what I do every day.

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DIYer. Graphic Designer. Creative. Foodie. Rebecca E. Parsons is a Renaissance gal with designers eye living happily where design meets new media. Rebecca is an award-winning graphic designer, writer, storyteller, digital and Photographic Artist, Dreamer, Lifelong Communicator and Blissful Wordsmith. Unconventional and delightfully curious, she is passionate about helping others find their visual voice through great blog design. She believes that every dream is possible and possible is everywhere!

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