My Beautiful Friend

"Faces" is this week´s Sunday Postcard Art theme, and of course I had many ideas for it. I ended up with a lovely face and a quote that makes you think about her sad smile.

I`ve always been more on the dark side, even if it concerns beauty. I never liked those shimmering young beauties without any background but preferred a bit of mystery behind a beautiful face. Every life has its own story, and I believe that it should be recognizable on your face, and that it intensifies its beauty.

(Stamps used here are from IndigoBlu and StudioLight.)

Shakespeare

I´m hosting the Sunday Postcard Art challenge today and have picked Shakespeare for this week´s theme. 

I love many works of Shakespeare, especially Richard III., Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Tempest, but I don´t like most of his comedies. However, his wit and beautiful language sound (I often read his words loud) show up in those, too.

We don´t know much about The Bard who lived from 1564 to 1616, and only the Chandos portrait from about 1600/1610 probably shows us how he looked like. For my card, I´ve chosen a stamp that reproduces the portrait from Martin Droeshout, an engraving from 1623, that is based on the Chandos portrait and was used as a cover for the first folio of Shakespeare´s works.

Have you seen "Hamnet" already? I had watched another film about the same theme recently, "All is true" from Kenneth Branagh, but I prefer "Hamnet". What about you?

The Shakespeare stamp is from VLVS, and I combined it with stamps from Paper Artsy (Alison Bomber and Seth Apter), and Zettiology, and papers from Stamperia.

Do you like Shakespeare, and which is your favourite work? I can´t wait to see your interpretations this week!

Happy Easter!

 
For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed Rabbits/Hares I couldn´t resist using Tim Holtz´ lovely Mr. Rabbit who´s sending Easter Greeting to all of you.