Cracked

 
Deann asks us for something cracked for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge. I really like Leonard Cohen´s quote that seemed to be very appropriate here. 
(Stamps are from Katzelkraft and Reprint.)

Italy

 
If you ask me for my favourite country in Europe, it would be Italy, so that´s why I´ve picked Italy as this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge theme. 
I´ve only been to the northern parts of Italy, so Rome is still on my list, but I loved Ravenna, Aquileia, and Florence, and I love the sound of the Italian language. I really hope that I´ll be able to see much more of this beautiful country! I haven´t been to Venice yet but Aquileia is the lagoon besides it, and I don´t want to be among those tourists in Venice, Barcelona and probably other European locations that make those places unvisitable. I´ve never took a flight, I woudn´t book a cruise, and I prefer to step back from my own dreams if I see that the pure amount of tourists overcharges a place I´d love to visit. 

So I´ve never been to Venice and probably will never be, but I´m still dreaming of it.

What is your favourite place in Italy you would like to visit? And will you be able to make your dream come true?

I´m curious to read your personal stories, so please share them with us this week!

Space

 

Space is the theme Sabine has chosen as this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge theme. In fact I made my card in her stamping room, using a combination of her stamps and my own, but my card looks completely different from her sample card.

I have never dreamed of travelling to foreign galaxies, and there are only a few science fiction movies about the theme that I like, but when I rode through the August night by bike tonight, I´ve been hypnotized by the starlit sky that was just amazingly bright. Next week there will be falling stars again, and though I´ve only seen a single one in my life, it has been a great moment. So while I´m not much fascinated by spaceships and astronauts, I really like watching the stars in summer nights. Oh, and before I forget it: When I read Samantha Harvey´s wonderful book "Orbital" ("Umlaufbahnen" in German) I really loved it because it brings up so many interesting thoughts about space flights and what astronauts really do (a lot of science) and think about while being so far from their life on earth that goes on without them for a while - it´s really worth reading it.

Favourite Colour - Indigo

 

Aimeslee asks for our favourite colour for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge. If you´re a follower, you know that I often use strong colours, and maybe you´ll be surprised to see my baby elephant painted in all kinds of indigo. If I had to choose, Indigo would be my favourite colour because it´s so versatile - you can paint any black and white photo with it, but you can also make it look greenish or a bit on the purple side - but you can make all these colours with indigo, and that´s why I love it.

No stamps this week but only a handdrawn baby elephant.