VINTAGE SHORTCAKE EPHEMERA - Shortcake Ephemera Blog

Cute little ceramic pin gift set with tiny card....

8/7/2020

I wanted to share with you a berry close up look at this adorable Vintage Strawberry Shortcake pin/brooch gift set.
The little pin is made of ceramic. The tiny card is so sweet.This special strawberry with the green bow in not a common
image found on SSC items. You can find the pin more often without the gift set. I was very excited to run into this one complete.
By American Greetings

Berry Special Valentine ....

8/6/2020

This adorable card has the same art as one of the Vintage Strawberry Shortcake Plaques. I just love the
look of the border like an old fashioned paper doily Valentine. The inside of this card is bright red. This one is by
Laurel American Greetings 1981 .Yum Yum adorable!!!
Custom Strawberry Shortcake as a boy with pet Lucky Bug

An adorable Christmas Card with a familiar picture...

8/4/2020

This beautiful Christmas card is one that you purchase individually at the American Greetings Store or a vendor. It is berry similar to the one that came in a box set without the red border on the front of the cards. This one also had a yummy Holiday Strawberry Shortcake on the inside with some strawberry cupcakes!. I have included an image of the one that comes with the box set of Christmas cards as well so that you can compare. This card is from 1980.

Hello my dear berry friends, I am back !

8/2/2020

I have been away for quite a long time. this is because of 2 reasons. One is that I was trying to find some more items to share because I actually ran into a bit of a ephemera drought in the Shortcake department. I think at the point I am at now
in my card collection that it will only be super duper rare cards I will be running into that I don't already have. Also it was the Summer break when I go on a doll making Hiatus. I created 3 new custom dolls this Summer for doll artist Studio PlumsPlace.com. I made an Orange Blossom Boy, Blueberry Muffin Boy , and a ??? (It is yet to be announced, but finally completed) More info on this mystery doll coming this week (Stay tuned at Plums Place Facebook page). The PlumsPlace.com site will be down until this new doll is revealed.
I did find some awesome items as I was away. I will be sharing them little by little. Tonight I wanted to share a beautiful card I have admired since I started collecting the cards several years ago. I only had some online images of it. I can't even believe it's finally mine. It is an Apricot Easter Greeting with her and Hops-a-Lot on the front. The card is embossed on the front page. This beauty is definitely from my list of dream cards. It is from 1983. Just the cutest art of Apricot and her sweet little bunny!! I have more items to share this week and so on. Thanks for sticking around berry friends. Hope you are safe and doing well. Berry Hugs all :)

Another lovely Vintage Strawberry Shortcake Party Invitation.....

5/31/2020

I had shared a greeting card with this same image a few months ago. I was able to find
a party invitation with it as well. This same image appears on the Vintage Strawberry Shortcake cassette player except she is facing the opposite direction. The colors on the invitation and the greeting card are different.The card is a bit softer and more of a pink tone. The Invite has darker reds. I included an image of the cassette player I am referring to and the other card as well below. This invite is from 1981.

Adorable Invitation Card with a interesting Marking on the back !

5/30/2020

This is an adorable picture that has appeared on several different printed Strawberry Shortcake paper items. I have a Post Card and some other cards with it. This one is a beautiful Little Party invitation that opens upwards.There are a few unusual things on this card though. If you notice on the wording. It has a very unusual font on it both on the front and the inside not common to the Strawberry Shortcake cards. The inside of this card and the back have a item number INV 9739-18/89. It is kind of odd to see the same information on the inside and also the back. Also the marking on the back center Fiesta Greetings is not a common marking for Shortcake cards as well. This is the only card I have that I know of with this wording although I do have a few with other strange wording like "Celebration Greetings" for example. It does show AGC, INC. . There is no date on this card.

Vintage Strawberry Shortcake Christmas Gift Tag.....

5/29/2020

This is a sweet little gift tag for a Christmas Present. It is Die-Cut. It is one of the more
elaborate kind. The inside is a lovely red with white letters. The back has a self adhesive tag
that you can peel the paper off of to stick to the gift. It is from 1980.

A berry cute Strawberry Shortcake Invitation by Carlton Cards....

5/28/2020

This is an adorable Vintage Birthday Party invitation. It is by Carlton Cards Canada.
I have a similar card that is a "Thinking of you" type card. It is a bit bigger that the usual
party invitation cards that you find for SSC. I also have a "Thinking of you" version of this card. It has a embroidered Strawberry on the top of Strawberry Shortcakes head. I am not completely sure if that applique is original to the card from factory, but I did purchase it that way. It may or may not be original. I really like to think it is because it is such an original idea and ties the dolls to the greeting in such an adorable way. I hope to one day find out, but I have never seen another of that card since. I will keep you in the loop once I find out for sure. The other version i have added an image of at the bottom. It is a USA version by AGC .

Below: Thinking of you version......

Cutest Vintage Strawberry Shortcake Card from 1982....

5/26/2020

This card is so incredibly adorable with Apple Dumplin' on the front with a cute butterfly;.
She has a giant spoon and looks ready to dig into a giant piece of Strawberry Pie behind her, The spoon has
a giant strawberry already in it with some whip cream too, yum! Then on the inside you find the
whole rest of the Pie with Plum Puddin', Raspberry Tart, Huckleberry Pie, Strawberry Shortcake and Apricot
all around the pie along with Custard the Cat and Hops-a-Lot Bunny..
The front message reads:
I cannot tell a lie....
The inside reads :
I like you more than Strawberry Pie ! .....AND I LOVE STRAWBERRY PIE!

This beautiful, colorful card is from 1982. I will be adding an image of the back soon, I started taking close
ups of all the characters because this card is so amazing, that I forgot about the back. All of the
art on this card is embossed , even the images on the inside. Such a very detailed, vibrant, gorgeous card !

Adorable Little Note Card

5/24/2020

This cute little blank Thank you note card is by Carlton Cards. I have a very similar one by American Greetings for the USA as well. I have included a picture of that one for you to compare. The wording is slightly different but equally as cute.This one does not have a date on it but is likely around the same date as the very large one I posted last week. The USA version has been embossed on the front over the image and all over the background with strawberries.

You're Wonderful !!!

5/24/2020

What a beautiful thing to greet someone you love with! Indeed this card is
just wonderful too. The image on the front is not very common at all. I was
a bit surprised to see it as I had never seen this image before printed on anything yet.
Maybe I just fell out of the tree, IDK, but it's true. This lovely card is from 1982. It
is both die-cut on the corners and embossed on the front image. The colors on this
card and the message it brings just completely brightens up my day. I hope it did for you
because you must know for sure that You are wonderful too!!! Berry Happy Sunday!

Lovely Friendship Card from 1981.....

5/22/2020

This sweet little Vintage Strawberry Shortcake card is a Friendship card. The
front has the cutest image of SSC sitting at a table with her good ole pal Custard.
Lucky Bug is on Custards chair. They are eating strawberries. I love the candy cane pattern
on the flower vase. It stands out so much and is berry unusual for the Shortcake world, especially since this is not a Christmas or Holiday card. The front of the card is embossed all over, the characters and the entire background also covered with tiny daisies .The inside of the card is very bright red with white font. Such a great contrast. Such a sweet treat from 1981 !

Wonderful Vintage Strawberry Shortcake Rag Dolls Greeting Card...

5/21/2020

Oh my goodness! This card has the best of both worlds. You get a beautiful vintage card embossed an all. Then two lovely vintage 80's rag dolls! We have Strawberry Shortcake pushing Apple Dumplin' on a swing. They went all out creating a believable Strawberry land Background and even strawberries with blooms on them growing on the swings ropes. This is a sweet "thinking about you / friendship" type card. I have waited for this one for ever and ever. I never knew it was embossed until I received it. Very cute! Dated 1983.

A Sweet Party Invitation !

5/20/2020

This cute little invitation card features the same image as yesterdays card
with the exception that it is an invitation card for a Birthday Party and not a
Birthday card. It is not embossed and is only die cut on the corners. It is a newer card
but still vintage from 1987.

Beautiful Strawberry Shortcake Die Cut Birthday Card

5/19/2020

This is a die-cut Birthday Card from 1983. It is also embosses and opens from the center
to reveal the message on the inside. This style of opening is not common with the vintage
Shortcake cards. It is berry unusual. The card does not say so on the back , but it can stand up on a table if you open it up a little at the bottom. Technically it is not an easel card although it can be used as one.