Cheerful Monday #6 - Easter Banner

For the second week of Vicki's challenge: anything but a card I created a banner for my forthcoming Easter Market ... well, rather two (lol) ... using Creative Cuts and More banner pages

 

the banner pages are covered with October Afternoon paper to make them very sturdy

 

scalloped circles (Quickutz, Octover Afternoon paper) edged with Stickles

layered with a paper rosette (October Afternoon)

and a chipboard letter which was painted with acrylic paint and stickled

embellishments: paper flowers and little pearls

I linked the individual pages with satin ribbon.

I created a second banner using similar ingredients ... I will show you in a next post, here is a little bit of a sneak peek :-)

 

Hope you can join us for this challenge, just hop over to the  Cheerful Stamp Pad for more inspiration, Petra.

Something for a Man

... an inky tag for a man whose dream it is to buy a sailing boat and sail around the world .....

BoBunny patterend paper, Tim Holtz Alteration Tag Die

 

stencils: That Special Touch Mica Mask, wave stencil cut with Die-namics die 

stencilled with distress inks (Victorian Velvet, Fired Brick, Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glas)

stamps: Crafty Individuals, Artemio

printed sentiment

chipboard heart inked and stickled (Christmas Red)

little heart bling

Have a lovely weekend, Petra.

Linked to: Craftroom Challenge

Photo Session #2 - Spring and Exciting News

A warm welcome to my new followers and thank you so much to everybody stopping by my blog - this is so much appreciated!

It is Friday, the end of the week and the start of the weekend .... yippeehhh!!!! Today I would like to share with you the first signs of Spring I found in my garden, lovely crocusses and somewhat very shy snowdrops trying to hide in the undergrowth ... 

 

Since I have taken the photos the temperature has dropped and teenie tiny snowflakes are falling from the sky ...... Winter is not quite gone yet (sigh)

And then I had some exciting news, I won the sketch challenge over at Little Miss Muffet with my card Together  and will be guest designer for their next challenge. I am really looking forward to the challenge - which I cannot tell you about at the moment ....

Have a lovely weekend, keep warm and safe, Petra.

Lucy's Cards Sketch #2 - Easter Eggs

More Easter cards .....  with one of Lucy's sketches as inspiration

 

My Mind's Eye papers cut, stitched, glued

 

digital image from Pollycraft coloured with Copics and colouring pencils

stamped sentiment (Mia's Stempelkueche)

and a tiny Mulberry flower

Wishing you a lovely week, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #5 - Lacey Tins

This week's sponsor for the Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge: anything but a card is Creative Cuts and More. They have fabulous items for altering and decorating. In this spirit and still very much inspired by Nancy's 14 heARTS I recycled a couple of tins (vegetable stock and salt (lol) )

 

The tins were spray-painted with antique white acrylic paint, 

stamped (7Gypsies) and spray-painted again

 

decorated with lots of lace and pearls

 the images are from PaperWhimsy layered on musical note paper

Hope you can join us for the Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge, have a lovely Monday, Petra.

Lucy's Cards Sketch #1 - Easter Bunnies

Lucy has provided some really lovely sketches. This is one is for Day 1 of her sketch challenge. I could not resist to use it for some of my Easter cards

  

all cards are made with A6 white cards and My Mind's Eye patterend papers

 digital Easter bunnies from Birdie Brown coloured with colouring pencils

cut out and layered on foam pads, some doodled gras

stamped sentiment (Mia's Stempelkueche)

 embellished with paperflowers, pearls, ric-rac ribbon

little punched butterfly

Have a lovely week, Petra.

14 heARTS #4 - Ladies Gallery

 Still playing with Nancy's wonderful 14 heARTS projects. These Ladies Gallery cards are inspired by Nancy's scraplings

  

ivory textured card, Prima Marketing paper 

 

vintage buttons, lace, bows, pearls, doilies

 images from Ireland Rose Nostalgia

Enjoy your weekend, Petra.

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing you all a very happy Valentine's Day! Petra.

Cheerful Monday #4 - Together

What can I say ... it is this time of the year where hearts prevail! And it is the second week of Vicki's challenge: You have my Heart. Don't these two look so sweet together

 

digital image from Just Some Lines 

coloured with Copicsand colouring pencils

layered on My Mind's Eye papers

tied with button twine

embellished with a heart charm and a key

a wooden heart and a pearl

and all based on a sketch from Little Miss Muffet

Enjoy your evening, Petra.

14 heARTS #3 - Easter Tins

... recycled ones inspired by Nancy's wonderful 'Tender Altered Tinnies'. I sprayed a few tins but only altered two of them so far .... two more to go (lol)

  

recycled tins - chocolate chips and salt 

sprayed with Marabu spray paint inside and outside

  wire for the handles 

covered with raffia and washi tape

       

digital images from Birdie Brown 

coloured with colouring pencils and Copics and a little Stickles

decorated with lace, ribbons, hessian mesh ribbon, Mulberry flowers and

Have a lovely weekend, Petra.

14 heARTS #2 - Dream

Thanks to Nancy and her gorgeous heart inspiration I pulled out one of the wooden hearts I have been collected over the last months (more likely years), covered it with twine

 

and decorated it

 

images: PaperWhimsy - stamps: 7Gypsies, Elzybells, Kaiserkraft - 

wooden heart, twine - vintage buttons, half-pearls, mulberry and fabric flowers - 

book page, doily coloured with distress ink

Have a lovely evening, Petra.

Linked to: Fashionable Stamping Challenges

Cheerful Monday #4 - For You

A new week started and time for a new challenge over at Vicki's blog: You Have My Heart. The digital image I used is from Just Some Lines. And isn't she sweet, a little girl with her little heart balloon

 

The card layout is based on a sketch from Deconstructing Jen.  I covered a Kraft card with My Mind's Eye papers and did some machine stitching. The image is coloured with Copics. For embellishment I added some twine, charm and a little pearl. The sentiment (stamp by Mia) is stamped: for you

 

... and as I couldn't stop I made a second card .... just without the stitching. Have a lovely evening and don't forget to pop over to Vicki's blog for further inspiration, Petra.

linked to: Deconstructing Jen

14 heARTS #1 - Ladies

I enjoy this sooo much - Nancy's 14 heARTS Valentine tutorials. Every day she shares a new tutorial, her projects are absolutely amazing and inspiring. For day 1 Nancy created a set of cards and tags to be kept in an altered box. I did not have a box but I felt very inspired to make a set of cards and tags

white card, images from PaperWhimsy, patterend paper from PrimaMarketing, distress ink, 

vintage buttons, crinkle ribbon and some little blings and pearls

 Kraft card, patterend paper from PrimaMarketing, Mulberry flowers,

images from PaperWhimsy, distress ink, vintage buttons, half-pearls

Have a great week, Petra. x