Scribbles

 
For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Scribbles" I´ve made a card using Dina Wakley stamps, watercolour and a few additional scribbles.

Ocean

 
My card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art themed "Ocean" doesn´t show the ocean but two women enjoying the ocean view and a day at the beach. (Stamps are from Jane Davenport, Impression Obsession and Stampington.)

For me, holidays aren´t made of ocean memories but city scenes - this week I´ve already been to beautiful Leipzig and Essen with its great Courbet exhibition (this is why my card is a bit late) and will be in Dortmund and Berlin soon. Museums and cityscapes give me intellectual input, and big cities let me breathe more freely. I know that this isn´t a recipe for everyone, but it works for me.

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.)

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.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Fruit is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and strawberries have been what I ate a lot during the last weeks. I love these Alison Bomber stamps from Paper Artsy, and I love Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles, so here´s my card for this week!

New stamps

 
Even before I made sample prints for my inventory, I couldn´t resist making cards with some new stamps I got recently. I really love the rose stamps from Alison Bomber at PaperArtsy, and aren´t those raccoons from Stempelbar the cutest? I thought that this verse from the famous Adele song fits perfectly.

Mad

This card was just made for FUN because I loved this head stamp from Stempelbar so much! I combined it with my favourite arms and legs from Zettiology, a book image from Stamperia as the body and Venetian house stamps from Heindesign - a little bit of text, a postmark, and there we are.
 

Arrows - Take Chances

Arrows is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge. For my card I have combined stamps from Visible Image (text and arrows) and Paper Artsy/ Kate Crane (fishies)

 

Space and Big Alpha - stamp art projects

Heindesign has two rubber stamp mail art projects this summer themed "Space" and "Big Alpha". Both arrived in their mailbox today.

For my first card "You are not alone" I`ve combined stamps from Globeland, Visible Image, Picket Fence, Viva Las VegaStamps and Stamperia. 

My alpha card "Ein X für ein U" (a German saying) uses large stencils and a clear stamp alpha from Concord & 9th.

 

Who I am

The Sunday Postcard Art challenge asks for our favourite quote this week. As someone who studied literature and collected quotes from books I´ve read since I´ve been 16 I don´t have a favourite quote, there are just too many that speak to me. But someone I always get back to is Lewis Carroll, so my card for this week features one of his Alice quotes. 
When you´re young, you have an idea of who you are and think that you will get nearer to this person the older you get, but that´s wrong. When you get older, you explore more possible selves and changes, and that´s not bad but part of the adventure of life.
 

Tiger

This week´s Sunday Postcard Art theme is Tiger, so my big cat reminds you of not stepping back when you see a beast in front of you but to fight your fears - not easy of course.
 

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.)

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.

Dragonflies

 
My Dragonfly card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was made using a stamp set from Visible Image and shimmering watercolours - what a pity that the shimmer and glitter can´t be seen in the scan!

Having Fun

I almost forgot to post this card using an Andy Skinner stamp and that I just made for fun, inspired by the lovely stamp.

 

Strong Women

 For this week´s Sundy Postcard Art challenge´s theme "International Women´s Day" I had sooo many ideas! In the end, I´ve combined stamps from Dina Wakley and Jane Davenport.

We are all very different, but we shouldn´t forget that we are all women and should support each other!
(In real life, I´ve experienced the opposite, such as female "colleagues" fighting against me and mobbing me for years. So I really wish that this won´t happen again in the future. Probably just a dream.)

Wild Horses

 

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge "Horses" I drew a horse and then stamped one above it, illustrating the song lyrics "Wild Horses can´t drag me away". 

(Horse stamp is from Visible Image, Alphabet stamps from Darkroom Door.)

Letting Go

 
Letting Go is the hardest thing. There´s a "small" letting go when a relationship ends, and a big one when a person you loved leaves earth forever. Both are hard, and I´ve never been good at letting anything or anyone go.

Making a sympathy card is always a hard thing, and I remember that it made me happy when I´ve made one for a stamping friend years ago when her husband had passed away, and when I met her again, she hugged and thanked me for my card. 

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge Rein asked us for a sympathy card, and it was the hardest thing to make one for a future farewell. When I make a sympathy card, I usually have the person on my mind that has left us, and making the card is part of the process of letting this person go.

I love to use images for sympathy cards that aren´t made for this purpose. Of course you can use falling leaves, bare trees etc., but there´s so much more. I´ve even made sympathy cards with images expressing love only, and they can bring hope, I know. 

The German sentence on my card above means "Letting go costs less strength than holding on, but nevertheless it´s so much harder."

Lavender

 

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art theme "Lavender" I thought about lavender and what it means to me. I´ve always had lavender on my balcony that I loved to touch and smell, and it seemed to have sort of a therapeutical effect. So I created a story about a woman searching for calm and peace of mind. She´s standing in front of a book shelf, drinking tea and enjoying the smell of lavender. What does bring YOU down?

Stamps used here are from PaperArtsy and Makistamps.