Happy Easter

... to everyone! Wishing you lots of sunshine, chocolatey bunnies and eggs, Petra.

paper: The Girls Paperie, image: Vintage Fangirl, syamp: Kartenkunst

Mulberry flowers, pearls

ATCs - Shadow Box & Frame

This month over at Unruly PaperArts the theme is: ATC Extravaganza. I has lucky enough to be one of their Guest Contributors, I loved it and if you have not had a look yet, please do pop over and enjoy all the wonderful ATC inspirations.
My contribution were an ATC Shadow Box and ATC Frame - such good fun to make

 

PrimaMarketing Botanical paper, white card, leftover corrugated card from packaging

various stamps (Different Colors, Lily of the Valley, Tim Holtz and Eline Pellinkhof)

some lace and pearls, Glossy Accents, foam pads, some little twigs

 

atc box template ... which I adjusted for my project, stamps (Kaisercraft)

digital image (Magic Moonlight Free Images), Melissa Frances paper

stencil, distress ink 'Faded Jeans', fabric flowers

pearls and a little glitter, velvety ric-rac ribbon, washi tape.

You can read all about the two projects here, and don't forget to check-out all other amazing works of ATC art on the Unruly PaperArts blog. They are amazing. Petra.

Linked to: Love to Create Challenge

Cheerful Monday #7 - Ballett Shoes

These are wonderful ballett shoes and take me right back to the time when my daughter did ballett in her free time ... ballett with all its glamour but also the pain especially for dancing on points ... oh dear, I am getting all nostalgic now (sigh) ... let's go quickly back to this adorable image from A Day for Daisies

 a little 10x10cm card base layered with Craftwork Cards patterend paper

the image is coloured with Copics, the background created using digital papers,
and layered on black card

the ballett dancer is die-cut from EchoPark paper using a Marianne Design Die

lace from Imagine DIY, little pearls and a pearl heart

the shoes, leaves and rose were cut out and added to the main image as second layer 

given the image a little bit more depth

To see many more wonderful dance inspiration please do pop over to the Cheerful Stamp Pad blog, hope you can join us for the challenge, Petra.

Linked to: The Corrosive Challenge

                 No Matter Which Challenges

Photo Session #4 - Spring Snow

 Officially it is Spring but reality looks slightly different with wet and cold weather. The wind is howling aorund the house and all Spring flowers have been enveloped in a very wet and cold snowy blanket. Keep warm and safe and have a lovely Sunday, Petra.

 Winter aconite

TagTuesday #2 - K for Knitting and C for Crochet

Two more tags for Tag Tuesday, in the same area of craftmanship but they turned out quite differently

K for knitting

 

Aren't these two darling, sitting and chatting away over their knitting?

I found the image on Silke's blog, I wish I would own such wonderful knitting magazines (sigh).

The image is framed with cast-on using a big knitting needle,

the sentiment is printed and added with a little pearl

 It is all layered on an old German knitting pattern

and embellished with a little letter bead.

 C for Crochet

One of my crochet flowers became the focal point for this tag,

added with washi tape, ricrac ribbon and pearls,

the sentiment is stamped (Elzybells).

 

For the background I sprayed white card with Dylusion spray ink ... 

isn't the negative brilliant ... it will be one of my next projects (lol)

the stamping was done with Kaisercraft stamps and bottle tops.

have a lovely weekend, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #6 - Let's Dance

Vicki's new challenge for the coming two weeks is: Let's Dance - what a cheerful and enjoyable theme during these very wet and dull days ....

  

The focal point is an image from A Day for Daisies which I coloured with Copics and distress inks (Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen, Bundled Sage, Old Paper). Aren't these little girls just darling?

The image is layered on card which I inked with distress inks around the edges.

For the background I used Kaisercraft paper which I stamped on with Hero Arts stamps.

The flowers are coloured with Copics and distress inks (Victoian V elvet, Fired Brick).

The finishing touches are some ribbons, a wooden heart with a little bit of Stickles and some pearls.

Hope you can join us for this wonderful challenge. 

For more inspiration just pop over to the Cheerful Stamp Pad, Petra.

Linked to: The Order of the Opus Gluei

                Love to Create Challenge Blog

TagTuesday #1 - J for Joyful Jumping

I am well behind the alphabet challenge over at Tag Tuesday but I am determind to catch up! This week's letter is 'J': J for Joyful Jumping

the tag is cut from scraps of October Afternoon paper

layered with a stamped background (Hero Arts, Memento Ink) and 

a little gras panel cut with Memory Box die and scraps of free magazine paper

the sentiment is stamped (Lily of the Valley)

 

the image is from A Day for Daisies coloured with Copics and Sharpies

cut out and  added to the tag with foam pads

white twine and a little letter bead finish the tag

Have a lovely - and not so wet - Sunday, Petra.

Sweet Treats - Cat and Dogs

At the beginning of the week I received a very short notice cake order for a 60th birthday cake for a very lovely lady, request: a '60' cake (pink and white) with one cat (a tabby one), two dogs (one brown, one black) and some writing .... not being able to model cat and dogs in advance I kept the decoration simple

 
chocolate cake soaked with Baylis syrup

filled with raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream

have a lovely weekend, Petra.

Photo Session #3 - German Easter Market

The weather in Germany was fabulous last week with lots of sunshine and sitting outside having coffee ... well, these were the days ... we are now back in the UK and the weather has now really turned very cold and windy (sigh). The Easter Market was an interesting experience. I learned a lot about the different approach to markets and crafty goods between England and Germany and I met some lovely crafty people. It was a pleasure to talk to them and exchange experiences. Here are some images of the event

  the car packed with boxes filled with paper pieces, cookies and chocolates

 

Martina and Petra decorating the tables and walls

 

our banner ... thank you to the Graphics Fairy for the wonderful images

 

   

The Linzer cookies were sold out within two hours, and I had lots of them!

Keep safe and warm, Petra.

LMM #1 - Boys Only

The new Little Miss Muffet challenge has now gone live, the theme: Boys Only. I can hear various uh's, ah;s, oh's  (lol) .... one of my first reactions when I learned about the challenge theme. It just does not seem to be so easy to create a piece for boys ... this is my guest design piece

 

May I introduce you to Alex, one of the Van Family Brothers from Little Miss Muffet coloured with Copics and colouring pencils ... I think he is quite cool in his t-shirt and jeans! The base for the card is a Kraft card layered with Echo Park patterned pape.

I created the brick wall background with an inky brick embvossing folder and distress ink 'walnut stain'. After the embossing I swiped Versamagic 'red brick' ink over the raised parts of the paper ... I was surprised how real it looks. If you think you can use this in your work, please feel free to use the image.

 

little tuckered stars, stamped sentiment from Betty's Creations 

the skull stickled with 'black diamond'

 

little add-ons with twine, pearl and staples

You find even more inspiration for Boys Only projects at the Little Miss Muffet blog, come and join in the fun, Petra.

Easter Chicks

My last post before we go to Germany. The Easter Market weekend has finally arrived and I am a bit on the tired side .... everything is packed in boxes ready to go. With me goes a whole gang of cheeky chicks

  

they all sit on wooden spools with lace

 

and a little nest of tattered flowers (paper: Prima Marketing), 

Hessian ribbon and lace

perched next to a little paper flower and a little pearl

 Wishing you all a lovely weekend, see you next week, Petra.