Tag Tuesday - Christmas Tag Swap

It was so exciting to take again part in Carolyn's Christmas Tag swap. I so enjoyed creating the tags and was so thrilled when my tags tags arrived. It was all bundled with gorgeous yarn

After careful unwrapping I found the most stunning tags, all so very different

 from Carolyn (left) and Laurie (right)

 

from Valerie (left) and Laura (right)        from Liz

The Ladies have outdone themselves and I cannot say thank you enough for this wonderful early Christmas present. And here are the ones I created

 on the left: Pion paper, stamps from Crafty Individuals and Paper Artsy, lace, ribbon and half-pearls

on the right: image from Lunagirl Moonbeams, stamped and heat embossed background, charms, half-pearls, stamped transparency flowers (Sizzix) and stamped sentiment (Elzybells)

on the left: patterned paper layered, snowman from colouring pages coloured with colouring pencils and Copics, ribbon, sparkly star and little button

on the right: patterned paper, punched out little stars, big stamped star from Jofy, little bell and image from Sweet'n'Sassy

Have a lovely week, Petra.

Belated: Christmas Tag Swap

Oh oh, I completely forgot to blog about the Christmas tags which I made for a Tag Tuesday Christmas swap organised by Carolyn .... and it was such great fun and I very much enjoyed creating the tags .... and it was the first time I felt Christmas is coming ... We were asked to make five tags, they could all be the same or all be different

 

Supplies: 

paper from Authentique, BoBunny, EchoPark,white and Kraftcard

stamps from Tim Holtz and Elzybells

Artchix Studio, PaperWhimsy, Graphics Fairy and Suzie Quee for digital images

lace, blings, flowers, charms, ribbon and twine

And these are the wonderful tags I received from five very talented Ladies

 Hope you enjoyed re-visiting Christmas with me ... and I have to say after looking again at the wonderful tags I received, I cannot wait for the next Christmas time! Have a wonderful week, Petra.

Linked to: Brag Monday 

 

A Little Butterfly Fairy

I am part of a postcard swap which runs over 12 months. Every participant chooses her own theme. The first postcard went to Jeanie whose theme was: create a post card in your own style. This is always a tricky one for me as I do not really have a distinct style - I think - but create projects depending on my mood, surroundings, ... on the day. And there is also always the challenge to make sure that a postcard is as flat as possible ... I have to admit this part did not quite work out so well ...
The postcard now safely arrived at Jeanie's so I can show it to you
The background is created with gesso, various acrylic paints and some vintage musical notepaper on watercolour paper. This was daunting as I had never done anything like this before ... but it was great fun and it came all quite easily together. The tricky part was the stamping. First I stamped some subtle patterns onto the painted background using cinnamon hybrid ink and stamps from Impression Obsessions and Penny Black - this worked very well. Then I started to stamp the images ... and this went horribly wrong at first. Using the wrong ink the stamped images started to run and it looked all blotchy. But thanks to Lucy who taught me to use archival ink for stamping on acrylic paint, all went well in the end ... Lucy, I would have been lost without your advice! The sentiment is Kaisercraft, the brackets Hero Arts, the corner Crafty Individuals and the little butterfly fairy Red Lead Paperworks. To balance the composition I did some fuzzy cutting using Hero Art flowers and a Darkroom Door butterfly. The finishing touches were some pink and turquoise glitter. Have a wonderful Summer Sunday, Petra. x

Linked to: Theme Thursday - Wings