Cheerful Monday #20 - You make a lovely couple

The new challenge at Vicki's blog is: You make a lovely couple. I love this theme, there are so many ways for interpretation. I chose a lovely image from Twisted Papers for my project, a little tag

  

The background of the tag was inspired by Sue Carrington for PaperArtsy.

I inked the background with various distress inks and added coloured GrungePaste (the very first time I used it ... and I love it ... but it needs a bit more practise!).

The caliso is coloured using various Fresco Paints and cut with pinking shears.

The stamped sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse,

the little flowers punched from cardboard and attached with brads.

Hope you can join us, Petra.

Lunagirl - The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby ... what a movie! I just love the fashion, the wonderful settings and such handsome men (lol) ... isn't the lady just so lucky? 

The image comes from Lunagirl Vintage Lovers CD. The colours are gorgeous and worked perfectly with some papers I had hidden away for the perfect occasion (lol) I embellished the card with some bling, lace, organza roses, a little frame and feather.

Hope you enjoy the challenge and join us at Lunagirl! See you there, Petra. 

Cheerful Monday #19 - It's Wimbledon Time

It is Wimbledon time, the oldest tennis tournament, it has been held in Wimbledon, London since 1877! Tennis is all over the papers, on TV and the radio. I don't play tennis but this Lady does! And she enjoys it too

 

a wonderful image fitting perfectly for the theme from Vintage Image Craft,

layered on Papermania patterend paper,

the background stamped with Rogue Redhead stamps

and some machine stitching around the edges

I embellished the card with some lace, button,

Mulberry flower, bling and a stamped sentiment from Waltzingmouse.

This is for Vicki's challenge: From the Past. Hope you can join us for the challenge!

Petra.

DeClutter Give-away 1 - Magazine/Book

It has to be! The de-cluttering has started, very slowly but steadily I am in the process of going through heaps of magazines and books .... I have toooo many of them and seem to run out of space! But I just cannot throw them away, so I thought maybe somebody would like to have one or the other. Here are the first two

 

If you are interested and enjoy knitting and/or sewing sweet soft toys, then you might like this very nice magazine with lovely patterns.

 

This is a fabulous book with fun ideas, giving ample ideas of what to do with your fabric scraps.

If you are interested in the magazine or book, please just leave a comment. And please tell me which one you would like. They will come with some goodies. The draw for these two will be coming Wednesday.

Have a lovely weekend, 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.

Lunagirl - Garden Fairiy

Do you have fairies in your garden? Sometimes I think I can catch a glimpse of one in my garden enjoying the flowers and the sunshine ... I love fairies. So I was very happy about Karen's new challenge: Garden Fairies

I first created the tag with patterend paper from KaiserKraft and Authentique

and added it to a background created with stencils and distress inks 

(Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Fired Brick)

my Garden Fairy is from Lunagirl's wonderful Fly Away Home collage sheet

cut out and added to the tag with foam pads

The finishing touches are some organza ribbon, fabric flowers

and a little stamped sentiment from Flourishes

You find more lovely fairies on the Lunagirl blog, hope you can join us! Petra.