Butterick 1965 Pattern Book

I picked up Butterick 1965 pattern book a few years ago from an antique market in Adelaide.  Back then I was buying scrapbooking stuff (but never got into it) and I'd seen someone use these types of images in gift tags and cards and I absolutely loved them.  So when I saw this book for sale I snapped it up, thinking maybe I would try some myself.  But I never ended up getting into cards and paper craft back then and sold all my paper and tools etc. Except I hung on to the book and it has lived in my garage until a few weeks ago.

I don't feel like I've got the right papers at the moment for backgrounds, so I haven't been cutting up that much; I don't want to waste the images.  And whilst I'm trying to make my own cards, I've never considered myself a creative person, so I don't really have a lot of ideas.But here are a few things I've done. 

Repurposing children's books

I love vintage illustrations.  Every time I go to an op shop I scour the children's book section for vintage little golden books and other books.  So I have ended up with quite a collection.  Recently I was tired of all the boxes of stuff (not just books) in the shed so I decided I would cull them and donate them to my local church op shop.

For some reason though I decided to Google things to do with old books and came across some sites where people had used children's books to make cards or gift tags. So I thought I would keep some of the books and give it a go.  I felt a bit guilty tearing up a book, but I felt some of the illustrations are too cute for me to let go of.  So this is some of the stuff I've created so far.  I bought cheap pre-cut cards and envelopes from Target as I wasn't sure how I would go with it and whether I'd want to do it, but so far I'm having fun.