Cheerful Monday #21 - Sisters and Friends

This is my project for Vicki's second  challenge week: You make a lovely couple. I chose a lovely image from Twisted Papers for my tag

I love the image of these two Ladies,

it is layered on 7Gypsies papers

the edges around the image and the tag are machine-stitched and then slightly distressed

I stamped the sentiment (von Herzen = from the heart) with VersaMark ink,

heat-embossed it and added some Stickles

the tag is embellished with a little label, a vintage button

some silk seam binding and a couple of pins

It would be lovely if you have time to join us for the challenge,

keep cool wherever you are and have a lovely Summer, Petra.

Tag Tuesday - Italy

The current theme over at Tag Tuesday is: Italy ... what a wonderful theme! I like Italy a lot. I have been a couple of times in Tuscany and it is wonderful with the rich colours, the amazing landscape and brilliant food .... wish I would be there (sigh)

 

The design of the tag is really quite simple. I used as background a Gelliplate print which I created during a workshop with Andy Skinner (the workshop was brilliant!)

 I stamped (all stamps are Crafty Individuals) the Travel words with VersaMark Watermark ink on the background and heat-embossed with WOW embossing powder (I used it for the first time and I am quite impressed by the quality of it)

 

I applied the same procedure to the square images using a different Gelliplate print

I cut the images in squares and mounted them with foam pads on the tag.

The tag is embellished with just a little paper flower and a little half-pearl.

Wishing you a lovely weekend, happy crafting, Petra.

linked to: No Matter Which Challenges - Anything Goes

Lunagirl - The Great Gatsby II

Who would not like to meet a handsome guy like him (lol)? This is my second project for the current Lunagirl challenge: The Great Gatsby ... it runs till coming Sunday and you can still join! But now to my project

This main image is one of the fabulous Lunagirl images, this one comes from the Vintage Women & Men CD .The background papers are from Graphics45.

I decided to use a dry-embossed clear vellum as front-cover

and embellished the card with Tim Holtz film strip, some blings and some staples. 

If you are interested in these fabulous image CDs, they are on sale at least until Sunday, June 14.

Hope you can join us, wishing you a lovely evening, Petra.

linked to: Crafts-Too Challenge You - Choose a decade or an era

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.