Lunagirl - Mother's Day

Mother's Day is soon and what could be a nicer day to be celebrated .... Mothers are so precious. Lunagirl Moonbeams current challenge is all about : Mother's Day, let's celebrate

 

a Mother's Day card on a white slightly textured card

covered with Craftwork Card paper, Mulberry paper and paper from Tracy Ann Digital Paper

theadorable image from Lunagirl Moonbeams Mother's Love digital collage sheet

edged with Stickles

and embellished with a stamped word (Elzybells) on fabric, some ribbon, half-pearls and a little Mulberry flower

Have a lovely weekend, hope you can join us! Petra.

Cheerful Monday #57 - Butterfly Flutter By

We still do embossing for Vicki's: Use Embossing Powder challenge. Heat-embossing is so versatile and opens up so many opportunities. For my project the embossing acted as boundary for various water colours I used

First I stamped the butterfly (Crafty Individuals) with VersaMagic 'Red Brick' ink 

and heat-embossed it with Clear Embossing powder from WOW.

The butterfly was cut out and then coloured with water colours.

I layered it on a little tag and some papers from EchoPark.

The finishing touches are a stamped sentiment (Waltzing Mouse), some ribbon and a couple of half-pearls.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you have the time to join us for the challenge. There is still time!

Petra.

Lunagirl - Cat Orchestra

There are so many songs which come to my mind when I look at these three cute cats playing a tune ... a wedding song, happy birthday, .....oh, so many possibilities ...

 

The image is from Lunagirl Moonbeams Kitty Cats 1 digital collage sheet.

It is mounted on paper from BoBunny and dry-embossed card panels. The embossed raised parts are slightly inked with gold Brilliance ink.

The base is a simple white card covered with text paper from PrimaMarketing.

Paper flowers, pearl strings, half-pearls, a lacey bow and a teeny tiny heart charm are the finishing touches.

For fabulous inspiration please do pop over to Lunagirl Moonbeams blog and I hope you can join us for the 'Vintage Menagerie' challenge! Petra.

Cheerful Monday #55 - A little Tag-Card

For Vicki's current three paper challenge I created a little tag-card using papers from Authentique, K&Company and My Minds Eye

The tags are cut using Sizzix dies. I embellished the tag-card with a wooden button. The sentiment from Ludiec is stamped with Archival ink 'Jet Black.

On the Cheerful Stamp Pad blog you will find more amazing inspiration from the DT, it would be great if you could join us for the challenge. 

Hope you have a lovely Easter Monday.  Petra.

Lunagirl - Easter Chicks

Easter is coming ... what a joy to hunt for Easter eggs and Easter bunnies. For the second week of Lunagirl Moonbeams' Victorian Spring challenge I used a very adorable and sweet Easter chick image from the Easter Fun Digital collage sheet

patterend paper, a postcard blank from a magazine

stam from Penny Black and Waltzing Mouse

some sweet paper flowers 

ribbon and lace

complement the Easter chick image

You can see more fabulous creations on Lunagirl Moonbeams blog, hope you can join us for the challenge, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #54 - Use Three Different Papers

The sun is shining and nature is in full Spring glory ... what could be lovelier! It is great to go outside and enjoy the wonderful weather and watch all the birds and bees. They all seem to be very busy at the moment (lol).
Vicki has a new challenge on her blog: Use Three Different Papers and the choice what you make with them is truly yours.

I chose papers from K&Company, Dovecraft and October Afternoon 

and combined it with a sweet image from Birdie Brown

coloured with Copics and colouring pencils

and embellished with some half-pearls and a little wooden heart

The stamped sentiment is from WaltzingMouse.

Hope you can join us for the challenge! Petra. x

Lace and Doily

Today's post is all about Lace and doilies. I created this little card for Crafting by Designs as guest designer. I feel very honoured to have had the chance to be part of the team for this challenge.
As focal point for my card I chose an image from Lunagirl Moonbeams Ornate Victorian Fabric Labels collage sheet and combined it with roses from the Victorian Butterfly Collage sheet

 

and combined it with patterend paper from Kaisercraft

some stamping (PaperArtsy)

and lace, doily and ribbon

You find more wonderful inspiration for the challenge at Crafting by Designs. I hope you can join us for this lovely challenge! Petra.

Lunagirl - Victorian Spring

Spring is truly here with wonderful flower displays and fresh Spring green everywhere.The theme of Lunagirl Moonbeams' new challenge 'Victorian Spring' does fit so perfectly with the season. I created a little set: a card and a tag with one beautiful Lady image from Lunagirl Moonbeams Garden Fantasy One collage sheet

For both projects I used Kaisercraft patterend papers,

lace, ribbon, little blings and some metal embellishments.

 Hope you can join us for the new challenge. For fabulous inspiration, please pop over to the Lunagirl Moonbeams blog, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #53 - Add Some Flowers

... to anything you like. This is Vicki's current challenge and there is plenty of time to play. I opted for a very easy birthday card

 with a sentiment from Bugaboo as focal point

I coloured the image with colouring pencils and Copics

the image is layered on patterend paper (I am sorry I cannot remember the manufacturer anymore)

and embellished with a little half pearls and .... paper flowers ....

Hope to can join us for the challenge. And for more fabulous inspiration please pop over to the Cheerful Stamp Pad, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #51 - Vintage Transportation

This is such a lovely theme from Vicki and so perfect for the first day out in Spring: Modes of  Transportation

inky and stencilled background (distress inks: Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet)

sprayed with Glimmer Mist,

a little tag from my scraps box (Jillibean Soup, PrimaMarketing)

adorned with lace, stripey ribbon, button, a little bling and sticker

and a lovely image from Lunagirl Moonbeams

Please pop over to the Cheerful Stamp Pad to see all the fabulous inspiration from the DT and to join in the fun! Petra.

Lunagirl - Shabby Green

... for Lunagirl Moonbeams current challenge.

I made a little notecard with a wonderful Lunagirl Moonbeam image from the  Shabby Green collage sheet which I slightly distressed around the edges and added some Stickles. Musical notes background and butterfly are from the same collage sheet.

As embellishment I used a teeny tiny resin flower and some ric-rac ribbon.

Please do pop over to the Lunagirl Moonbeams blog for fabulous inspiration from the DT and hopefully you can join the challenge, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #50 - Lady

I have had this wonderful image from Gecko Galz in my 'drawer' for a very long while. And now was the occasion to use it for Vicki's second week of 'Anything Goes'

 

 slightly textured white card

recycled tag and part of an old magazine page

crochet and resin flowers

lace, silk ribbon, buttons and washi tape

Hope you can join us for the challenge, Petra.

Thinking of You

 

white slightly textured card

layered with coloured paper from American Crafts

tulip stamped (Hero Arts) with Distress Markers on textured card

a little bow and a little bling

take care, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #43 - Postale Card

It is Monday and time for a new project for Vicki's lovely challenge: Use Some Ribbon. Ribbons are purely used as embellishments on this card

The base is a white (not sure why it appears to have a pink shade :-( ) slightly textured card. I added some nice old German book text with distressed edges and  a very old postal mail tag I found in my stash. The tag is adorned with some postale washi tape (7Gypsies) and a lovely stamp from Craft Stamper Magazine. The image is stamped with Stazon and very lightly coloured with chalks. 

To finish the card I added some lovely linen ribbons and some vintage buttons.

Hope you can visit Vicki's blog for more fab inspiration and to join us for the challenge, Petra.

Lunagirl - Winter Lady

This lovely and beautiful Lady from Lunagirl Moonbeams Winter Fun collage sheet seems to be so happy and cheerful ...

a base of white textured card,

layered with yellow patterend paper (sorry I cannot remember where I got it from :-( ),

the paper is stamped with white snowflakes (free magazine stamps with white Elzybells ink),

the image itself is attached to Authentique paper

and adorned with some lace, a Mulberry flower

the sentiment is stamped (Elzybells) with black Archival ink.

Hope you can join us for the Vintage Winter challenge at Lunagirl Moonbeams, just pop over. You will also see much more fantastic inspiration from my DT members! Have a lovely day, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #42 - Ribbon Heart

Vicki's challenge this time is all about ribbon and how you use them in your projects. What a lovely theme! For my little card I made different ribbons the focal point...

Ribbons are one of my favourite items to use in my work. They are so versatile and perfect to give a card, tag ..... this special finishing touch. Instead of showing off the ribbon on top of the card for this project I used it as second layer by die-cutting a dry-embossed white square and filling the space with ribbon.

The project was inspired not only by the ribbons in vibrant pink and yellow with different textures but also by one of  the Sketching Stamper's card, many thanks. The heart was cut with a Sizzix Tim Holtz Alteration die, the white card dry-embossed with the heart embossing folder by Crafts Too. 

Hope you can join us for this lovely challenge. Petra. 

Lunagirl - Vintage Winter

The last day of the year! And it is horrible outside with lots of rain and wind and grey and ... weather to snuggle up on the sofa with a hot drink or something stronger and a good book ..... !
It is the last but also the first Lunagirl Moonbeams challenge: Vintage Winter 

 

These children seem to have a lot of fun in the snow on their sledge ....

an adorable images from the Christmas Children 1 collage sheet from Lunagirl Moonbeams 

patterend paper from October Afternoon and Kaisercraft

a doily, ribbon, snowflake and a little star

and a little stamped sentiment (Waltzing Mouse)

Please pop over to Lunagirl Moonbeams blog for more fabulous inspiration and for linking up your wonderful project! 

Thank you to all of you for supporting me with your encouragement and inspiration throughout the year. I would not know what I would do without all of you! I wish you and your families a peaceful and healthy New Year  with lots of fun and happiness. Take care and Big Hugs to all of you, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #41 - A Little Hello

Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday time with your family and friends. I am a bit sad that it is over, I love Christmas time with its secrets and huzzle and buzzle ... but there will always be next year (lol). And for now I am just saying a little hello

 with Deacon from  Bugaboo sitting on his Candy cane. Isn't he cute?

coloured with Copics, 

layered on lots of patterend paper (Jillibean Soup, My Mind's Eye, October Afternoon) and Kraft card,

embellished with a little wooden star and a stamped sentiment from Elzybells.

This card is my project for Vicki's 'Anything Goes' challenge on the Cheerful Stamp Pad blog. For more wonderful inspiration please do pop over and hopefully you can join us! Petra.

Linked to: Stampin' for the Weekend

Lunagirl - Retro Shopping

Here in the UK lots of people are in the SALE fever and I thought I share with you a tag card with a Retro feel which I made quite a while ago for one of the Lunagirl Moonbeams challenges. I started by cutting a tag card from Kraft paper. I covered the front page of the card with Teresa Collins patterned paper and then added a digitally collaged background with lots of images from one of the Lunagirl Moonbeams collage sheets: Retro Housewives collage sheet

  

 The focal point for the card is another image from the same collage sheet layered on Kraft card and Teresa Collins paper. As embellishment I used a little retro button and some button twine.

 

For the inside I used more patterend paper and a printed sentiment

  

Have a good start into the new week, Petra.

Happy Holidays!

I wish you all and your families and friends

a wonderful Merry Christmas,

enjoy peaceful and very Happy Holidays!

Stay safe and warm wherever you are, take care

Petra. x