Cheerful Monday #45 - Winter Adventure

Thank you to all of you for your patience with my posts. Here is the very belated Cheerful Monday post for Vicki's current challenge: Snowy Day.

The adorable image is again from Vintage Image Craft and it just felt like fitting perfectly with the one I used previously. So I created another little pendant in the same style as the previous one. The image is layered on some hessian and adorned with lace, punched-out snowflakes and some blings. The little stamped sentiment is from Elzybells.

I hope you can play with us for this challenge, just pop over to Vicki's blog. You will also find some amazing inspiration from the DT for the challenge. Petra.

Cheerful Monday #44 - Snowy Day

no snow yyet not even at my parents  in Germany where we went yesterday to celebrate my dad's birthday.  It is really nice to see all the family and exchange all news.  With no snow insight it is really nice to have Vicky's challenge to play with: Snowy Day.  I chose a really adorable image from our sponsor Vintage Image Craft for my little pendant.  It is layered on some hessian and some patterned paper (sorry I cannot remember the manufacturer). As embellishments I used lace, snowflake and some blings.

Hope you can play with us.  Just pop over to Vicky's blog: The Cheerful Stamp Pad. Have a lovely Sunday Petra.

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Cheerful Monday #40 - Some Little Presents

Hi to everyone! I hope you all had a lovely and enjoyable Christmas time with your families and friends. i tis my first day back at work today, most colleagues are still on holidays and it is very quiet. I quite like it like this, it is a good time to tidy up a little bit and get ready for the New Year. I realized that a lot of projects I created I have not shred yet and thought I might start today ....
These are some little Match Books I made with some leftover papers and just a little bit of decoration

  

Inside the books I attached some sheets of plain white paper for writing notes

This is part of Vicki's last challenge of the year: Anything goes. Hope you can join us for the fun and show us what you created ! Have a lovely day, Petra.

Jewellery - Christmas Ornament

This is my second piece I made in the silversmithing workshop, a Christmas ornament with silver wire, silver plate and fabric bead

the individual elements I made from silver are:

star, domes to cover top and bottom of bead, hanger

The fabric bead I bought a very very long time ago and I thought this is the occasion to show it off.

Happy Sunday, Petra.

Lunagirl - Snow Angel

I wouldn't mind having some nice sparkling snow and sunshine instead of serious wet foggy patches (sigh) This afternoon the fog was quite thick and somehow worrying .... well, instead of th real snow I enjoyed myself with wonderful snow angel images from Lunagirl Moonbeams for the current challenge: Snow Angels.

 

The base is a delicate doily, I added a snowflake die-cut from recycled corrugated card distressed with distress ink around the edges. In the centre of the snowflake is a rosette made from Kaisercraft paper, the edges are also distressed with distress ink and a little Stickles. I added the snow angel with golden wings and a little sparkly candle. The final touch is a delicate organza flower with a little bling in the middle.

Hope you can join us for the challenge. You will find more fabulous inspiration on the Lunagirl Moonbeams blog. Thank you for popping over, Petra.

Linked to: UnstampaBelles Challenges

Cheerful Monday #38 - Signs of Christmas

Yes, the signs of Christmas are now truly everywhere and everybody seems to be already so busy with Christmas preparations, presents, lunches, ...... despite all this huzzle and buzzle I so love this time of the year. It is so full of secrets, of wonderful smells of Christmas cookies and mulled wine and Christmas trees. So Vicki's new challenge fits so wonderfully into this time of the year: signs of christmas.
I created a little snowflake ornament for my Christmas tree

 

The focal point is a wonderful Santa image from Vintage Image Craft edged with some Stickles. It is layered on some die-cut patterend paper from Teresa Collins and a die-cut snowflake. The snowflake is entirely glittered with Stickles. I think there can never be enough sparkle around Christmas (lol). A little stamped sentiment (Elzybells) and a little dotted bow are the final touches.

For more fabulous inspiration, please visit the Cheerful Stamp Pad blog, hope you can join  us for the challenge, Petra.

Lunagirl - Flowery Button Fairies

If only the sun would shine :-( Summer seems to have already passed without me noticing it! It is quite chilly  and also quite wet here at the moment .... my garden doesn't seem to mind, though. It all looks very lush and flowery and I couldn't resist to create some flowery button fairies with lovely images from Lunagirl Moonbeams combining images from  the Diva and Rainbow Butterfly Wings

  

musical note paper from Kaiserkraft, buttons, pearls 

mulberry flowers, a little butterfly and a teeny tiny bling

 

doily, die-cut Kaiserkraft patterend paper, buttons

Mulberry flowers, Stickles and some blings

There is still time to join in with the Lunagirl Moonbeams challenge and lots of wonderful inspiration on the blog. Hope you can join us! Wishing you a lovely weekend, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #18 - From The Past

I am a bit late but here is my project for Vicki's new challenge ... I am sure you will love it: From The Past. I used a lovely image from this month's challenge sponsor 'Vintage Image Craft'

 It shouted loudly at me to be used with fabric and lace and I just couldn't resist

 

The image is printed on white muslin and backed with some bondaweb and calico.

I layered lots of vintage lace and chiffon flower ribbon around the image,

mainly by hand-stitching to secure the layers.

 

 To one of the corners I added the only bit of paper on this little fabric hanging,

a left-over piece of musical note doily (paper: Kaisercraft).

Otherwise the corners are decorated with lace flower, ribbon and buttons.

 When I looked at my 'finished' piece I thought the sides needed a bit more doing

and ended up with a little bit of embroidery ... one French knot to each heart of the cream lace!

More fabulous projects are waiting for you at the Cheerful Stamp Pad, hope you can join us for the challenge! Petra.

Little Miss Muffet ... she sat on a tuffett ....

... eating of curds and whey; There came a great spider who sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffett away .... I just had to use the new images from Little Miss Muffett and create a little hanging scene based on the Little Miss Muffett rhyme ...

  

 The tree frame is a Memory Box die, 

I die-cut various layers of corrugated card and My Mind's Eye Paper 

which are glued together to give the scene some depth

I backed it with some more My Mind's Eye Paper

 To create the little scene I used lots of Little Miss Muffett stamps 

coloured the images with copics and colouring pencils 

and cut them out

This was great fun, to see more amazing creations with the new images just hop over to Little Miss Muffett.

Wishing you a lovely day, Petra.

Little Miss Muffett Tea Party Day1 - Mad Hatter Betty & Skull Jester

This is sooo exciting .... my first post as guest designer for Little Miss Muffett ..... and this month Simply B Stamps (SBS) and Little Miss Muffet Stamps (LMMS) have joined together to bring you a "Tea Party Release!" with lots of activities  .... and lots of fun images for you!! .... and it is a Mega blog hop ....

Now let's get to the details of the Release Blog Hop and the new challenge opening up today!
The challenge that starts today has an "Anything Goes" theme.

Anything Goes Challenge

Challenge is open from April 4th through April 16th

My challenge piece - and one location of the blog hop - is a Mad Hatter Hat  featuring Mad Hatter Betty from SBS and Skull Jester from LMM. They both know how to play the game (lol)

 

Mad Hatter hat created with Prima Marketing papers 

using this wonderful template from Seeing Things

the edges are glittered with black diamond stickles

 vintage playing cards with digital images 

coloured with Copics and colouring pencils

satin ribbon and two hat pins with beads

When you read all of this, you should have arrived safely at my blog coming from Donna and her so inspiring creation .... the next hop will take you to Audrey's blog with more projects to inspire you .....  and if you have lost your way, then there is always the opportunity to go back to SBS where it all starts today! ... and remember, there are two hidden prizes in the blog hop and all you have to do is leave a comment for a chance to win!

I hope you enjoy the blog hop and all the inspirational projects. Happy Hopping, 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.

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.

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing you all a very happy Valentine's Day! 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

Christmas Bauble/Ornament

This week's Tag Tuesday theme is: Decorate a Christmas Bauble/Ornament.  I made two small baubles (each one is about 7 cm in diameter) from old bookpages ... it was such fun

 

For each bauble I cut 8 circles, folded them in half and lightly distressed the edges with walnut stain distress ink. I stamped tiny Christmas images and sentiments and words on the inside of each circle, one for each half of the circle and coloured them using Copics

 

I glued four circles together (= 4 half baubles), attached some twine in the middle  of two of them and then glued the remaining halves in place to complete the bauble. The finishing touches are some little beads. Have a lovely Christmas time, Petra.

Linked to: Craft Artwork

Lilly, the Fairy of Enchantment

Lilly enchanted me ...

 

  

Supplies:

image: Michelle Perkett - paper: Kanban - colouring: Copics

ribbon, liquid pearls, Stickles

Martha Stewart edge punch

For more enchanted inspiration pop over to Vicki's 'Land of Fantasy' challenge, hope you can join us. Petra.

A Little Birthday Ornament & a Valentine's Surprise

Today I received a lovely, delightfu and very charming Valentine's surprise - a truly beautiful Valentine's postcard ... it came in an elegant envelope with no 'real' information about the sender only: @kindred spirits postcard swap
I think I might know who sent it ... can you guess? Thank you so much, I will cherish this card, it is so beautiful!

For some it is not only Valentine's Day but also their birthday. I created a little birthday ornament which can be used in quite a few ways ... as adornment for a present, a little tag, ....

supplies:
stamps: Clear Dollar Stamp, Elzybells - paper: Tracy Ann Digital
colouring: Copics - bow and blings

To see more birthday creations, just pop over to Vicki's blog. And hopefully you also have time to play along. Have a wonderful evening full with excitement and magic, Petra.

Whimsical Button Fairy

The First day of Whimsy ... Nancy created these fabulous button fairies ... and I enjoyed every minute creating the little fairy

Supplies:
images: paper whimsy - silver paper lace, buttons, silver wire,
paper flower, blings, nestabilities, jingle bell

The biggest challenge was to find a substitute for the beautiful silver doily Nancy used in her creation. After a bit of a search I found this neglected silver paper lace which I've had for a long time but never used. I cut it with a Quickutz scalloped circle die. Otherwise I followed Nancy's instructions, I only added a little jungle bell - for Christmas, Petra.