Peace

 
If you´re interested in politics in any way, you know why I picked "Peace" as this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art. The date of course was chosen by Mandy as September 21st is the International Day of Peace as declared by the United Nations in 1981.

For the last two years I´ve been singing Christmas songs together with 10.000 people in the centre of our city, and the event always ends with John Lennon´s "War is over (if you want it)", and it´s very impressive to be a part of this choir.

Recently I´ve found out that John Lennnon´s and Yoko Ono´s art piece "War is over" is in the Kunsthalle in my former home town Bremen, so I collaged the poster into my card, combining it with some lovely stamps from PaperArtsy, Darkroom Door and VivaLasVegaStamps. So there are some very personal elements in this card which I love. If you have a moment, please visit my Instagram Account (bockel24) to see the real colours as my scanner dimmed the colours very much - I prefer the photo version with much brighter and darker colours and more contrast.

What comes to your mind when you think of Peace? I can´t wait to see your interpretations and read about your thoughts.

(I don´t have any problems with the internet in general but only with commenting on WordPress blogs - as I´m constantly asked for my WordPress password that I don´t have. So I´ll be able to comment on all posts but WordPress blogs.)

Squares

 

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Squares" I´ve made two cards, "Shakespeare Squares" and "In Your Head".

Friends

 
Friends are what you need in every stage of your life. Most people believe that it´s easy to find new friends when you´re young and that it gets harder every year - I don´t think so. Regardless of your age, finding a new friend is always something rare that provides happiness.

"Friends" is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and my card was made with a single Dina Wakley stamp set.

Sea Turtle

 
This week´s Sunday Postcard Art theme "Turtles" was a great excuse to use this wonderful turtle ship stamp designed by Redmer Hoekstra. 

Imagine the Possibilities

 

What´s a zebra without its stripes? A horse with no name? 

My card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Stripes" features a zebra waiting for its stripes coming back from the laundry, the stamp is from Stempelbar. 

Pigeons

 
Pigeons is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge. For my card, I´ve used stamps from CiaoBella, PaperArtsy and Visible Image Stamps.

What's on your Mind?

 
The Sunday Postcard Art challenge asks us "What´s on your Mind?" this week. I could have made about five cards as I love thought provoking themes like this, but I ended up with two tonight. What´s up Watson? was inspired by a meeting with a very old friend of more than 35 years recently that I hadn´t seen for a while for good reasons. 
My second card is about those voices you sometimes can´t calm and that make you crazy but tell the truth, and you should listen to them. Sometimes there are other voices coming from your heart, and you have to decide which ones you want to follow.

Stamps used for the first card are from Tim Holtz at Stampers Anonymous, for the second card I´ve mixed stamps from Dina Wakely at Ranger Ink, Visible Image and Artemio.